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6 major factors affecting resource capacity planning in 2019

Resource Guru

It’s a simple idea that comes with a labyrinth of execution problems, even with a top resource management software option. Before getting to 2019 capacity planning trends, let’s review the three historical biggest problems resource managers have faced since “capacity planning” formalized into a specific framework.

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Cut, Cut, Cut: Elimination Strategies To Boost Productivity

Project Management Hacks

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.

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Software Estimating Resources

Herding Cats

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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Estimating is a Learned Skill

Herding Cats

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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Major Milestones for Unicorn Startups

Teamweek

Trello also began as a side project at Fog Creek Software, where team members wanted to solve high-level planning issues. The CEO of the time-tracking software Toggl couldn’t find the perfect planning software to coordinate big projects, so he created Teamweek. Fun fact: our company Teamweek started the same way.

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Clarifying Misconceptions of the Big Launch

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In a Forbes magazine story eight years later, reviewing WordPress’s early history, author J. By that August WordPress boasted 15,000 users and a pack of loyal developers refining code for free around the world. Copyright 2016. The Science of Growth [Book Review] Do you work in a startup, or digital project management?

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100+ Tech Conferences and Events to Attend in Europe 2020

Teamweek

In their words: c’twebdev is a conference for web frontend developers, organized by the computer magazine c’t. In their words: Get better at modelling & designing software for complex domains. In their words: A conference for software product managers. Its second issue will take place from February 4 to 6, 2020.