Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

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.

Risk Management 35

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 35

Digite

JUNE 13, 2018

Anderson best articulated its application to software development, in 2013, in the foundational book Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business, and its adoption hasn’t been as universal as Scrum’s during the early days of Agile software development.

Agile 110

Agile Technical Review Cadence Software Review 110

Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

2] Modified from Gilberto Montibeller, "7 Sins of assessing performance of Strategies," Jyväskylä International Summer School, 2013, Modelling Strategic Decisions, contained in "Value-Focused Thinking as a Problem Structuring Methods," MarkusHartikainen, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Jyväskylä. [3] Keeney and Robin S.

2009 34

2009 Artificial Inteligence 2013 2005 34

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 4, 2022

The scrum methodology was developed as a response to rigid project management approaches such as the waterfall method, which didn’t adapt to the needs of agile product and software development teams. Scrum is part of agile software development and teams practicing agile. What Is the Scrum Methodology? Learn More!

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SCRUM Software Review Development Team Review Underperforming Technical Team 339

Herding Cats

AUGUST 25, 2017

The CONOPS facilitates a shared understanding of ideas, challenges, and issues on the possible solution strategies to the problem at hand , without addressing the technical solution or implementation. The ConOps is the first step for developing system requirements. Can All This Formality Have Any Use in Modern Software Development?

2014 38

2014 2013 2012 Engineering 38

LiquidPlanner

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Drawing from his years leading technology projects at Microsoft, Berkun offers readers field-tested philosophies and strategies for defining, leading, and managing projects. Hosted by Peter Taylor, this podcast began in 2013 after he published his best-selling book by the same name. Cost: Coursera: Agile Development Specialization.

Technical Review 113

Technical Review 2018 Certification Underperforming Technical Team 113

Wrike

MAY 23, 2023

Brailsford believed that if the strategy could work, the team would win the Tour de France in five years. A year later, in 2013, they succeeded again. Story #3: Metrics for continuous improvement in software development Along with optimizing test run times, we’re also solving the problem of test stability from quarter to quarter.

Engineering 36

Engineering Underperforming Technical Team Controlling Software Review 36

Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2018

Microeconomics is applicable to the development is software systems. If we look at the discipline of software engineering, we see that the microeconomics branch of economics deals more with the types of decisions we need to make as software engineers or managers. Software engineering economics." Boehm, Barry W.

Software Developers 34

Software Developers Software Development Risk Management Risk 34

Scrum.org

AUGUST 3, 2020

Dependencies are an epidemic in software development. The good news is, there are strategies you can use to move your teams from managing dependencies to mitigating dependencies. Sutherland, Scrum Guide, 2013. Do items sit in a blocked state and age out while waiting on other teams or people to complete work?

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Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Software Review Development Team Review 233

Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2020

This bias often manifests as a “positive test strategy” (Klayman & Ha, 1987) where people only test assumptions by looking for what confirms them, but not by also considering what would falsify them. The Liberating Structure Myth Turning is a good example of this strategy. Fundamental attribution error.

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2015 2014 2004 Influencer 214

International Institute for Learning

JULY 28, 2022

Scrum has its origins in software development, but about ten years ago, other departments in organizations started looking at becoming more agile and analyzing whether the Scrum approach could also be used in their departments— and in projects. Scrum can also be used very effectively to manage the PRINCE2 project environment.

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Prince2 SCRUM 2001 Agile 82

Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Here's a collection of presentations, briefings, papers, essays, book content used to increase the Probability of Project Success (PoPS) I've written and applied over my career in the software-intensive system of systems and other domains. Product Development (#ProdDev). Strategy (#Strategy). Balanced Scorecard (#BSC).

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Project Management Software & Tools. 89% of high-performing organizations value project management, 81% actively engage sponsors, 57% align projects with business strategy. [6]. Project Management Software & Tools. Most-Wanted Features in Project Management Software: 1. 53% use project management software.

2015 60

2015 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 60

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

DECEMBER 13, 2018

It was not until about 2013 that Moonpig first began to adopt Agile practices. Moonpig began its agile transformation by establishing a Product Management team and cross-functional teams of developers and QAs. An e-commerce business, it enables people to create personalised cards online which are then printed and sent to recipients.

Agile 40

Agile Lean Engineering 2013 40

Herding Cats

JUNE 21, 2016

Here's another trail being ridden by our son at Nationals in 2013. The notion of Control is missed used in software development projects. Along the way reassessing both those informs decisions about routes, pace, and overall strategy to get home in one piece. Strategy is Not the Same as Operational Effectiveness.

Controlling 42

Controlling Technical Review Estimate 2013 42

International Institute for Learning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, likes to use the “two-pizza rule” for strategy and development teams. Beedle, “Agile Software Development with Scrum”, Upper Saddle River, NJ, Prentice-Hall, 2002. Rich Karlgaard, “Team Management: Think Small and Agile”, forbes.com, Nov 13, 2013. Schwaber, K. Hackman, J.

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Underperforming Technical Team 2022 Technical Review 2002 52