Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 17, 2024

From individual coding tasks to large-scale releases, the DoD sets the bar for quality and completeness, ensuring everyone - from developers to stakeholders - is on the same page. Due to their different approaches to project management, this definition varies significantly between Agile and Waterfall methodologies.

Software Review 52

Software Review Development Team Review Technical Review 2024 52

Leading Agile

MAY 25, 2023

Solid technical practices and your full-stack developer’s software craftsmanship are also limited by the conditions inside your organization. And so what we were talking about was the idea, on theme for the last couple of these recordings of, what are the necessary preconditions to be able to do software craftsmanship well?

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Technical Review CTO Hire 62

Scrum.org

JANUARY 10, 2021

Staggered iterations lead to more technical debt and lower quality software. TL;DR; The expected result of staggered iterations would be an increase in rework and in technical debt. Move all requirements for shipping your software into your Sprint. Updated to reflect the 2020 Scrum Guide! Martin Hinshelwood.

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Software Review Technical Review Software Engineering SCRUM 167

Scrum.org

JULY 7, 2020

On many occasions in the recent past, working with distributed agile teams has amplified existing organizational, technical, and cultural challenges in many organizations. Frederick Brooks stated in his 1975 book The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering that “adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.”.

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Technical Review Agile Software Review Software Engineering 133

Teamweek

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Technology is advancing at unprecedented speeds. Coding skills that were relevant two years ago might hold little value today. But assessing a candidate’s skills can take many forms – from simple programming tests to live coding challenges and take-home assignments. What coding tests reveal about your next developer.

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Development Team Review Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence 52

Leading Agile

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Agile Impediments exist at many levels, but most large scale Transformations now require that technical practices are more sound than ever. . As strategic priorities shift toward a focus on technology, hiring Scrum coaches just isn’t going to suffice to make Agile work. Agile Impediment 1: Packaged Software.

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ActiveCollab

DECEMBER 20, 2018

At first glance, you could say these two are (fantasy) worlds apart, but people working in tech actually have more in common with classic Dungeons & Dragons classes than you might think. A proper Project Manager, just like a Paladin - leads by virtuous example. Software Engineer - Rogue. Project Manager - Paladin.

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Technical Review Software Review Software Engineering Engineering 44

Scrum.org

JULY 14, 2021

This post is a non-technical version of an academic paper about Scrum teams that I wrote with Daniel Russo. Daniel is a Professor at the University of Aalborg and is specialized in empirical software engineering. Please note that our paper is currently reviewed by academic peers. . What about Sprint Goals?

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 19, 2022

For example, an organization with a very flat hierarchical structure may both enable high agility as well as high morale or high stakeholder satisfaction. So we went to Google Scholar and searched for review articles. 2010) reviewed 28 scientific studies that investigated how Scrum is associated with overall business outcomes.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 22, 2023

I dove into sustainable IT and started with a ‘Planet Earth Retrospective’ for my Scrum Team, where we reviewed the Principles of Green Engineering. The sprint review showed the value they achieved for the planet, reducing an estimated 4 tons of CO2 per year. MP: Get the conversation started!

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SCRUM Sustainability Infrastructure Technical Review 167

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

For example, there are supposedly eight stances for Product Owners. This includes training, technical support, and preparation for new releases. One of the reviewers of this article, Maarten Dalmijn , noted that he missed “product discovery” as a core activity in the work by Bass (2018). What strategies make them more?—?or

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 25, 2021

The reasons for this are apparent, with software eating the world and the pace of innovation accelerating as the market-entry barriers of the technology sector are continuously lowered. Current tech trends — accelerated by the pandemic — threaten the very existence of many legacy organizations. Continuous integration.

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Wrike

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Say, for example, you’re leading a project to create a new mobile app. It turns out that your team had been so focused on satisfying every project requirement gathered from project sponsors that they ignored one crucial user requirement for software projects: keep it simple! . Requirements analysis in software engineering .

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Software Engineering Engineering Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team 69

Planio

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

So you want a software engineering job at Facebook/Apple/Amazon/Google/Netflix? It’s every software engineer’s dream to work with one of the top technical teams in the world. So how do you get a software engineering job at one of these companies? Self-taught vs. school: Do top tech teams really care?

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Software Engineering Technical Review Engineering Software Review 155

PM Basics

APRIL 24, 2018

Software Development Life Cycle is on every job description for a Project Manager. Everyone wants you to know how to develop software applications. So, I will bring more clarity to this topic and will show examples of SDLC below. When I googled “software development life cycle definition” I found different variants.

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Software Developers Software Development Software Review Software 67

Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. 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.

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Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol.

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Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 35

LiquidPlanner

JULY 10, 2018

For instance, in product development, the mechanical engineers don’t need to sit in on schematic reviews with the electrical engineers or code reviews with the software developers. They need to focus on the mechanical parts of the design and trust that the other engineers are doing their jobs well.

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Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Engineering Technical Review 140

Leading Agile

OCTOBER 17, 2018

The connection with software development/maintenance is probably obvious. Tying Up Loose Ends in Software. If anything, you ought to ask for special permission not to keep the code clean as you go. Keeping code clean at all times really ought to be considered baseline job performance for a software engineer.

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Software Review Technical Review Software Engineering Underperforming Technical Team 104

Teamweek

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Common causes for skills mismatches are poorly written job description ads, gaps in the hiring procedures, overemphasizing job experience over skills, and emerging technologies. For example, hiring managers admit that they hire the wrong person in 74% of cases.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Artificial Inteligence 52

Paymo App

JANUARY 25, 2018

Provided that all team members can view the project’s timeline, they’ll see exactly who is in charge of a task, when the task started and when it’s due, and if there is any gap in the timeline where they can allocate additional tasks. Examples of time trackers. Employees who would rather take a break now and then often avoided these.

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Technical Review Software Review Monitoring Software Engineering 86

Teamweek

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Interview coding challenges are critical when hiring new software developers. A potential candidate may look perfect on paper and ace a face-to-face interview, but how do you test their coding skills? That’s where interview coding challenges come into play. What are Interview Coding Challenges for Developers?

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Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review Technical Review 94

Epicflow Blog

MAY 14, 2019

Over 200 PM experts from ExxonMobil, INEOS, DXC Technology, and other companies have shared their experience and proved that it’s a super hot topic. Business drivers have to be translated into project drivers by a strong technical team, not management. Read more: Examples of Lessons Learned in Construction Projects.

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Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 2002 Software Review 75

Herding Cats

OCTOBER 24, 2018

But before going further, let's establish the definitions we need to understand and apply Root Cause Analysis needed to discover the corrective and preventive actions to increase the probability of project success - especially Software Project Success. This is an example of Stop Doing Stupid Things on Purpose. Why All This Setup? .

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Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

The naturally occurring work effort in the development of a software feature - even if we've built the feature before - is an irreducible uncertainty. The likelihood of a failure for example. The Development of Progress Plans Using a Performance–Based Expert Judgment Model to Assess Technical Performance and Risk,” Justin W.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 14, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. The Cone is a project management framework describing the uncertainty aspects of estimates or any other project attribute (in this post, cost, schedule, and technical performance parameters). This is due to many reasons, one is levels of uncertainty early in the project.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management 28

MPUG

MAY 14, 2021

You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content. And today’s session is eligible for 1 PMI PDU in the technical category and the activity for claiming that with PMI is on the screen now. Fletcher Hearns: Great.

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Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Software Engineering Engineering 59

Herding Cats

DECEMBER 8, 2017

It can be the needed performance of a measure - Effectiveness, Performance, Key Performance Parameter, or a Technical Performance Measures. The specifics of the Technical Performance Measures applied to inform Physical Percent Complete and the Cone of Uncertainty around the TPM are shown here. Here's a summary of these elements.

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Performance Measurement Technical Review 2017 2008 35

Herding Cats

JANUARY 22, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. The Cone is a project management framework describing the uncertainty aspects of estimates (cost and schedule) and other project attributes (cost, schedule, and technical performance parameters). This is due to many reasons. Prentice-Hall, 1981.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Herding Cats

JANUARY 17, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. The Cone is a project management framework describing the uncertainty aspects of estimates (cost and schedule) and other project attributes (cost, schedule, and technical performance parameters). This is due to many reasons. Prentice-Hall, 1981.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Scrum.org

JUNE 13, 2022

Also, Developers enjoy complete autonomy regarding the technical side of their work: For each selected Product Backlog item, the Developers plan the work necessary to create an Increment that meets the Definition of Done. The term “Developer” seems to limit the role to technical people, for example, software engineers.

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Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Technical Review Software Review 138

Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

You start selling software licenses, you disrupt the whole way of selling. The whole value chain beyond just the engineering piece gets disrupted. About three or four years ago, we went down the path, Matt Van Vleet from previous and from Pillar Technology and from Accenture joined us and we started a studio.

Technical Review 62

Technical Review Software Review Engineering Infrastructure 62

Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

You start selling software licenses, you disrupt the whole way of selling. The whole value chain beyond just the engineering piece gets disrupted. About three or four years ago, we went down the path, Matt Van Vleet from previous and from Pillar Technology and from Accenture joined us and we started a studio.

Technical Review 62

Technical Review Software Review Engineering Infrastructure 62

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. The Cone is a project management framework describing the uncertainty aspects of estimates (cost and schedule) and other project attributes (cost, schedule, and technical performance parameters). This is due to many reasons. Prentice-Hall, 1981.

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Technical Review Estimate 2005 Software Review 28

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 12, 2022

It’s a great way to further your education and learn about new project management software tools that are on the market. Technical Project Management Conference. What to Expect: Sessions focus on agility, software engineering and lean business. ProjectManager has compiled the top project management conferences for 2022.

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2022 Technical Review PMO Underperforming Technical Team 280

Leading Agile

JUNE 27, 2018

In 2012, I wrote a blog post entitled “Delivering provably-correct code.” ” In it, I suggested several approaches developers could use to gain high confidence that their code would be suitable for release. When they talk about the “correctness” of software, they’re talking about two different things.

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Software Review Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team 2007 123

Herding Cats

JUNE 19, 2017

The Cone of Uncertainty is a framing assumption used to model the needed reduction in some parameter of interest in domains ranging from software development to hurricane forecasting. The Cone of Uncertainty as a Technical Performance Measure. The Cone of Uncertainty as a Technical Performance Measure. Measure of Effectiveness.

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