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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Epicflow Blog

MAY 14, 2019

We all dream of reaching maximum success with our teams and projects, even though project failure is common. Business drivers have to be translated into project drivers by a strong technical team, not management. Looking ahead while planning the project can help you develop a viable risk management strategy and eliminate constraints.

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Leading Agile

DECEMBER 18, 2018

In working with technical people at the individual and team levels, I often find attitudes that pull toward one extreme or the other: Either our work is inherently uninteresting, and we’re only in it for the paycheck; or our work is a boundless source of joy, learning, and achievement through which we can transcend the human condition.

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Planio

MARCH 11, 2019

So how can you become a more productive software engineer? In his book Smarter Faster Better , author Charles Duhigg defines productivity as “making certain choices in certain ways” that change our focus from being “merely busy” to “genuinely productive”. Develop feedback loops to know what work brings the biggest results.

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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. 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.

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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

AUGUST 27, 2017

The original post, while likely well meaning, coming from direct experience, focuses on ME the developer. And like many posts and tweets about estimating, it's made from this point of view, not the business point view, not from the point of view of those paying the developer. This Value is developed during the Product Planning session.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

What is the optimal size of a team? Should teams be stable over at least several years, or is it a good idea they change at will? How should leadership interact with autonomous teams? Is scaling always a bad idea? Of all the impediments that a team faces, which is the one to focus on first?

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MPUG

MAY 6, 2021

He is responsible for the implementation of enterprise project management solutions for Edwards’ clients as well as overseeing the custom application development performed at Edwards around enterprise solutions and Microsoft Project for both desktop and server as well as SharePoint. What does the team care about?

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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. This is a common problem in low maturity development organizations. This extended post covers. Our RCA method is the Apollo Method.

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Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 35

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 technical proficiency. Develop your interview skills. That’s an overall approach that will make you a software project manager.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 12, 2018

This is simply good process development and management. This, of course, is simply poor process improvement and a fallacy since without the root cause the symptom cannot be fixed and will return. At a minimum, at the end of every week, a Scrum team assess physical percent complete at the end of the Sprint. Standish Number.

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MPUG

MAY 18, 2022

Melanie here with team MPUG. Thus, I’ll share her contact and the book we’ll be discussing today in our survey email, following the event. He has 30 years as a new product development project management professional. He co-authored with me the Agile chapter of the Step by Step book. Melanie: Hello.

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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. 10 to 15 people on the project team.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 12, 2018

This is simply good process development and business management. This, of course, is simply poor process improvement and a fallacy, since without the root cause the symptom cannot be fixed and will return. The notion of waterfall development on slide 9 as actually prohibited in our domain. Have you done a Root Cause Analysis?

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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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MPUG

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Satya is a management professional, speaker, coach and author of six books, including the book I Want To Be An ACP. You’ll be knowing DS DNE, which is Development in Northern Europe or you will be knowing about BDD, which is Behavior Driven Development. Then team members. So it is constantly changing.

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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. We develop these reference classes using Agile Function Points. We use Vitech's Core.

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Planio

APRIL 16, 2020

Out of the nearly 90,000 people who took StackOverflow’s latest developer survey , the majority said the greatest challenge to their productivity is a distracting work environment. Batch your communication time (and set clear expectations with your team). Unfortunately, we’re pretty bad at making that distinction.

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Teamweek

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Every recruiter worth their salt uses recruitment software tools to give them an edge while tailoring job posts down to the very last detail. Because with the right recruitment software, forget rolling up the hill when you can shoot for the stars ?. SeekOut : A candidate sourcing software for technical and expert-level positions.

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