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In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

Scrum.org

What is the business case for Agile teams? We think we do well to base our beliefs about Agile more on evidence. This post is our attempt to bring an evidence-based perspective to the business case of Agile teams. Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams.

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Agile vs Waterfall: Embracing the Hybrid Project Revolution

NimbleWork

When the Agile methodology was first introduced, it was embraced as a welcome replacement to the rigid Waterfall approach. The community largely accepted Agile and Waterfall as mutually exclusive project management paradigms. Critics of Agile believed that Agile simply translates into fast failure.

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Project Management Trends: 2018 Topics to Watch

LiquidPlanner

And yet, we had some significant shifts this year, most notably PMI releasing the sixth edition of “A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge” ( PMBOK® Guide ), alongside the Agile Practice Guide. Blending Agile and Waterfall. I’ve spoken to dozens of project managers this year and surveyed more than 200.

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Resources for Cone of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

If your uncertainty is not reducing at some planned rate, you're not managing the project for success and you're going to be late, over budget and the products not likley to work or some combination of those. If the product with the needed Features shows up late and over budget, is that good business management?

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Webinar Recap: Project Performance Measurement – Part 2: What to Measure and How to Report

MPUG

Well, because according to PMI, the Project Management Institute, 45% of projects experience scope expansion, 32% failed on their budgeting, and 16% were deemed complete failures. I got junior software engineers, software engineers, senior software engineers. More than $500,000 under budget?

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

MPUG

I actually got my degree in software engineering and moved up into project management like a lot of us did back in the day. Individual contributor team, lead section, lead project manager, program manager, director of engineering. Fletcher Hearns: Does the project meet schedule and budget? By education and training.

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Software Development Life Cycle and Project Management

PM Basics

For agile projects, there is still a place for phases where you should use plan-driven approaches. Or you may work in an agile environment, and you perceive as if your project starts with the Sprint 1. Questionaries and Surveys. In the end, you need requirements that software engineers will understand. Interviews.