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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PM Basics

MAY 16, 2022

You don’t work in one of the main niches: Software Development. Agile Frameworks are popular in the software development industry. But this book can teach you everything you need to know: Project management theory doesn’t work! Get The Book. Additionally, need to learn a bit about Scrum and Kanban.

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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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Herding Cats

JUNE 12, 2018

Yes, this is the basis of any closed loop control system from keeping the room temperature at a specific setting, to the speed control on your car, to managing software development projects in the presence of uncertainty. At a minimum, at the end of every week, a Scrum team assess physical percent complete at the end of the Sprint.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

Hybrid–Agile Software Development Anti–Patterns, Risks, and Recommendations,” Paul E. McMahon, Cross Talk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering , July/August 2015, pp. Architecting Large Scale Agile Software Development: A Risk–Driven Approach,” Ipek Ozkaya, Michael Gagliardi, Robert L.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 4, 2019

So here are some books, handbooks, and guides that sit on my shelf that are used pretty much all the time on the Software Intensive System of Systems we work on. I'm not expecting anyone to read all these books. All these books are in print. Risk Management in Software Development Projects , John McManus, Routledge, 2003.

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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

Taxonomy-Based Risk Identification,” Marvin Carr, Suresh Konda, Ira Monarch, Carlo Ulrich, and Clay Walker, Technical Report, CMU/SEI-93-TR-6, Software Engineering Institute, June 1993. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. Software Engineering Institute, January 1996. De Meyer, C. Loch, and M.

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Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 12, 2018

Yes, this is the basis of any closed loop control system from keeping the room temperature for a specific setting, to the speed control on your car, to managing software development projects in the presence of uncertainty, using any software method you choose. Principle #2 - Shorten the Feedback Cycle . But it's pure bunk.

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Teamweek

OCTOBER 20, 2022

You probably already know—Agile isn’t just for software developers anymore. After all, Agile projects deliver proven value in software projects: Higher profit More meaningful projects and client relationships Greater productivity Clearer communication. Scrum vs. Kanban —what’s a better Agile method for us?

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The term is used in software engineering; especially in development methodology Extreme Programming and Agile software development. — Wikipedia , Oktober 2019?—?. The Customer Representative and Scrum. Want to learn more? Read more about the Stances of the Product Owner on this page. What did you like?

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Leading Agile

MAY 25, 2023

In Agile, you only get the full benefits of Scrum and SAFe when certain conditions are met in the organization. Solid technical practices and your full-stack developer’s software craftsmanship are also limited by the conditions inside your organization. That’s what user stories do, that’s what Scrum does.

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Epicflow Blog

MAY 14, 2019

Develop Your Leadership Skills. Varun Maheshwari , a Scrum Master at Telstra, says to “avoid project based thinking and start product thinking, have tight & fast feedback loops, make teams really autonomous, let team members talk to real customers so that they can understand domain & customer needs better, etc.

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Leading Agile

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Software Engineer (SE): Couldn’t care less. Software Engineer (SE): Couldn’t care less. They told us so in our Certified Scrum Master class. There’s a perception that in order to have a successful career in software development, you have to sacrifice every minute of your life to it.

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 27, 2017

Although I understand measuring productivity could work well for repeatable activities, it's hard to believe it works well for abstract and, ultimately, non-repeatable tasks like software development. We engineers should always keep in mind that software development is usually one part of many others inside the company.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 23, 2019

There's been a rash of conjectures about all kinds of bad business, project, and software development (agile and traditional) management ideas of late. This also meant developing software systems to support this effort. Rarely are software engineers working on science experiments. Almost impossible?

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

There's been a rash of conjectures about all kinds of bad business, project, and software development (agile and traditional) management ideas of late. This also meant developing software systems to support this effort. And money in the bank is what software development is about.

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Herding Cats

MAY 8, 2016

Uncertainty of course is present in all software development work both reducible and irreducible uncertainty. Here are some books and papers that can provide you with all the tools needed to learn to estimate in the presence of uncertainty. Ask the person making those conjectures if they have read the books.

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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. Metrics can be set with the project type, construction versus software development.

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Teamweek

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Agile PM software comes with features for: Backlog management Agile estimation tools Sprint planning Work-in-progress limits Burn-down charts. And other features that help implement Agile practices for Scrum and Kanban methods. Nonprofit project management software. Example: OrangeScrum. Let’s take a look at an example.

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

This Does Not Scale - If there are software development projects that can be executed without knowing how much it will cost in the end (an open ended spend plan), or projects where the budget is capped (a Not To Exceed Number) and we don't really need to know the upper bound of the features to be delivered, how large can this notion scale?

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