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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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Embracing Uncertainty: Rethinking Project Timelines in Agile Environments

Scrum.org

It often lures us into the trap of deterministic estimates. Let’s investigate why deterministic estimates set us up for failure and explore pragmatic alternatives that empower decision-making while embracing uncertainty. What Are the Pitfalls of Deterministic Estimates?

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Managing Digital Projects: The Digital Project Management Process

nTask

If you are wondering exactly just what this means and wanted to learn more about the digital project management process you have come to the right place. Digital products are those products that are both developed and delivered digitally. Just to name a few: Website design and development. Software development.

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12 Ways to Manage Project Quality Without Drama

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The APM BOK defines project quality as: “The fitness for purpose of the degree of conformance of the outputs of a process, or the process itself to requirements.” Good” could be: The buttons are green The process takes less than 3 seconds Latency is 0.1 Good” then becomes your success criteria or quality measures.

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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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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. Business case An organization will develop a document to justify the investment in a project (i.e.,

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The Agile Hangover

Scrum.org

Over that quarter of a century, Scrum has gone from a niche method used by software developers to mainstream adoption with many millions of people using Scrum or at least parts of Scrum every day. Now Scrum is not just a smart way of delivering software, it is a fundamental part of any enterprise agility transformation. .