The IIL Blog

MAY 17, 2023

Public Sector Project Manager Selection In most government agencies, PMs were seen more so as project monitors rather than project managers. The assignment as a government project monitor was seen as an add-on to one’s normal job. Executive sponsorship was merely eyewash for government agencies.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Read on to discover more about the importance of Agile and DevOps in software development. After all, they both emphasize speed and agility, and both require close collaboration between development and operations teams. Agile vs DevOps: Two Paradigms for Software Development. Scrum Master.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 21, 2024

Here are four prominent examples which you may also consider as agile methodologies and frameworks: Scrum Scrum is one of the most widely used agile frameworks. Scrum is led by Scrum Masters or Agile Project Managers, who help the team achieve results. Lean may also combined with software development tools and techniques.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 25, 2024

A Project Management Office (PMO) is a centralized department within an organization that standardizes the governance of projects. It includes developing and standardizing processes and enforcing standardized templates, methodologies, and tools across all projects, ensuring a consistent approach to project planning and execution.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Product Owner, Scrum Master, Development team members) who work collaboratively to deliver value in an Agile project. Product Backlog A prioritized list of features, enhancements, and fixes for a product that needs to be accomplished and is often used in Agile product development. of a project.

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Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Scrum is) more defined rather than empirical process. scrum, not agile. not as it was prior to scrum. Scrum is prescriptive and defined rather than empirical. This took me back since Scrum is derived from an empirical closed loop control system developed in the USAF by Col. Closed Loop Control.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Agile and Scrum are the two most popular names in the industry. According to Zippia Research , the US government has lost a whopping $32 billion because of failed IT projects. Think of an Agile Coach as a trainer or mentor who works with a team to help them implement Agile practices in project management or software development.

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Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

When most people think about Agile Coaches, they tend to think about a person who comes in and assists the teams with things like: Learning Scrum, SAFe, LeSS. The fact is that Transformation requires more than Agile Coaches teaching people the ceremonies of Scrum or how to do SAFe and LeSS. Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, etc.

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Planio

MAY 8, 2023

However, as IT projects often require a deeper understanding of technology, many IT PMs have a background in software development or IT support. ⚔️ Same situation: They’ll lead experts such as Software Developers, Business Analysts, Product Owners, or Infrastructure Managers. Software Developers).

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ActiveCollab

JUNE 20, 2017

Scrum is a project management framework that helps small, close-knit teams develop complex products incrementally. Scrum focuses on how people work instead of what they do. Scrum relies agile principles and is the most popular agile methodology out there. What is Scrum. Scrum got its name from rugby.

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nTask

MAY 3, 2019

These individuals are qualified to handle the requirements of ongoing projects; whether they are related to software development or physical boundaries. These project managers handle Scrum Masters and Product Owners who, in turn, are tasked to monitor “sprint” marathons within the organization. Accreditation: The Scrum Alliance.

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Wrike

JANUARY 15, 2019

Both Scrum and Kanban fall under the Agile methodology umbrella, making them good frameworks for breaking down larger, complex projects into manageable chunks. What is a Scrum Board? Scrum, originally created for software developers, is based around time-limited work periods, called sprints, which normally last around 2 weeks.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 1, 2016

For any closed loop control system ‒ let’s assume we want to manage our project with such a system ‒ has a signal representing the current state of the system. For a software project, let’s start by answering a critical question – how long are you willing to wait before you find out you’re late ? Closed Loop Control.

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International Institute for Learning

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Throw in the rich taxonomy of terms such as Waterfall, Lean, Agile, Scrum, XP, Sprints, phases, increments, and releases, and it’s easy to get lost in the terminology. In this article, we will refer to Agile approach as a generic term, as we are not discussing a specific approach such as Scrum or Extreme Programming (XP).

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Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

I've since lost my handbook issued at TRW for the Software Development Lifecycle processes used on the programs we worked, but the loop approach of plan, do, study, act was at the basis of that method. Is this early work the same in form as Scrum, XP, or other Agile development methods? Yes, pretty close.

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ActiveCollab

JUNE 20, 2017

Scrum is a project management framework that helps small, close-knit teams develop complex products incrementally. Scrum focuses on how people work instead of what they do. Scrum relies on agile principles and is the most popular agile methodology out there. What is Scrum. Scrum got its name from rugby.

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Wrike

APRIL 25, 2023

Establish project governance: Project charter templates help to identify key stakeholders and team members involved in the project, e.g., project sponsors, project manager, and team lead, indicating who is responsible for specific tasks and who has the authority to make decisions. Wrike is here for every phase of your project.

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nTask

JULY 5, 2019

As far as RUP is concerned, it is a framework for software development projects. They may seem a lot for software developers to go through, but this method is easier than conventional RUP tactics. You can also squeeze in Scrum methodologies with AUP since they offers a lot of wiggle room for diversified processes.

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MPUG

MAY 6, 2021

I came to my office today because I was having internet issues at home, and so I will ask for your indulgence because our office is actually quite close to a hospital. I actually got my degree in software engineering and moved up into project management like a lot of us did back in the day. By education and training.

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nTask

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

In fact, software development and project management are like two peas in a pod known as software development project management. Every implementation of the project management processes is different and the same can be said for software development project management.

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MPUG

APRIL 15, 2022

Melanie: Jeff is currently the Lead Course Developer for Edwards Performance Solutions, as such he oversees the production and maintenance of courses on project management, systems engineering, software development, business process improvement, and cybersecurity. Here’s what comes next.

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Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

I attended our Agile Meetup last night, where the speaker walked through the three current Agile at Scale development methods, all based on Scrum - SAFe, LeSS, and Nexus. Each of the authors have a different, sometimes slight, sometimes maor, approach to producing software using their methods. He had an interesting statement.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

Accuracy - how close is the estimate to the actual value? So in the end, if we are to make a decision in the presence of uncertainty, we MUST make estimates to develop a reliable shipping date while producing an accurate and precise estimate of the cost, schedule, and technical performance of the product shipped on that date.

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MPUG

MAY 14, 2021

By education and training, I’m actually a software developer. Having spent half my life in the commercial space and half in the government space, the questions are always there. And then I came back and started using it in larger government programs. Again, my name is Fletcher Hearns. What’s happening now.

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Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Talk to me about some of the challenges that you had taking it straight from a software development perspective. – Well, when you’re trying to build software and the software we were building was, was very innovative and kind of leading edge for organizations. – Right. That was kind of part of it.

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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

Project risk management: lessons learned from software development environment,” Young Hoon Kwak and Jim Stoddard,” Technovation , 24(11), pp. Project Risk Management: Lessons Learned from Software Development Environment,” Y. Recent trends of Risk Management in Software Development: An Analysis,” Raghavi Bhujang and V.

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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. 255, April 2010. 920, November 2004. Kwak and J.

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MPUG

MARCH 18, 2021

Jeff is currently the lead course developer for Edward’s Performance Solution and oversees the production and maintenance of courses on project management, systems engineering, software development, business process improvement, and cybersecurity. Or whoever’s governing this. You ask the question.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

DevOps teams consist of engineers who work across the application management lifecycle, from development and Testing to deployment and operations. They develop diverse abilities that aren’t limited to a particular role. Continuous Development: Continuous development entails software planning and coding.

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Workamajig

JULY 14, 2019

It was first outlined by Dr. Winston Royce in 1970 as a response to managing the increasingly complex nature of software development. Since then, it has become widely adopted, most prominently in the software industry. Graphically, you can represent it as follows: The above is from a software development perspective.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Product Development (#ProdDev). Governance (#Governance). Agile Software Development (#ASD). Six Business System Rule - defines the assessment of the integrated business systems for Federal procurement and their integrity in providing information to the Government contracting office. . Strategy (#Strategy).

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Paymo App

JANUARY 19, 2018

At the same time, you should know that many project managers have had previous other jobs such as software developers, marketing managers, accountants, designers, and so on. By working close to their side, you’ll master project management methods, processes, and best practices. Scrum certifications.

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Leading Agile

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

In contrast, Edward Yourdon’s book, Death March: The Complete Software Developer’s Guide to Surviving ‘Mission Impossible’ Projects , describes the harm the death march pattern causes and advises software development teams on how to survive it. Zombie Scrum describes the impact on delivery teams.

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Workamajig

JANUARY 11, 2021

Administrative Closure: A list of the requirements necessary to formally close the project. Audit: The process of analyzing a project to ensure that it is being governed as intended. Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM): An agile software development methodology that uses an iterative, incremental approach to project execution.

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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

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. This is a closed loop system optimization process applied to all the projects we work.

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Agilemania

MAY 17, 2021

The organizations start with few teams initially, and it is easier to follow simple & lightweight frameworks like Scrum or Kanban at this stage. The most important skills for an agile coach include: Strong understanding of Scrum and Kanban. Experience as a Scrum master or with the agile methodology. Scrum@Scale.

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