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In-Depth: What a Social Systems Perspective Teaches us About Change

Scrum.org

In the following century, it would give rise to modern-day practices like lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and Gantt-charts. A similar result was found in a study at Google of more than 180 teams over a period of 2 years (reported in Duhigg, 2016). The New York Times Magazine , Feb 28, 2016, pp. Drucker, P.,

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Software Estimating Resources

Herding Cats

Minku and Xin Yao, Automated Software Engineering, 28 December 2016. “SW Ramakishore, IEEE Computer, 2016. 22, 2016, Austin, TX. A Proposed Model of Agile Methodology in Software Development,” Anjali Sharma and Karambir, International Journal of Engineering Sciences & Research Technology, July 2016. 8, September?October

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Estimating is a Learned Skill

Herding Cats

“Fixed price without fixed specification,” Magne Jørgensen, Simula Research Laboratory, 15 March 2016. Springer International Publishing, 2016. Story Point Estimating,” Richard Carlson, ALEA, Agile and Lean Associates, 2013. Improving Subjective Estimations Using Paired Comparisons,” Eduardo Miranda, IEEE Software Magazine, Vol.

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Clarifying Misconceptions of the Big Launch

Rebel’s Guide to PM

However, as students of the lean entrepreneurship movement hear repeatedly, it’s usually not a good idea to launch your product with a “big bang.” In a Forbes magazine story eight years later, reviewing WordPress’s early history, author J. Copyright 2016. This is solid counsel from my experience. Excerpted with permission by St.

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