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Project Delivery through the Definition of Done

Project Pulse Journal

In traditional Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) models, the DoD might be a phase completion sign-off, where a phase (like design or testing) is incomplete until all specified deliverables are reviewed, approved, and documented. This helps the project team define what needs to be delivered and prevent potential scope creep.

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9 Best Practices for Recruiting Developers With Skills Tests

Teamweek

It’s not enough to find developers that have the right experience on paper – you must ensure your technical candidates can actually deliver on the job. Check out our extensive assessment library to create in-depth, fun, and sharable tests that will help bolster your recruitment process.

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How to Use nTask for Waterfall Project Management – A Practical Guide for First Timers

nTask

Its simplicity and ease of implementation has made it the most popular version of the systems development life cycle (SDLC) for software engineering and IT projects. Benington gave a presentation about the development of software for SAGE at Symposium on advanced programming methods for digital computers.

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4 Fallacious Reasons to Estimate and Why Those Are Fallacious

Herding Cats

After having worked for outsourcing, consultancy and product companies I believe that creating a place where people really trust each other is easier when software engineers and stakeholders are both part of the same organization. This notion shows that governance is not considered a requirement for the business.

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21 Types Of Project Management Software (With Examples)

Teamweek

A way to assess whether a PM tool fits your industry is to look for case studies and testimonials on the website: Do those customers run businesses like yours? Plus, there’s very little onboarding needed for your team. It may sound outdated to most of us, but sometimes, there are good reasons to stick to on-premise software.

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

Leading Agile

An unattended software delivery pipeline frees technical staff to spend more time on value-add activities rather than tediously performing repetitive tasks by hand, such as. Reviewing code by eyeballing it to ensure compliance with coding standards. Handling merges of code changes made by more than one person.

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DDSTOP The Saga Continues

Herding Cats

This also meant developing software systems to support this effort. We were one of the first users of eXtreme Programming, long before Scrum was around and presented that early work in 2003, " Making Agile Development Work in a Government Contracting Environment, Measuring velocity with Earned Value." .