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Money is important, but it is not what drives me

Gunther Verheyen

Money was not what drove my wife and I when I gave up my position as software engineer and aspiring project manager in favor of running a bookshop (1996). It wasn’t when I decided to go completely independent with my one-person company Ullizee-Inc (2016) and not be part of any fixed structure for the time being (which is to this date).

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Software Estimating Resources

Herding Cats

“Effort Estimation of Use Cases for Incremental Large-Scale Software Development,” Pareastoo Mohagheghi, Bente Anda, and Reidat Conradi, Proceedings of the 27th international conference on Software engineering. Software Development Effort Estimation using Fuzzy Bayesian Belief Network with COCOMO II,” B. 9, Issue 3, No.

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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. 8, August 1995.

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What Makes A Good Product Owner?

Scrum.org

This includes training, technical support, and preparation for new releases. In Proceedings of the 40th International Conference on Software Engineering: Companion Proceedings (pp. In Proceedings of the 40th International Conference on Software Engineering: Companion Proceedings (pp. Beecham, S., Beecham, S.,

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Skills Mismatch | What Is It & How to Bridge the Gap

Teamweek

Continuous investment in employee development (onboarding programs, ongoing training, fostering a learning culture) is vital to prevent mismatches. For instance, an individual having a software engineering degree might not be a great fit for a customer service role.

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100+ Tech Conferences and Events to Attend in Europe 2020

Teamweek

In their words: This is an event for IT and business leaders and architects, cyber security experts, data scientists, software engineers from businesses of all sizes – including those involved in Cloud, network infrastructure, AI, DevOps, cyber security, data analytics, unified communications and IoT. Digital Transformation Expo.

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Webinar Recap: Project Performance Measurement – Part 1: Overview Of Project Performance Measurements

MPUG

Fletcher is the director of training solutions with Edwards Performance Solutions. By education and training. I actually got my degree in software engineering and moved up into project management like a lot of us did back in the day. We do plan to answer your questions throughout the session today. Kyle: Thank you.