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In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

Scrum.org

They found that the ability of teams to develop a shared sense of value contributed significantly and strongly to project success. Hoda, Stuart & Marshall (2011) interviewed 30 Agile practitioners over a period of 3 years. Journal of systems and software , 81 (6), 961–971. Information and Software Technology , 78 , 83–94.

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Top 10 Lean/ Kanban Books for IT, Software and Knowledge Work!

Digite

hours, Published February 2nd, 2011 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform). The book offers several case studies & use cases to help the reader understand how specific Kanban implementations have worked in the past. Four case studies explained in this book will guide you toward project success.

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The Complete Guide to Scaling Agile and SAFe for Business Agility

Agilemania

In 2011, Dean Leffingwell codified SAFe, the Scaled Agile Framework , to help bring the success that small teams have enjoyed with various agile methodologies such as Scrum or XP but scaled to the enterprise. Let’s see some case studies where business agility was used to improve operational efficiency and double their performance.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. 5, September/October 2011. Project risk management: lessons learned from software development environment,” Young Hoon Kwak and Jim Stoddard,” Technovation , 24(11), pp. Project Risk Management: Lessons Learned from Software Development Environment,” Y.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol.

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Without a Root Cause Analysis, No Corrective or Preventive Action is Credible - Part 1

Herding Cats

But before going further, let's establish the definitions we need to understand and apply Root Cause Analysis needed to discover the corrective and preventive actions to increase the probability of project success - especially Software Project Success. A Case Study in Root Cause Defect Analysis,” Marek Leszak, Dewayne E.

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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

“Quantifying Uncertainty in Early Lifecycle Cost Estimation (QUELCE),” Robert Ferguson, Dennis Goldenson, James McCurley, Robert Stoddard, David Zubrow, and Debra Anderson, Technical Report, CMU/SEI-2011-TR-026 ESC-TR-2011-026. Hybrid–Agile Software Development Anti–Patterns, Risks, and Recommendations,” Paul E.

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