The IIL Blog

MAY 17, 2023

Private Sector Project Manager Selection The birth of modern-day project management is most frequently attributed to the engineering community, mainly aerospace and defense. Finding engineers with a command of technology was easy. The assignment as a government project monitor was seen as an add-on to one’s normal job.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Agile software development. Lean Product Development. SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) 5.1. SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM) 5.1. SAFe® Scrum Master. SAFe® Scrum Master. $50. SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master. SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master. $50. SAFe® Release Train Engineer. SAFe® for Government.

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Leading Agile

JUNE 17, 2022

After completing a successful Agile pilot, many organizations overlay standard Scrum roles, artifacts, and ceremonies across the remainder of the organization in hopes that these practices will take root. Alternatively, a backlog may appear as minor engineering activities. Producing Working, Tested Software. Governance.

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Agilemania

MARCH 25, 2021

Is a SAFe Scrum Master and Scrum Master having two different accountabilities or the same? Is a SAFe Scrum Master, a Scrum Master with additional responsibilities for scaling? Let us explore the differences between a SAFe Scrum Master and a Scrum Master ( a Scrum Master within Scrum framework).

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International Institute for Learning

JUNE 2, 2022

Rubin Jen has been in the project management field for over 23 years, spanning aerospace, engineering, telecom, software development, outsourcing, consulting, not-for-profit and government sectors. He has worked with companies such as Bombardier Aerospace, Celestica, Accenture and the Ontario Government.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Be it monitoring and control, collaboration, stakeholders onboarding, change management, and governance methods, the problems only keep increasing. Kanban is a preferred framework for implementing Agile and DevOps software development. Release Train Engineer, Scrum Master. Team Lead, Engineer, Business Analyst.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 17, 2024

It may include coding, testing (unit, integration, system), documentation, design approvals, and any other conditions the team deems necessary in a software development project. In Scrum, the DoD helps ensure that each increment is potentially shippable.

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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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International Institute for Learning

APRIL 12, 2023

It’s easy enough to just pick up the Scrum Guide, obtain a certification and just try doing it. Rubin Jen has been in the project management field for over 25 years; Spanning aerospace, engineering, telecom, software development, outsourcing, consulting, and government sectors.

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MPUG

APRIL 2, 2024

government began using it to manage complex defense projects. Agile is used in a wide range of industries, including software development, IT, construction, engineering, and many others Hybrid Hybrid combines elements of traditional and agile pm to create a customized approach that meets the specific needs of the project.

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International Institute for Learning

APRIL 19, 2023

Sprint Zero: Starting Off Right So, you’ve started off applying Agile practices with a Scrum project. But it’s been much harder than they said it would be. Failed iterations early on, confused team members and stakeholders, and low-value items getting done…. Wasn’t this supposed to be easy and simple?

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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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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Product Owner, Scrum Master, Development team members) who work collaboratively to deliver value in an Agile project. engineering, IT, human resources, etc.), 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.

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Online PM Courses

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

Scrum Alliance. Scrum Alliance was the first (2001) major organization to promote scrum, and to offer its certifications. Its Certified Scrum Master (CSM) qualification is still the most widely known agile certification. Scrum Alliance claims to have issued over 750,000 certifications.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

Mazzuchi, and Shahram Sarkani, Systems Engineering , Volume 17, Issue 4, Winter 2014, Pages: 375–391. Hybrid–Agile Software Development Anti–Patterns, Risks, and Recommendations,” Paul E. Hybrid–Agile Software Development Anti–Patterns, Risks, and Recommendations,” Paul E.

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PM Basics

DECEMBER 23, 2022

For example, government organizations or bodies that set standards related to your project. . For example, the lead engineer in your software development project or the top salesperson bringing in clients and cash hand-over-fist. These stakeholders may be regulatory agencies, NGOs, politicians, and government bodies.

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MPUG

MAY 6, 2021

We are a consulting company in the DC Baltimore area that specializes in project and portfolio management for about 80% of our customers in the government space, the other 20 in the commercial space. I actually got my degree in software engineering and moved up into project management like a lot of us did back in the day.

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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

Taxonomy-Based Risk Identification,” Marvin Carr, Suresh Konda, Ira Monarch, Carlo Ulrich, and Clay Walker, Technical Report, CMU/SEI-93-TR-6, Software Engineering Institute, June 1993. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. Turof, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering , 400, 2018. “A

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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. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol.

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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. ” Are we really optimizing the wrong thing?

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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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Herding Cats

AUGUST 27, 2017

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. That's why I strive to create an environment with mutual trust between the engineers and the different stakeholders.

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Herding Cats

MAY 7, 2017

This step is one of the steps needed for project success in SISoS when developing with the software with Scrum. Governance principles provide guidance to institutionalize a process, including its continued assessment and evolution over time in support of the tangible system benefits. Here's how that is done.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 15, 2017

Hofstadter is speaking about the development of a Chess playing program - and doing so from the perspective of 1978 style software development. Figure 4 shows the inability of the team and management to actually flow the principles of Scrum. This is a picture of a bad scrum team. Why We Need Governance.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 14, 2016

the continued paradigm of deadline-driven development is killing the benefits that Agile Software Development can bring. But the conjecture that Executives of software product and service companies always want stuff delivered faster, cheaper and better. Agile Software Development in the DOD.

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Herding Cats

MAY 8, 2016

Uncertainty of course is present in all software development work both reducible and irreducible uncertainty. Before listening to any conjecture that estimates aren't needed to make decisions in the presence of Uncertainty for software development, please read these books. What are we looking for? Reading Materials.

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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. Some of you may not.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 30, 2019

Agile software development is framed by a manifesto , a set of 12 principles, several methods. These are all focused on developing software, delivering that software to those paying the developers. Systems Engineering. Systems Engineering looks at the big picture to make technical decisions.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Under a DevOps model, development and operations teams are no longer isolated. 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. Conclusion.

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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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Epicflow Blog

JANUARY 28, 2021

2021 is going to be full of both online and offline events for project managers engaged in different areas of business: construction and engineering, IT, healthcare, and many others. The conference topics include project and resource management, software development and management, PM tools and techniques, risk management issues, and more.

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Leading Agile

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The word of the day is: Developer. This quote from Angie Jones, in a TechBeacon article , illustrates the problematic use of the word: “To become an automation engineer you had to possess the skill set of a developer and the mindset of a tester.” Testing is central to software development. ” Why?

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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. The UK government developed PRINCE2, so if you’re planning on working in the UK, you might want to give this certificate a go. Scrum certifications.

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Epicflow Blog

JANUARY 12, 2024

Women in Project Management March, 7, Dublin, Ireland During this annual event, women engaged in project management will have an opportunity to network with their peers, sophisticate their skills, exchange their ideas, share experiences as well as learn from innovators, decision-makers, developers, and more.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 23, 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. Rarely are software engineers working on science experiments. Complexity Primer (Sandia).

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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. Some Model-Based Systems Engineering process. The Design Structure Matrix .

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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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