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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. Don't hear one?

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Five reasons why Scrum is not helping in getting twice the work done in half the time

Scrum.org

Do you measure estimated time for a task vs. actual time spent? But it makes more sense to measure time to market, customer satisfaction, NPS, usages index, response time, and innovation rate. 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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What is a technical project manager? (And why you should think about becoming one)

Planio

However, their position as a technical leader means they also need to understand common coding languages, app architecture, and QA processes. Technical project managers straddle the line between business and engineering and need to bring the two together in several ways. Estimate the time, effort, and resources for an entire project.

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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

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What happens if you shift focus from "accurate estimation" to "reliably shipping by a date"? . This quote demonstrates a lack of understanding of making decisions in the presence of uncertainty and the processes and events that create uncertainty. There is naturally occurring variability from uncontrolled processes.

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Agile project management- A tutorial

Binfire

The Agile project management methodology has been used by software engineers and IT professionals for the past sixteen years. But the tide is turning and Agile project management is gaining wide acceptance as a valid process for most projects. Project Estimation. How do you come up with project estimation in Agile world?

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Is Software Development Art or Engineering

Herding Cats

I started my career as a Software Engineer , writing Fortran 77 signal processing algorithms to find and track missile launchers in the middle eastern desert. This skill was an extension of the signal processing work I did as a grad student looking for information in the data stream of a particle accelerator.

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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.