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Current State and Future Prospects of Scrum and Agile Development in Japan

Scrum.org

日本語版はこちら ) The state of Scrum and agile development In 1986, professors Takeuchi and Nonaka published the famous white paper entitled, "The New New Product Development Game" (¹). I could see it coming from very different fields such as manufacturing, or marketing for instance. Why is that? What happens next?

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Your Guide to Going Paperless in 2021

nTask

The manufacturing of paper products is known to have disastrous effects on the environment including the production of greenhouse gases , global warming, and causing deforestation. Moreover, not only is it the manufacturing of paper products that is harmful to the environment. 5 Useful Strategies to Plan Your Day.

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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Here are my collected works, presentations, briefings, journal papers, articles, white papers, and essays, used to increase the Probability of Project Success (PoPS) I've developed and applied over my career in the software-intensive system of systems domain. Open Loop / Closed Loop Project Controls. Project Governance.

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Coherent Design and Development Process

Herding Cats

We're working on a white paper "Increasing the Probability of Program Success with Continuous Risk Management," for the Joint Space Cost Council, Scheduler's Forum. During our research, I found a paper "Management Disciplines: Harbingers of Successful Programs," David Acker, Defense Systems Management Review , Summer, 1979.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Journal Papers, White Papers, and Essays on Project Success (#Papers). Agile and Earned Value Management Bibliography of papers, books, and thesis (#Biblio). Open Loop / Closed Loop Project Controls - project management is a closed loop control system. Architecture (#Architecture).

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Fallacy of the Day

Herding Cats

"On spec" is open loop control on value. Project Controls are Management Actions, either preplanned to achieve the desired result, or taken as a corrective measure prompted by the monitoring process. In the Project Controls paradigm, Value is a measurable attribute of the project controls process - a Closed Loop Control measure.

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Estimating is a Learned Skill

Herding Cats

The primary purpose of software estimation is not to predict a project’s outcome; it is to determine whether a project’s targets are realistic enough to allow the project to be controlled to meet them ‒ Steve McConnell. 3, 2010, “Empirical Estimation of Hybrid Model: A Controlled Case Study,” Sadaf Un Nisa and M. 3, May/June 2012.