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What are the focus areas of an Agile Coach?

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The first Agile Coaching Competency framework was developed by Lyssa Adkins and Michael Spaydback in 2011. Promote Software Craftsmanship . Venkatesh Rajamani has more than 17 years of experience delivering working software in short, feedback-driven cycles. Team Coaching Competencies. Promote Self-Management .

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Software Estimating Resources

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This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to estimate software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Cost Modeling Agile Software Development,” Maarit Laanti and Petri Kettunen, International Transactions on Systems and Applications, Volume 1 Number 2, pp. Performance Evaluation of non?Markovian

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

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Hoda, Stuart & Marshall (2011) interviewed 30 Agile practitioners over a period of 3 years. SCRUM and productivity in software projects: a systematic literature review. In 14th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE) (pp. Journal of systems and software , 81 (6), 961–971.

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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. Software Sizing and Estimating: Mk II FPA , Charles Symons, John Wiley & Sons, 1991. Don't hear one?

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Estimating is a Learned Skill

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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 ‒ Steve McConnell. The Future of Systems-and Software Development. Springer International Publishing, 2016.

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Risk Management is How Adults Manage Projects

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Research shows that for projects, especially software projects Aleatory uncertainty is the predominant source of risk. So here are some books, handbooks, and guides that sit on my shelf that are used pretty much all the time on the Software Intensive System of Systems we work on. Software Risk Management , Barry W.

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How To Base Your Beliefs About Agile On Evidence

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There are dozens of high-quality academic works to draw from, there are dozens of academic journals dedicated to (agile) software development (ASD) and change management. There are dozens of high-quality academic works to draw from, there are dozens of academic journals dedicated to (agile) software development (ASD) and change management.”.

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