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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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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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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 ? This variation can be explained by the fact that initial concepts do not describe the final software system accurate enough.

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Risk Management Resources

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This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to assess risks, their impacts, and handling strategies for software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. 5, September/October 2011. México, 1 al 3 de Febrero de 2006. 3, March 2002. 24, 2010.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

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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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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

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The naturally occurring work effort in the development of a software feature - even if we've built the feature before - is an irreducible uncertainty. Mazzuchi, and Shahram Sarkani, Systems Engineering , Volume 17, Issue 4, Winter 2014, Pages: 375–391. Nord, CrossTalk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering , May/June 2013.

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