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How To Base Your Beliefs About Agile On Evidence

Scrum.org

Perhaps you’ve read many blog posts about how horrible SAFe is, or how useless estimation is, or what the optimal size of a team is. What if you recommend teams to stop estimation altogether and cause financial damage compared to when you wouldn’t have recommended this? References in academic papers are also a good source.

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Becoming Agile: Evidence Based Management

Scrum.org

Hearing a senior executive announce "We're committed to becoming agile!" In fact, if you were to read some of the interviews with managers in business magazines, or the guest articles and puff-pieces on agility in their companies, you'd think that their hearts and minds had been won decades ago. Yet it's also the sticking point.

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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?

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Estimating is a Learned Skill

Herding Cats

Estimating is a learned skill, used for any purpose from every-day life to management of projects. When I left for the airport this morning to catch my flight to a customer site I estimated, given the conditions, how much time I need to get to my favorite parking spot at DIA. So when you hear we can't estimate you'll know better.

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The Art of Mastering Project Surprises: Easy Strategies for Managing Unplanned Work

Traxidy

In agile projects, adjustments are expected with a more open-ended timeframe of scope and schedule. A task should not be so large that it becomes difficult to estimate or manage. A task should not be so large that it becomes difficult to estimate or manage. These are just a few examples. … Read More.

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Project Management Software Comparison: A Strategic View

The Strategic Project Manager

Integration and Compatibility – This refers to compatibility with other tools and platforms (like calendars, email, file storage) for seamless workflow integration. Smartsheet – HQ in Bellevue, Washington, USA, annual sales over $300 million, estimated 2,000 employees.

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AI Assistants for Project Managers

Leading Answers

Do you analyze backlogs and scope outlines for potential risks, or review estimates for commonly missed activities? Kevin Kelly, futurist and founding executive editor of Wired magazine, says in his TED talk: “ Everything that we have electrified, we are now going to cognify ”. The last area AI will move into is the Leadership domain.