Binfire

AUGUST 27, 2017

The Agile project management methodology has been used by software engineers and IT professionals for the past sixteen years. The reason for this surge in popularity is quite understandable, the majority of projects benefit when managed using lean concepts promoted by Agile project management methodology.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Enter the Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), the unsung hero of the digital age. This comprehensive article will delve into the world of SREs, exploring their role, responsibilities, importance in business operations, the intersection of software engineering and systems administration, and the future trends shaping this crucial field.

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Binfire

APRIL 7, 2017

The Agile project management methodology has been used in the software development and IT industry for the past sixteen years, but recently it has gained wide acceptance by many number of industries and organizations. But the tide is turning and Agile is gaining wide acceptance as a valid process for many projects.

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MPUG

DECEMBER 16, 2022

While most PMOs and portfolio managers choose Project Online for enhanced resource planning and portfolio monitoring, teams that use agile tools can get a lot of value from Azure DevOps. It provides a collaborative culture and methods that bring together software engineers, project managers, and contributors.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

Uncertainty is related to three aspects of the management of projects: The external world - the activities of the project itself. The naturally occurring work effort in the development of a software feature - even if we've built the feature before - is an irreducible uncertainty. An aleatory risk is expressed as a relation to a value.

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Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

It's a popular misconception of the agile community that Waterfall is used in any domain outside their own personal experience, and Big Design Up Front (BDUF) and Big Bang Development (BBD) are the only alternatives to Agile. . Related articles. IT Risk Management. 4, December 1975.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The beginning of all business critical software development projects is the point in time when performing organizations are least certain about the project, yet it is also the time when top management expects to be delivered project estimates that are very precise. 1, January 2011. "A 37–48, 2007.

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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Here are some resources that will provide guidance to produce credible software development estimates, in both traditional and agile domains. While some have publication dates that may seem old, the principles in these books are immutable, even for agile projects. Agile Estimating and Planning , Mike Cohn, Prentice Hall, 2006.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 9, 2017

The classic paper “ Software Engineering Economics,” Barry Boehm, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol SE-10(1), 1984, pp. One model that is many times misunderstood by the agile community is the Cone of Uncertainty surrounding estimates as well as the technical and operational aspects of the project.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 5, 2018

These systems are engineered with a variety of development methods. Ranging from traditional to agile and combinations in between. Risk Management is How Adults Manage Projects - Tim Lister. This uncertainty creates risk, which can be reduced through specific actions. (2) illities are a waste.

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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 3, 2017

The planned uncertainty not only needs to decrease over time passing, but this reduction diminishes any impacts of risk on the decision-making processes. Seems there is still some confusion (intentional or accidental) about the Cone of Uncertainty and its purpose and its use in software development. This letter states.

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MPUG

MAY 14, 2021

We are a project management consulting company in the Baltimore Washington area. Background myself, I’ve been doing project program, PMO management for going on, I guess, 30 years now. By education and training, I’m actually a software developer. And in project management terminology, we must set the baseline.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

These systems are engineered with a variety of development methods. Ranging from traditional to agile and combinations in between. Risk Management is How Adults Manage Projects - Tim Lister. In our domain of engineered systems there is a broad range of problems, complex issues, approaches to solving problems.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 9, 2017

Risk is everywhere on projects. This risk comes from two types of uncertainty. The idea of risk and its management and handling is a critical success factor for all software development. Peter Drucker (1975) Management (From The Principles of Software Engineering , Chapter 6, Tom Glib, 1988). .

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Workzone

JANUARY 18, 2023

Maybe you need fresh start with a similar tool or maybe it’s time to move to a full-fledged project management solution. Brightpod They call it “gracious” project management software. It’s specifically built for technicl creatives—such as game developers, UX designers and software engineers.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 13, 2018

Traditional methods of quantitative cost-benefit analysis, like Net Present Value (NPV) or Discounted Cash Flow (DCF), either ignore or cannot properly capture the needs of management for flexibility to adapt and revise later decisions based on the uncertainties found on all IT projects. Related articles. IT Risk Management.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

With today’s speed of work and innovation, it’s imperative that your business finds an ideal work management software to streamline projects , optimize workflows , automate tasks , and enhance team productivity without causing burnout. . This article shares the key differences between Wrike vs. Asana. What is Wrike?

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PM Basics

APRIL 24, 2018

Software Development Life Cycle is on every job description for a Project Manager. Everyone wants you to know how to develop software applications. But there is a real problem here: With so many different frameworks and project management approaches, life cycles are so confusing. Phases in Software Development.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 14, 2018

There's a popular phrase in some parts of the agile community that goes like this. Software development is a Value Creaton activity, but Value cannot be determined unless we know the cost to produce that value and when that value will be available for use by those who of paid for that Value. Related articles. IT Risk Management.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 9, 2017

DeMacro made this post, which has been picked up by the agile community to mean estimating is a waste. . Implicit in the quote (and indeed in the book’s title) is that control is an important aspect, maybe the most important, of any software project. This is the value at risk discussion. Related articles. But it isn’t.

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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 18, 2016

Software developers and the IT managers they work for operating in the future. Many of this practitioners view the future as an esoteric, abstract, impractical realm, But the future is where the value of the software is earned. The future is where to cost to develop that software is paid back. Related articles.

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Herding Cats

JULY 28, 2017

In the agile world, people have datasets from their projects, their friends projects, or made up projects. This was my starting point for becoming a software engineer rather than a physicist, by the way. . Our management misuses information we provide them. Related articles. IT Risk Management.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 22, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. The Cone is a project management framework describing the uncertainty aspects of estimates (cost and schedule) and other project attributes (cost, schedule, and technical performance parameters). The notion of the Cone of Uncertainty has been around for awhile.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 17, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. The Cone is a project management framework describing the uncertainty aspects of estimates (cost and schedule) and other project attributes (cost, schedule, and technical performance parameters). The notion of the Cone of Uncertainty has been around for awhile.

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 27, 2017

After having worked for outsourcing, consultancy and product companies I believe that creating a place where people really trust each other is easier when software engineers and stakeholders are both part of the same organization. This is standard Product Management. Done by every Product Manager for every Product Company.

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. The Cone is a project management framework describing the uncertainty aspects of estimates (cost and schedule) and other project attributes (cost, schedule, and technical performance parameters). This is done by active risk management, through probabalistic decision-making.

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MPUG

MAY 6, 2021

He is responsible for the implementation of enterprise project management solutions for Edwards’ clients as well as overseeing the custom application development performed at Edwards around enterprise solutions and Microsoft Project for both desktop and server as well as SharePoint. Fletcher Hearns: Great, thank you Kyle.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 18, 2017

1] Software Engineering Body of Knowledge, [link] . [2] Related articles. IT Risk Management. . — George Bernard Shaw, Caesar and Cleopatra. [1] 2] " Aligning IT to Organizational Strategy ," . [3] 3] Capability-Based Planning , Chapter 32 TOGAF 9.1, Architecture -Center ERP Systems in the Manufacturing Domain.

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Here's an extract from "Chapter 8: Human Behavior and Complexity," Terry Cooke-Davies, in Aspects of Complexity: Managing Projects in a Complex World. This is a cautionary tale for those listening to the #NoEstimates advocates, where anecdotes of bad management are used in an attempt to replace established principles of business management.

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MPUG

MAY 18, 2022

s webinar, Use Agile Project Management with MS Project, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. Welcome to Use Agile Project Management with MS Project. Cindy is a Microsoft Project trainer and consultant with her business, Four Pillars of Success and has over 25 years of project management experience.

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Herding Cats

MAY 8, 2016

is not founded on any principle of business management, microeconomics of decision making, or principles of probability and statistics. Managing a business profitably is always hard work. A de minimis software project rarely benefits from estimates. Willfully bad management rarely benefits from learning how to estimate.

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Wrike

MARCH 4, 2015

So while you want to learn more about project management — either to pick up new skills or sharpen the ones you’ve already developed — you don’t have unlimited hours to read every book on the subject. Which project management books are best for your experience level? 23 Project Management Books for All Levels.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 13, 2022

After covering the anti-patterns of the Scrum Master, the Product Owner, and the stakeholders, this article addresses Scrum Developer anti-patterns, covering all Scrum Events and the Product Backlog artifact. Shall I notify you about articles like this one? Please note that there is no business agility without technical excellence.

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The IIL Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

Information Technology is a young industry with several even younger career paths, one of which is Information Technology Service Management (ITSM). A quick search via a popular search engine informs us of the following: Toolmaking is considered one of the world’s oldest professions at approximately 2.8 million years.

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Scrum.org

JULY 11, 2022

Very often, managers are tempted to look for individuals that are skilled on all or most of the competencies, thinking that this is the most straightforward and efficient way to nail the product development and deliver early. This is not only a story about individuals. Our story begins here. . (It Let’s pick an example from the IT world.

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Binfire

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

How to manage projects properly is one of the most important things new project managers and students of project management should learn. Like most other disciplines, you become proficient as a project manager by practice and not just studying. Roadmap on how to manage projects. 1-Understand the problem.

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Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2020

A profession of a project manager has always been in demand and seems to be gaining momentum more and more. According to PMI’s Job Growth and Talent Gap in Project Management 2017-2027 , organizations’ need for project talent has significantly increased since their previous investigation in 2008. million project experts by 2027.

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