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Agile vs Waterfall: What’s the Difference?

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Commonly used in engineering and software development, it’s a more structured approach because progress falls in one direction, like a waterfall, from ideation to launch. Design : There are two parts to this phase, including logical design and physical design, all resulting in the software or product architecture. What is Agile?

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How to List Projects on Your Resume: A No Stress Guide

Rebel’s Guide to PM

If you are a software engineer, show me your software projects. For example, perhaps you’ve contributed to lots of project budget planning as part of projects but only lead the effort to create a project budget from scratch just once. List the number of people on the team, the budget, the benefits, and the impact.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Risk issues that can be identified early in the program, which will potentially impact the program later, termed Known Unknowns and can be alleviated with good risk management. Effective Risk Management 2 nd Edition , Edmund Conrow, AIAA, 2003.

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Is Software Development Art or Engineering

Herding Cats

I started my career as a Software Engineer , writing Fortran 77 signal processing algorithms to find and track missile launchers in the middle eastern desert. Signal processing is a domain of software development well suited to the paradigm of engineered systems. This is called engineering the solution.

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Agile vs Waterfall: Embracing the Hybrid Project Revolution

NimbleWork

Risks are identified and mitigated early during the project lifecycle, which allows teams to comply with stringent compliance regulations and organizational policies across the project lifecycle. These are typical for large-scale projects with fixed budgets, timeline and expectations.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

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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CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management): Why is it important to pursue CAPM Certification?

Techno-PM

They can plan projects from start to finish and identify risks and develop appropriate responses for those risks before they arise. It is so much more than just managing schedules and budgets. A successful project manager will have experience in leadership, business administration, finance, and software engineering.