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Basis of Estimating Software Development

Herding Cats

The estimating of software development is both straightforward and complex. Here are some resources that will provide guidance to produce credible software development estimates, in both traditional and agile domains. Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art , Steve McConnell, Microsoft Press, 2015.

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Picking a Project Management Methodology

MPUG

The following are examples of factors from the PMBOK Guide that lead to said project’s creation: Business process improvements. The answer is all types, from exceptionally large to small; from suppliers to manufacturers to retailers; from for profit to non-profit organizations. Manufacturing. Software development.

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Projecting Project Success

MPUG

Although technology and software development tools are essential for most projects, it’s the leadership of a project that makes the difference between a project’s success or failure. Regardless of whether an organization has a formal program for mentoring or not, the process of skill development needs to be established and pursued.

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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Managment Processes. Software for Your Mind: Patterns and Anti-Patterns for Creating and Maintaining a Shared Vision. Making the Impossible Possible: Applying Heliotropic Abundance for creating Program and Project Management Processes. Establishing the Performance Measurement Baseline , AACE Workshop , April 16, 2011.

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Reading List for the Cone of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

The primary purpose of software estimation is not to predict a project’s outcome; it is to determine whether a project’s targets are realistic enough to allow the project to be controlled to meet them ? The program management processes should seek to reduce uncertainty in the variable of the project. 1, January 2011. "A

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

Digite

Several good books have been written on Kanban and its application to various business processes, especially to Scrum, since David Anderson published his original Kanban “blue book”. hours, Published February 2nd, 2011 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform). Personal Kanban: Mapping Work – Navigating Life. By Jim Benson.

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A guide to Remote Work in 2020

Binfire

Manufacturing and retail can’t use remote work. Binfire , after all, has been a remote working environment since we started in 2011. Managing remote workers is not hard as long as you have set a good remote working process in place. . But there is a cost to co-location. It costs time and money to commute. Remote Work FAQ.

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