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In-Depth: What a Social Systems Perspective Teaches us About Change

Scrum.org

Recognize how much of your thinking is still subtly influenced by a mechanical perspective in organizations . like network patterning, mood, safety, social contact and social influence?—?than In the following century, it would give rise to modern-day practices like lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and Gantt-charts.

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The Urge to Strangle(The Strangler Pattern)

Leading Agile

They know their solutions are of local scope, but they lack the power or influence to drive a comprehensive solution. If I may borrow an idea from the Lean school of thought, I might say there’s a tendency to optimize locally. Magazine Web Portal: Legacy: Oracle Endeca. Microservices? Supermarket Planning App.

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Estimating is a Learned Skill

Herding Cats

The Influence of Selection Bias on Effort Overruns in Software Development Projects,” Magne Jørgensen, Simula Research Laboratory & Institute of Informatics , University of Oslo. Story Point Estimating,” Richard Carlson, ALEA, Agile and Lean Associates, 2013. Could Social Factors Influence the Effort Software Estimation?”

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Software Estimating Resources

Herding Cats

The Influence of Selection Bias on Effort Overruns in Software Development Projects,” Magne Jørgensen, Simula Research Laboratory & Institute of Informatics, University of Oslo. Story Point Estimating,” Richard Carlson, ALEA, Agile and Lean Associates, 2013. Could Social Factors Influence the Effort Software Estimation?”