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The Journey and Future of Scrum and Agile – A Reflection

Scrum.org

Reflecting on Two Decades of Agile Over 20 years ago, while working as a Software Engineer on an Air Defense System, I found myself in a traditional waterfall context. Yet, within this rigid framework, my team and I began exhibiting Agile behaviors—cross-functionality, curiosity, and a relentless drive to adapt our ways of working.

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What is a technical project manager? (And why you should think about becoming one)

Planio

A technical project manager is a specialized role that combines leadership, organization, and communication skills with specific technical expertise to lead development projects. They’re often expected to help establish software engineering tools, standards, and processes like code reviews and testing strategies.

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Deconstruction the #NoEstimates Conjecture

Herding Cats

Then conjecture that NOT estimating will fix that symptom. Then conjecturing (here) that Not Estimating will somehow fix the problem of when you are DSTOP. We assess physical percent complete at close business every single day, with the update of the TO DO field in Rally at the Task level. Estimates are data.

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Deconstruction the #NoEstimates Conjecture

Herding Cats

Then conjecture that NOT estimating will fix that symptom. The notion of waterfall development on slide 9 as actually prohibited in our domain. The notion of waterfall development on slide 9 as actually prohibited in our domain. This approach gets you a D in the statistical assessment class. Not likely.

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DDSTOP The Saga Continues

Herding Cats

Judgment from experience requires repeatability (experts work best in Complicated or Ordered cynefin domains) The moment you have little-to-no repeatability experts are at best useless, adaptability is a better survival strategy. Rarely are software engineers working on science experiments. I couldn't see this in the text. .

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DDSTOP The Saga Continues

Herding Cats

40 - Estimation is a Problematic Practice of Companies Doing Dangerous Things. A #Noestimates advocate makes the claim that having a ±10% accuracy for estimates of cost and duration is a dangerous thing. We develop these reference classes using Agile Function Points. Use these to develop a Systems Model of the products .

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21 Types Of Project Management Software (With Examples)

Teamweek

You need to track project progress at a glance—but in a way that you can collaborate with your team, spot potential problems, and compare progress against your project plan or statement of work. So you don’t have to keep interrupting your team with “When will [task] be complete?” Example: OrangeScrum. Example: Toggl Plan and Trello.