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Beautiful Example of the Disconnect Between Those who Pay and Those Who Spend

Herding Cats

What's your Estimate to Complete and Estimate at Completion for those working demos for all the Capabilities I need to start down the path to breakeven for the software I'm paying you to build? And do this according the plan described in the Product Roadmap, using the Cadence or Capability Release Plan? Related articles.

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Quote of the Day

Herding Cats

This is called Software Engineering Economics. Herding Cats: Capabilities Release or Cadence Release. Related articles. Architecture -Center ERP Systems in the Manufacturing Domain. IT Risk Management. Why Guessing is not Estimating and Estimating is not Guessing. Making Conjectures Without Testable Outcomes.

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Same Same but Different †

Herding Cats

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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The Customer Representative (A Preferred Product Owner Stance)

Scrum.org

The term is used in software engineering; especially in development methodology Extreme Programming and Agile software development. — Wikipedia , Oktober 2019?—?. An increased focus on long term vision, goals and objectives starts to grow (while, of course, delivering in a steady and frequent cadence).

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A Comprehensive Guide to Agile Project Management

Redbooth

The model has been favored by software engineers for its efficacy and flexibility, and it’s beginning to catch on in agencies and startups. The quick cadence of sprints is balanced by the support of standups and reviews. With proper feedback and accountability, quality assurance is built into the agile management process.

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Use Agile Project Management with MS Project – Transcription

MPUG

But a lot of people say that I want to be able to try it when I’m in testing, cause a lot of their user stories and the story points because the software engineer and the test engineer are working together in developing the sprint and test the sprints. Melanie: I’m not seeing your screen at this point. Lewis: Yes.

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What’s Worse Than Not Automating Your Software Delivery Pipeline?

Leading Agile

Although the term “automated testing” is questionable , test automation continues to be a strong focus in software delivery these days. There’s even a special job title, “Automation Engineer,” which doesn’t particularly imply much about either automation or engineering, as far as I can tell.