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Best PMI-ACP Exam Prep Books

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Instead, you would probably get more use out of investing your reading time in User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development (Mike Cohn). I would suggest it’s User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development by Mike Cohn. User Stories Applied for Agile Software Development by Mike Cohn.

PMI 195
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Definition of Done

Herding Cats

The common definition of the Definition of Done in agile software development is (mostly from the Scrum Alliance and other official Scrum sites): A simple list of activities (coding, comments, unit testing, integration, release notes, design documents, etc.) These Measures have Little meaning to the Decision Makers.

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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Business Analysis A process in which an individual identifies business needs, defines solutions and facilitates change to meet organizational goals. Business case An organization will develop a document to justify the investment in a project (i.e., process, policy, practices, perceptions, etc.) effectively and efficiently.

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Different Project Management Terms Beginners Should Know

ProProfs Project Management

You winged the entire project execution process, and now the theory of it all is taking a toll on you. . An assumption in project management refers to assuming about possible factors or situations that may occur in the project planning process that it may actually happen. Performance Measurement Baseline. Closing Process.

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Are These DevOps Obstacles Getting in the Way of Your Agile Transformation?

Leading Agile

We need to obtain buy-in, address ambiguity, and navigate the process. Additionally, we may encounter challenges with packaged software that make the transformation harder. Yeah, I’ve been in environments where I said we wanted to have a team and, you know, over the years we have outsourced all of development.

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Misinterpretations of the Cone of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

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. The Cone of Uncertainty as a Technical Performance Measure. The Cone of Uncertainty as a Technical Performance Measure.

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4 Fallacious Reasons to Estimate and Why Those Are Fallacious

Herding Cats

Although I understand measuring productivity could work well for repeatable activities, it's hard to believe it works well for abstract and, ultimately, non-repeatable tasks like software development. Thus, the common approach to "measure productivity" is to compare the estimates against what, in fact, happened.