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Waterfall Should Have Never Existed: Part 1

MPUG

The latter, Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM) came from the Rapid Application Development movement. These associations and thought leaders, authors, and researchers developed several flavors of Agile: Scrum, Scrum XP (eXtreme Programming), ScrumBan, DSDM, DevOps, and Lean-Agile , and market them vigorously.

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Software Cost Accounting

Herding Cats

planning, evaluating alternatives, conceptual formation); 2) application development (i.e. The capitalization of costs should start after the preliminary project phase, and is contingent on management committing to funding the continued development of the software, and the completion of the project being probable.

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Software Estimating Resources

Herding Cats

Software Development Projects in Government Performance, Practices and Predictions,” International Software Benching Marking Standards Group, January 2004. “A A Survey on Software Estimation Techniques in Traditional and Agile Development Models,” B. Control of Flexible Software Development Under Uncertainty,” Michael L.

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The Complete Glossary of 614 Project Management Terms

Workamajig

Benchmarking: The process of surveying similar organizations running similar projects (or relying on external surveys) to arrive at the standard or baseline for the project. Instead of grouping the organization's operations around functions (such as IT, Finance or Sales), a project organization organizes them around projects.