The IIL Blog

AUGUST 7, 2024

For example, a non-technical colleague was assigned to manage a project with software engineers and worked very hard to “speak their language.” Unfortunately, this did not come across very well and had more of a negative impact rather than positive.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 25, 2024

Key Events and Books Agile Manifesto (2001): Defines the four key values and 12 principles of agile as defined by the software developers who created the document David Anderson successfully developed a kanban system for Microsoft XIT Sustaining Engineering Group (2004), which brought kanban from the factory floor to use in knowledge work globally (..)

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 11, 2018

The aerospace industry has quality assurance, but calls it product assurance, which works in tandem with project management and engineering to avoid catastrophic failures that have a human cost. The Software Industry. In software development, quality assurance is a way to monitor the software engineering processes.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 15, 2025

Lean Software Development As Scrum is typically utilized by Software Engineering teams, I will shift the focus to Lean Software Development. Another way a Scrum Team practices the principle of Deciding as late as possible is through its engineering practices.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Common complaint: "Scrum is not working in today's software engineering industry." Likewise, if Scrum isn't “working” in today’s software engineering industry, then perhaps there are counter-signals in the industry that are preventing teams from employing Scrum effectively.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 31, 2019

While, as we stated earlier, we have no horse in the race, software engineer and author has a good definition. Is Agile a Methodology? Some say, if it walks like a duck, it’s a duck. But the issue is more complicated than that. Here’s a quote from his History: The Agile Manifesto.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 22, 2019

Famously, software engineer and author Tim Lister said that: “Risk management is how adults manage projects.” Employ the assets you deliver. This has led me to conclude that of all the project management processes and disciplines, stakeholder engagement is paramount.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 11, 2022

If you are a software engineer, show me your software projects. What types of projects should you include on your application for a new role? In my experience as a hiring manager, I want to see the relevant experience that applies to the job.

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Binfire

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

We at Binfire are proud to announce the establishment a scholarship fund for women studying science or engineering. . Binfire has been actively hiring women software engineers and believes more girls studying in high school should be encouraged to pursue science or engineering degrees when attending college. .

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

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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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 2, 2023

They include computer programmers, web developers, support specialists, IT technicians, network engineers, database administrators, software engineers, computer scientists, data scientists and IT security specialists. There are many professionals who are tasked with working in IT. That’s only a few.

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ActiveCollab

JANUARY 25, 2022

When someone mentions software engineers, do you first think of Bill Gates or Steve Jobs? Not many people know that a software engineer isn't just the mind behind a computer program. They need to ensure that everything runs smoothly and efficiently, especially if they work on demanding software.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 10, 2020

What looked like a good idea back in the 1990ies—outsourcing software development as a non-essential business area—has meanwhile massively backfired for a lot of legacy organizations. Today, they find it hard to compete in the war for product and engineering talent with the GAFAs and other agile and technology-focused organizations.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 25, 2019

You can thank Marc Andreessen , the American entrepreneur, investor and software engineer, for the hyphenated phrase. If there’s a fit, then there’s demand, and the whole enterprise has a green light to move forward with planning its product. What is Product-Market Fit?

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Inloox

MAY 27, 2021

" Probably the most famous of all management laws is attributed to American military pilot and aerospace engineer Edward Aloysius Murphy, Jr. " Larry Constantine is a software engineer and designer who pioneered the Structured Design approach to software development.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 30, 2021

In fact, in my first job, at Hewlett Packard, I was a Software Engineer. I had started my professional career as a Software Engineer. In the last seven years, I have assisted several interested and enthusiastic professionals to become Scrum Masters. I gradually elevated to the role of a Scrum Master. . .

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 4, 2020

Adopting Extreme Programming Practices, separating release from deployment, and embracing modern software engineering practices will speed up team performance. Just processes will not improve speed on the road, and we also need a better car with a newer engine. Complete harmony at work.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In complicated work, such as civil engineering, we can apply a set of best practices and be relatively certain that a desired outcome will be achieved. In software that the production line may take the form of an automated build and deployment. We never solve the exact same problem again in software engineering and other creative work.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 19, 2023

As a seasoned professional in the field of Scrum and Agile, I've often encountered the misconception that Scrum Mastership is confined to the world of software engineering. However, the principles and practices of Scrum are universal and can be applied across various industries.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Think about the lead software engineer at Volkswagen that got a 3-year prison sentence for following orders and writing code that disabled the catalytic convertor when under emissions tests. Think about the engineers at Boeing that don't yet know their fate over the 737 Max.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 28, 2024

Brooks’ Law Frederick Brooks stated in his 1975 book The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering that “adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.” This principle is akin to the KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) approach, which also advocates for straightforward problem-solving.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 27, 2024

If you set up your company insurance software engine to automatically decline people who trip several triggers during the buying process, then you need to make sure that’s clear to people. , managers should be aware that GDPR requires you to be transparent about profiling and automatic decision making.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 12, 2022

What to Expect: Sessions focus on agility, software engineering and lean business. But it continues to speak to project managers who are looking for a more iterative and flexible approach to managing projects, rather than the traditionally planning-ahead model.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 29, 2023

The essence of DevOps lies in its conceptual foundation, born out of software engineering. It's about understanding the impact of accelerated processes on our engineering systems and the way we design and approach our products. DevOps is not about the tools we use; it's about the ideas behind them.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 8, 2020

A Scrum Master needs to learn about processes, change, frameworks, practices, soft-skills, psychology, software engineering, agile engineering practices and so forth. He continuously needs to learn a wide range of subjects to be able to provide excellent services to his environment.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 4, 2021

He has helped a wide variety of organizations adopt agile software delivery practices, including large banking, payments, telecom, and product organizations. He started his career as a Software Engineer and spent almost 8 years as a hard-core Programmer.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 13, 2019

Maybe one day in the software engineering museum, we can see a deck of poker planning cards next to a set of punch cards.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In a Scrum Team, apart from a Scrum Master and Product Owner, we might have experts in software engineering, in testing, in technical writing, in marketing, etc. We can’t expect a software engineer to know all the nuances of marketing – these are wildly different sets of knowledge and skills.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 31, 2023

These are: Introduction to project management Project management foundations, initiation and planning Project lifecycle, information sharing and risk management Project management communication, stakeholders and leadership IT fundamentals for everyone Introduction to software engineering Introduction to Agile development and Scrum Scrum master essentials (..)

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Scrum.org

JULY 10, 2021

He has helped many organizations adopt agile software delivery practices, including large banking, payments, telecom, and product organizations. He started his career as a Software Engineer and spent almost 8 years as a hard-core Programmer.

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Scrum.org

JULY 7, 2020

From the long list of observation, heuristics, and mental models in psychology, organizational design, or software engineering, I pick six “agile laws” that seem to be particularly relevant in this area of distributed agile teams: Conway’s Law. Agile Laws: Conway, Brooks, Hackman, Goodhart, Larman, and Parkinson. Brooks’s Law.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 6, 2021

There are many software engineers out there who have misunderstood Scrum as feature factories. But thanks to it, I was able to fight my way out of procrastination to create a video about Sprint Planning. As you have watched in my previous video , I hate feature factories and I want more people to get people out of it.

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Scrum.org

JULY 14, 2021

Daniel is a Professor at the University of Aalborg and is specialized in empirical software engineering. Daniel Russo to write an academic paper that has been submitted to the academic journal “T ransactions of Software Engineering ”. Please note that our paper is currently reviewed by academic peers. .

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 6, 2021

There are many software engineers out there who have misunderstood Scrum as feature factories. But thanks to it, I was able to fight my way out of procrastination to create a video about Sprint Planning. As you have watched in my previous video , I hate feature factories and I have strived to get people out of it.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

If you are aiming for an IT job, you’d be better off taking that course. The modules do feel slightly disjointed as if they have been put together from other courses.

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Inloox

JUNE 15, 2021

Pierre: Software Developer at InLoox. Ortwin: Software Developer at InLoox. Konrad: Software Engineer at InLoox. Kathrin: Marketing & PR Manager at InLoox. Linh: Marketing & PR Manager at InLoox.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 7, 2023

In other words, for most people in Japan, software development was and remained an exercise in box checking. Software development did not get the same kind of focus it got elsewhere, and software engineers did not get the same kind of respect they earned in the West.

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