Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

The naturally occurring work effort in the development of a software feature - even if we've built the feature before - is an irreducible uncertainty. The risk is created when we have not accounted for this natural variances in our management plan for the project. An aleatory risk is expressed as a relation to a value.

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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Software Sizing, Estimation, and Risk Management: When Performance is Measured Performance Improves , Daniel Galaorath and Michael Evans , Auerbach, 2006. Software Sizing and Estimating: Mk II FPA , Charles Symons, John Wiley & Sons, 1991. Related articles. IT Risk Management. Let's start with some books.

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Binfire

AUGUST 27, 2017

The Agile project management methodology has been used by software engineers and IT professionals for the past sixteen years. In the late twenty century, many software engineering researchers in academia were studying the disturbing fact that most software and IT projects finish late or fail to finish at all.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 13, 2022

TL; DR: Scrum Developer Anti-Patterns. 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?

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Binfire

APRIL 7, 2017

In the late twenty century many software engineering researchers in academia were studying the disturbing fact that most software and IT projects finish late or fail to finish at all. In 2001 a group of software engineers and scientists in IT industry got together and wrote Agile Manifesto.

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PM Basics

APRIL 24, 2018

If you want more details I have a separate article here: 3 Useful Applications Of Project Life Cycle Knowledge. Phases in Software Development. Here are some common phases of the software development: Project Initiation. The main phase of a project is implemented with Scrum Framework. To make the project more predictable.

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MPUG

MAY 14, 2021

I got junior software engineers, software engineers, senior software engineers. I know I’m going to have a senior software engineer and I want him working on these tasks [inaudible 00:12:15] who that is. ” So, in this case, I see the junior software engineer is costing me $1.50

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Workzone

JANUARY 18, 2023

It’s specifically built for technicl creatives—such as game developers, UX designers and software engineers. VivifyScrum Software developers and programmers will want to dig into this. VivifyScrum is an easy-to-use Scrum and Kanban visualization tool with Sprint, Product Backlog and Burndown charts built right in.

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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. The Product Manager is not always the same as the Scrum Product Owner. Related articles.

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MPUG

MAY 6, 2021

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. Are we doing good change and risk management? All projects have risks.

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Herding Cats

MAY 8, 2016

Now that we've established with the above sources there are conjectures without basis, nonsense statements like estimates are the smell of dysfunction without ever stating what the dysfunction is or what could possibly be causing the dysfunction, here's the place to start for serious estimating for software intensive systems.

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Scrum.org

JULY 11, 2022

It’s about collaboration and openness, and speaking of collaboration, I am pleased to inform you that this article was written in cooperation with Stefano Milanesi ; a fantastic Agile Coach and consultant whom I was lucky to meet on my professional journey. . Does the Scrum Guide give some direction? Our story begins here. .

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Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Hybrid, Critical Chain, Critical Path, Kanban, Scrum, Six Sigma, Waterfall [3]. Managing uncertainties and constraints, Administering risks, Making project decisions, Analyzing team progress, Reporting [5]. PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP) (costs from $520 for members and $670 for non-members); .

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Herding Cats

JUNE 12, 2018

At a minimum, at the end of every week, a Scrum team assess physical percent complete at the end of the Sprint. Seems the author did not actually read those debunking articles and failed to understand the breathlessly poor statistical sampling techniques done by Standish. Software engineering economics." Boehm, Barry W.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 12, 2018

At a minimum, at the end of every week, a Scrum team assess physical percent complete and updates their estimate to complete in some field in the Scrum development system. Seems the author missed those debunking articles and failed to understand the breathlessly poor statistical sampling techniques done by Standish.

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MPUG

MAY 18, 2022

If you’re brand new to Agile, there is an updated article I did, Intro to Agile Project Management. A lot of people don’t like that, but whatever your scrum team decides to do is right for your team. You’ll get a link to later and you’ll get a link to all of our follow up resources. That’s coming soon.

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PM Basics

JULY 1, 2020

For sure, the easiest way to become a software project manager is by getting a promotion inside an IT company. So, if you are just starting your career, I strongly recommend getting a job on an IT project in any other capacity like QA, Developer, DevOps, Business Analyst, or a Scrum Master. You’ll Lead and Motivate Everyone.

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MPUG

OCTOBER 15, 2020

So you have master in Scrum, or master in Kanban or like a professional in Lean. Then of course, Scrum Masters, Kanban Flow Masters They can also go for this certification. Even the engineers, hardware engineer, software engineer, mechanical engineer. Life doesn’t work like that.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 23, 2019

This also meant developing software systems to support this effort. We were one of the first users of eXtreme Programming, long before Scrum was around and presented that early work in 2003, " Making Agile Development Work in a Government Contracting Environment, Measuring velocity with Earned Value." . Let's start with the obvious.

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

No Estimates Mean Better Estimates? - Value at Risk means how much money and time are you willing to risk without understanding how much time and money is at risk. Risk Management is Project Management for Adults - this is a core concept for all project success. We need to learn how to predict with credible methods.

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

This also meant developing software systems to support this effort. We were one of the first users of eXtreme Programming, long before Scrum was around and presented that early work in 2003, " Making Agile Development Work in a Government Contracting Environment, Measuring velocity with Earned Value." . So how do we get ±10% accuracy?

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Herding Cats

MAY 7, 2019

Monte Carlo Schedule Risk Analysis,” Intaver Institute, Inc. 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. 61, September 2004. Chakraborty and K.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

And the same process is applied to the Scrum development processes on those projects. . 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. 5 Oct 1990, Page 21.

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MPUG

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

The number of software engineers is expected to triple the number of mechanical engineers this year alone. Unfortunately, it’s under NDA, so we were sworn to secrecy, couldn’t even have a … You could have a risk of having a phone taken if you’re taking screenshots through this.

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