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PERT Guide For Project Managers and Productivity Gurus

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PERT Methodology allows the project manager to devise a budget depending upon the duration of the project without knowing all the details and durations of the tasks and to closely monitor the progress of the project. Geo-scientific Software Development Projects- Dishansh 2005. Background. The Process.

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What's Missing from the Agile Software Development Paradigm

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Agile software development is framed by a manifesto , a set of 12 principles, several methods. These are all focused on developing software, delivering that software to those paying the developers. Why This Missing Concept is Important to Agile Software Development? . 81-100, 2009. [4]

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Agile Project Management for Distributed Teams

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As we have previously discussed that the outsourced software development has increased dramatically in recent years. And since 2005, each year the remote workforce has increased by 10% which makes it 140% in 2019, which is huge. You can easily determine the budget and timeline. Greater client satisfaction. Reduces risks.

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Resources for Cone of Uncertainty

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Seems there is still some confusion (intentional or accidental) about the Cone of Uncertainty and its purpose and its use in software development. The domain for the Cone can certainly be product development, but it's origins are for Programs, where a budget, period of performance, and needed capabilities are On Contract.

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Book of the Month

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the cost the alternative compared to the budget for the Value needed). Gregory, Operations Research , 23, 2005. [2] Only once the values have been defined think about measurability of the bottom ones – often requires defining attributes. Natural attribute measures directly the achievement of a value (e.g. Keeney and Robin S.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

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Agile Software Development (#ASD). Those lessons are directly transferable to the management of software development teams. Parametric Project Monitoring and Control - Earned Value is an approach to Performance measurement for monitoring and controlling the progress of software development projects.

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DDSTOP The Saga Continues

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There's been a rash of conjectures about all kinds of bad business, project, and software development (agile and traditional) management ideas of late. With what appears to be NO understanding of how to estimate, this author ignores the processes used in developing products or services in the presence of uncertainty.