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Basis of Estimating Software Development

Herding Cats

The estimating of software development is both straightforward and complex. When it is suggested that estimating is hard, of no value, and unnecessary, always ask what principle is used to support that claim? Software Sizing and Estimating: Mk II FPA , Charles Symons, John Wiley & Sons, 1991.

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Best PMI-ACP Exam Prep Books

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Instead, you would probably get more use out of investing your reading time in User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development (Mike Cohn). I would suggest it’s User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development by Mike Cohn. Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products by Jim Highsmith.

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The 18 Most Influential People in Project Management

ProjectManager.com

Thought leaders in project management have strong social media followings, are published authors, and are working as leaders for innovative companies and enterprises in the project management industry. We took each of these elements into consideration when developing our list of the 18 most influential people in project management.

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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Bottom-up Estimating A project estimation technique that leverages tactical-level team members/subject matter experts (SMEs) to break down tasks into smaller components to create a more accurate estimate. Lean A project management philosophy that aims to maximize value while minimizing waste. it is finite).

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Business Agility: What Is It & Why Is It Important?

ProjectManager.com

There are trends and systems that can calculate and estimate the likelihood of what is to come, but the reality is there are too many variables to make any such equation infallible. The history of business agility as a concept begins with software development. At the center of any business agility framework is innovation.

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What Is Agile Product Management?

Agilemania

It promotes an adaptable approach to product development and deployment, allowing firms to adjust swiftly to input and create products that consumers enjoy. At its foundation, agile product management is a reaction to the widespread usage of agile software development approaches such as scrum or kanban.

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Review: DevOps a business perspective

Henny Portman

Definition DevOps: “ DevOps is an evolution of the ideas of agile software development and lean manufacturing, applied to the end-to-end value chain in IT, which allows businesses to achieve more with modern information technology due to cultural, organizational and technical changes ”.