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Economics of Software Development

Herding Cats

For example, about which software to buy, which Features in the development backlog should be implemented next, what prices to charge for products and services. Software development is an exercise in microeconomics, since it deals with limited resources - time, cost, and what value is produced in exchange for the time and money.

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How To Base Your Beliefs About Agile OnĀ Evidence

Scrum.org

Perhaps youā€™ve read many blog posts about how horrible SAFe is, or how useless estimation is, or what the optimal size of a team is. What if you recommend teams to stop estimation altogether and cause financial damage compared to when you wouldnā€™t have recommended this? You may have the practical experience to support your beliefs.

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Development Team Anti-Patterns

Scrum.org

Finally, the term Development Team seems to limit the role to technical people, for example, software engineers. Too much estimating: The Development Team estimates sub-tasks. In that respect, visualizing the progress towards the Sprint Goal is a useful exercise. Donā€™t waste your time on that.).

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Scrum Developer Anti-Patterns

Scrum.org

The term ā€œDeveloperā€ seems to limit the role to technical people, for example, software engineers. Change requires reflection, and occasionally it is a suitable exercise to let off steam. Too much estimating: The Developers even estimate sub-tasks. Read more : Estimates Are Useful, Just Ditch the Numbers.).

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Webinar Recap: Project Performance Measurement ā€“ Part 1: Overview Of Project Performance Measurements

MPUG

I actually got my degree in software engineering and moved up into project management like a lot of us did back in the day. Individual contributor team, lead section, lead project manager, program manager, director of engineering. Don’t eat as much and exercise more will show up on the scale days or a day or two later.

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What Is An Agile Agency And How To Become One

Teamweek

Require new scoping exercises, timeline extensions, and additional resources. When youā€™re leading an agency providing marketing, web development, branding, or software engineeringā€”your success is defined by creativity. They also assign estimates to each task. Enhances creativity.

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Whatā€™s Worse Than Not Automating Your Software Delivery Pipeline?

Leading Agile

Preparing test data to exercise applications prior to deployment. They asked a software developer what it would take, and he estimated something like 20,000 pounds over several months. Checking that application functions return expected results when given predictable inputs under well-known conditions. And they’re right.