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Thinking By Sprinting: What Cognitive Science Tells Us About Why Scrum Works

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Why our brain is not built for software engineering. It is a mental process and a limited mental resource (Ashcraft, 2002). In fact, simple heuristics can actually lead to better, quicker decisions than theoretical optimal procedures (Gigerenzer, 2002). Limitations of attention. Limitations of thinking. References.

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In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

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2001 ) and proactive behavior ( LePine, Erez & Johnson, 2002 ). “So SCRUM and productivity in software projects: a systematic literature review. In 14th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE) (pp. A survey study of critical success factors in agile software projects.

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Reading List for the Cone of Uncertainty

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"A Quick Estimation Approach to Software Cost Estimation," Leckraj Nagowah, Hajrah BibiBenazir, and Bachun, African Conference on Software Engineering and Applied Computing , . "A A Probabilistic Method for Predicting Software Code Growth," Michael Ross, Journal of Cost Analysis and Parametrics 4:127-147, 2011. "10

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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

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Hybrid–Agile Software Development Anti–Patterns, Risks, and Recommendations,” Paul E. McMahon, Cross Talk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering , July/August 2015, pp. Architecting Large Scale Agile Software Development: A Risk–Driven Approach,” Ipek Ozkaya, Michael Gagliardi, Robert L. 8, August 2002 pp.

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Real Options and Decision Making for ICT Projects

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"Managing Requirements for Business Value," John Favaro, IEEE Software , March/April 2002. Aligning Software Investment Decisions with the Markets ," Hakan Erdogmus. " Application of Real Options Theory to Software Engineering for Strategic Decision Making in Software Related Capital Investments ," Albert O.

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Top Solutions to Project Failure – Epicflow Research Part 2

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Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering by Robert L. Glass ( Addison-Wesley Professional, 2002), also recommended by Giorgio Locatelli. Great Planning Disasters by Peter Hall (University of California Press, 1982), recommended by Sean Doull-Connolly , a Senior Process Engineer at TIAA.

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Defensive Programming Grows Up

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People who specialize in testing software will need technical skills more-or-less on par with competent software engineers. In a 2002 piece entitled The Law of Leaky Abstractions , Joel Spolsky observed that abstractions over any implementation can leak details of that implementation. Contracts vs. Promises.