Wrike

MARCH 4, 2015

So while you want to learn more about project management — either to pick up new skills or sharpen the ones you’ve already developed — you don’t have unlimited hours to read every book on the subject. Which project management books are best for your experience level? 23 Project Management Books for All Levels.

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Planio

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

So you want a software engineering job at Facebook/Apple/Amazon/Google/Netflix? It’s every software engineer’s dream to work with one of the top technical teams in the world. So how do you get a software engineering job at one of these companies? How to build a portfolio site for software engineering jobs.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 5, 2018

I work in a domain where engineered systems are developed for complex software-intensive system of systems. These systems are engineered with a variety of development methods. These systems are developed for external and internal customers. Here's a book that shows how to do that no matter the domain. .

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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to assess risks, their impacts, and handling strategies for software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. Software Engineering Institute, January 1996. 5, September/October 2011.

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Leading Agile

DECEMBER 18, 2018

On the other hand, software work is more than “just a paycheck,” even if it’s less than “a profession” in the sense of medicine or law. Software Engineer (SE): Couldn’t care less. </gesture> As long as I can take care of my family, I don’t care what software I write.

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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

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

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. Hybrid–Agile Software Development Anti–Patterns, Risks, and Recommendations,” Paul E. Nord, CrossTalk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering , May/June 2013.

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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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Herding Cats

AUGUST 1, 2018

We're writing two chapters in an upcoming Project Management Book, with a working title, The Gower Handbook of Project Performance for Agile, Waterfall and Everything in Between , edited by Mark Phillips. In the book is the mention of the Cone of Uncertainty as it applies to managing in the presence of uncertanty. 37–48, 2007.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 24, 2018

But before going further, let's establish the definitions we need to understand and apply Root Cause Analysis needed to discover the corrective and preventive actions to increase the probability of project success - especially Software Project Success. Gano, Atlas Books, 2007. What factors lead to software project failure?”

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Inloox

AUGUST 16, 2021

In my free time you can probably meet me in a nice café in Munich, at the dog lake with our family dog, on my bike, in the thrift store or with a book in the park. Pierre: Software Developer at InLoox. Ortwin: Software Developer at InLoox. Konrad: Software Engineer at InLoox. Corona Special: 10.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 28, 2024

TL; DR: Agile Laws in Software Development On many occasions, working with agile teams has amplified existing organizational, technical, and cultural challenges in many organizations. Your single best investment to improve your professional standing; order the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now! ? edition ! ?

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Herding Cats

MARCH 23, 2017

The book this statement comes from is Conte, S. Software Engineering Metrics and Models. In our NASA Software Intensive System of Systems business, we need an 80% confidence basis of estimate in the proposal - A 20% MRE. And download the paper that followed " A Software Metrics Survey. Dunsmore and V.Y.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

I work in a domain where engineered systems are developed for complex software-intensive system of systems. These systems are engineered with a variety of development methods. These systems are developed for external and internal customers. Ranging from traditional to agile and combinations in between.

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Epicflow Blog

MAY 14, 2019

Here are the top books recommended by our survey participants: Industrial Megaprojects: Concepts, Strategies, and Practices for Success by Edward W. Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering by Robert L. With all these practical solutions, it might indeed be easier to make your projects successful.

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Leading Answers

JUNE 9, 2019

Now that a software “Done” Milestone is more like a Tombstone. If you work in an industry that has digital products and services then the Product Development trend will impact you. As software becomes more critical to business operations and product offerings we are seeing that software projects do not end. October 2018.

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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

APRIL 8, 2017

I work in a domain where systems are engineered for the customer. These systems fall into the Software Intensive System of Systems (SISoS) category. The notion that innovation and engineering - software engineering - are somehow in conflict is common. . In this domain innovative is also the basis of success.

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Leading Agile

MAY 25, 2023

Solid technical practices and your full-stack developer’s software craftsmanship are also limited by the conditions inside your organization. And so what we were talking about was the idea, on theme for the last couple of these recordings of, what are the necessary preconditions to be able to do software craftsmanship well?

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The term is most often applied to a representative of a company, or proxy, who works closely with a producer or developer to clarify specifications for a product or service. The term is used in software engineering; especially in development methodology Extreme Programming and Agile software development. — Wikipedia , Oktober 2019?—?.

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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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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Thought-leaders often have a stake in promoting certain beliefs, so as to bring people to their classes, books, or products. There are dozens of high-quality academic works to draw from, there are dozens of academic journals dedicated to (agile) software development (ASD) and change management. All these sources offer evidence.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 19, 2017

The Cone of Uncertainty is a framing assumption used to model the needed reduction in some parameter of interest in domains ranging from software development to hurricane forecasting. Please read the book in the previous sentence to see why this is critical and how it is done. This extended post covers. Prentice-Hall, 1981. .

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Your single best investment to improve your professional standing ; order the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now! ? There are thousands of meetups worldwide covering the topics of agile frameworks and practices, software engineering, and product development in general. I just received my author copies ! ?

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The IIL Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

Most of these roles were based on aspects of IT operation, such as mainframe operation and maintenance, which later evolved into software development and commercialisation. LEAN processes emerged in 1991, with the Agile Manifesto launched by a group of software engineers in 2001.

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PM Basics

MAY 16, 2022

So, it’s time for you to become a software project manager? Below you’ll find a full guide on how to become a software PM. TL;DR: The steps to becoming a software project manager. Develop your interview skills. That’s an overall approach that will make you a software project manager. Yes, it is! Table of Content.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Levinson, Prentice Hall, 1965, I found this book in a box of books in our basement that was deposited there when I cleaned out my mother's house long ago. The preface has some interesting words applicable to today issues with the lack of discipline in the software development and management business. Engineering Economy.

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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. Yes, it is. Here are three main reasons: 1.

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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. Let me point out an obvious problem - software projects go over budget and are late. But it's pure bunk.

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Teamweek

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Before choosing a specific tool though, you need to decide on the type of project management software you need. And choosing from the many different project management software types can be quite a challenge. Types of project management software based on the use case. Project and resource planning software.

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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. So the first thing to do is answer the question. But it's pure bunk.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 4, 2019

Research shows that for projects, especially software projects Aleatory uncertainty is the predominant source of risk. 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.

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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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Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Probabilistic over Deterministic is standard estimating processes in every single book, paper, guideline, policy, and regulations governing the development in use of estimates in commercial (ITIL) and Government (all agency and GAO Estimating handbooks). Delivery Time over Development Time. MVP Scope over Full Scope.

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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.

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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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