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Economics of Software Development

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Macroeconomics is the study of how people make decisions influenced by tax rates, interest rates foreign policy, and trade policy. This is the foundation for estimates. Estimates with accuracy and precision values needed to make credible decisions. These estimates are critical to both developers and customers.

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Two Parallel Processes of Project Success - Both Value and Delivery are Needed

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For software development, those scarce resources are people, time, and money. Software engineering economics is a topic that addresses the elements of software project costs estimation and analysis and project benefit-cost ratio analysis. Software development is Micro, not Macro. Related articles.

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Top Solutions to Project Failure – Epicflow Research Part 2

Epicflow Blog

Victorine Ghobeira , a Senior Business Analyst and Project Manager at Dataquest, says that “preventing a lack of resource starts when defining and estimating activities and leads to creating a realistic schedule. Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering by Robert L. then more often that not you’ll be fighting a losing battle!”

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Risk Management Resources

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requires making estimates) ? This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to assess risks, their impacts, and handling strategies for software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. Software Engineering Institute, January 1996.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

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requires making estimates) ? 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. Software Engineering Institute, January 1996.

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How To Base Your Beliefs About Agile On Evidence

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This post is for anyone who wants to inspire, change or influence others through their efforts as professionals, with emphasis on the latter. Perhaps you’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 is the optimal size of a team?

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Where to Start with Scrum? Is Value Stream Mapping Your Answer?

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Additionally, if you're intrigued by the application of VSM in software engineering, check out the article " The value of value stream mapping in software engineering ". Evolve everyone who touches the product or influences product delivery in any way. The initial mapping session was a revelation for the team.

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