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Basis of Estimating Software Development

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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. Here's a set of papers (being added to often) for estimating agile software development projects. .

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Projecting Project Success

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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. This fact crosses all industries, from manufacturing to financial services. These numbers were about the same in 2011.

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Picking a Project Management Methodology

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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. They came up with the Agile Manifesto to streamline the development process. Here are some of the major industries: Automotive.

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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

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Establishing the Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB) , AACE Workshop, Denver, Colorado, April 16, 2011. Establishing the Performance Measurement Baseline , AACE Workshop , April 16, 2011. Establishing the Performance Measurement Baseline , PMI, Northen Utah Chapter, Professional Development Day, 2012. Project Breathalyzer.

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Reading List for the Cone of Uncertainty

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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 ? A Probabilistic Method for Predicting Software Code Growth," Michael Ross, Journal of Cost Analysis and Parametrics 4:127-147, 2011. "10

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Risk Management Resources

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

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hours, Published February 2nd, 2011 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform). A comprehensive guide to Scrumban for applying kanban and pull systems in software development. Probably the earliest treatise on Scrumban, the book describes applying lean manufacturing techniques to software development.

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