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.

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Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 35

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 24, 2018

But before going further, let's establish the definitions we need to understand and apply Root Cause Analysis needed to discover the corrective and preventive actions to increase the probability of project success - especially Software Project Success. What factors lead to software project failure?” All for the want of a nail.

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2014 Aerospace 2011 2013 45

Stepping Into Project Management

DECEMBER 21, 2016

It also provides you with enough case studies that will allow you to make a strong case with the right set of data that you will need to get buy in from your team or management to get the checklists implemented. . § It’s a book that will make you think and has take away's that you can actually implement in your work.

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2016 Software Review Governance Government 28

LiquidPlanner

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

While Abeid hasn’t released a new podcast since 2016, the archives are still worth exploring. This course provides a beginner overview of the Agile methodology, specifically within software projects. For project professionals working in tech and software, Scrum certifications are an asset. Harvard Business Review.

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Technical Review 2018 Underperforming Technical Team Certification 113

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

The project and portfolio management (PPM) software market is changing. In this article we look at emerging software in the PPM space and discuss how its selection and implementation needs to be done in line with an overarching digital strategy. Comparing Tools Against A Case Study. So what does that research tell us?

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Software Review Software Technical Review PMI 150

Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

The naturally occurring work effort in the development of a software feature - even if we've built the feature before - is an irreducible uncertainty. Hybrid–Agile Software Development Anti–Patterns, Risks, and Recommendations,” Paul E. McMahon, Cross Talk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering , July/August 2015, pp.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 27, 2016

I talk to a lot of project managers about the software they use and there is often a common theme: they are pushed into finding something better because they can’t carry on as they are. This is what happened to Dara Ingoldsby from Prophix, a firm that develops software to automate financial and operational processes.

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Software Review Technical Review 2015 2016 190

Scrum.org

AUGUST 19, 2021

In this post, I summarize the findings from an academic peer-reviewed publication by Daniel Russo (2021), a professor at the University of Aalborg. Kim Dikert and his colleagues reviewed 52 prior scientific studies in 2016 to identify common challenges and success factors for Agile transformations.

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Agile Technical Review 2021 Influencer 232

Project Management Hacks

JANUARY 12, 2017

Review current subscriptions: are there magazine subscriptions to eliminate (I find 1-2 per month goes a long way). Review recurring meetings on my professional calendar: are there any to eliminate or consolidate? Review volunteer commitments for value and meaning. Automate one bill payment for monthly payment (e.g.

Software Review 28

Software Review Energy 2015 2016 28

ActiveCollab

OCTOBER 30, 2017

In 2016 SF AppWorks lost their biggest client, and with it, their main source of income. Also, we provide case studies that show natural, organic growth. In fact, we go out of our way not to show them our best case studies, as these do not reflect the typical results. We lost the biggest client.

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Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 2016 Risk Management 17

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." Macroeconomics is not. .

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Software Developers Software Development Risk Management Risk 34

International Institute for Learning

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The diligence, the dedication, and the attention in performing a task paid by each single employee, or even by the teams, separately, could not be enough. This trivial mistake is extremely meaningful because it is a case where both teams made it work without errors, but the combination between them produced a dramatic loss.

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2022 Software Review Underperforming Technical Team 2017 52

Herding Cats

MAY 7, 2019

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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Estimate Software Review Software 2012 40

PM Basics

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Deloitte’s 2016 Global Outsourcing Survey). Many of the best practices and leadership approaches and styles need to be reviewed beforehand. Case Study #1: Leadership Style in India. Context: Directly managing resources in software development and delivery. Case Study #2: Leadership Style in China.

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Leadership Technical Review Influencer Software Review 66

Online PM Courses

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

You'll find plenty of tips as to how to do that, along with six case studies for people in different situations. But, once you are ready to consider it, do read ' PMP Certification: What You Need to Know [Complete Review]'. Terrific Insights from the Annual PMI Project Management Review 2016.

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PMI 2016 PMO Software Review 80

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

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. Fixed price without fixed specification,” Magne Jørgensen, Simula Research Laboratory, 15 March 2016.

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International Institute for Learning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The risk with larger teams is that they can be more vulnerable to poor communication, fragmentation, and free riding due to a lack of accountability [3]. Martine Haas and Mark Mortensen, “The Secrets of Great Teamwork”, Harvard Business Review, June 2016. This alone is a good reason to pay attention to the two-pizza rule [5].

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Underperforming Technical Team 2022 Technical Review 2002 52

Teamweek

JANUARY 23, 2020

In their words: Get better at modelling & designing software for complex domains. In their words: DevOpsDays is a worldwide series of community run technical conferences covering topics of software development, IT infrastructure operations, and the intersection between them. Starting at $270. Domain Driven Design. February 3-7.

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Technical Review 2020 Artificial Inteligence Software Review 52