Herding Cats

DECEMBER 16, 2017

The estimating of software development is both straightforward and complex. Here are some resources that will provide guidance to produce credible software development estimates, in both traditional and agile domains. Here's a set of papers (being added to often) for estimating agile software development projects. .

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2020

Research (Janiszewski & Uy, 2008) even shows that precise offers (e.g. The Dunning-Kruger effect manifests when people without any experience with software development make strong claims about how easy a particular change should be. It is difficult not to simply replicate what you’ve read. How to reduce this bias. Hazlewood, J.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 7, 2022

This concern is also present in academic literature, where authors like Mathieu and his colleagues (2008) and Mortensen and Haas (2018) point out that there is a research gap because studies are often based on stable teams, whereas this is often not the case in the modern workplace. So … stable teams or fluid teams? Mathieu, J., Maynard, M.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 17, 2019

Agile Software Development for Government Software Intensive System of Systems (SISoS) , Boulder Agile Meetup, 27 July 2016. Integrating Agile Software Development with Earned Value Management , College of Performance Management, IPM Workshop, 2015. Agile Software Development. Product Development.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2018

Take for example the deployment of an ERP system, the installation, and startup of a process control system, the release of a suite of embedded software controllers for a car, aircraft, petrochemical plant. A recent survey of 600 firms indicated that 35% of them had at least one "runaway' software project. Now To Risk Management.

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LiquidPlanner

MARCH 15, 2023

Beginning with a sketch on the back of a napkin in 2008 to the bold reimagining released in 2021, LiquidPlanner has a 15-year legacy helping teams maximize productivity, balance workload, and plan with confidence. That being said, on a day to day basis, our relationship doesn’t change. What does this mean for our team?

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Leading Agile

JUNE 27, 2018

The impression was reinforced strongly when I attempted to bridge the divide by participating in the academic tracks of agile and technical conferences in the 2007-2008 time frame. They weren’t professional software developers, and they were pretty new at the whole process of doing research, as well.

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The IIL Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

Most of these roles were based on aspects of IT operation, such as mainframe operation and maintenance, which later evolved into software development and commercialisation. As IT became mainstream in the latter half of the 20 th century, so did several job roles within the industry.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

Alleman, "Product & Process Development Kaizen for Software Development, Project, and Program Management, LPPDE, Denver Colorado, April 2008. [5] Jakobsen et al, “Scrum and CMMI – Going from Good to Great: Are you ready-ready to be done-done?” Agile Conference 2009, IEEE. . [4]

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Leading Agile

DECEMBER 17, 2018

I didn’t realize James Bond was into software development. In answer to a different StackOverflow question , from October 2008, Benjamin Pollack explains, “The only problem with it is that it clutters your local namespace. For instance: This surprised me in a couple of different ways.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 25, 2016

Theory of Decision under Uncertainty, Itzhak Gilboa, July 2008. Software development decision making is a well studied subset of that field. This is a core premise of #NoEstimates from the Original Poster. Here's a starting point to learn that simply not true . Decision Analysis for the Professional.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

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.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 15, 2017

I've been in the software development business for 30 years, mostly in the Software Intensive System of Systems world, where embedded systems are 100 times more prevalent than business, web and desktop systems. the Secretary of Defense shall develop and implement a new acquisition process for information technology systems.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 13, 2018

This is the same paradigm of Agile software development where responding to change over following the plan is part of the original manifesto. If you google "Real Options software development" or "real options ICT" you'll find these and many dozens more. 72, 2nd Quarter, 2008, pp. 72, 2nd Quarter, 2008, pp.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Concerns were voiced in the IT operations and software development sectors from 2007 to 2008 about the old software development paradigm that split operations from developers regarding how code was distributed and supported. DevOps was formed by combining the concepts of development and operations.

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Agilemania

MARCH 22, 2021

Although introduced in 1986 by Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka through paper, they published (New New Product Development Game) and followed by agile manifesto in 2001. It gained popularity post-financial crisis in 2008-09 and is still a new approach for many organizations. The term agile represents mobility and nimbleness.

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Herding Cats

JULY 24, 2017

It's suggested from observations, the Cone of Uncertainty (CoU) is not a valid model of how uncertainty behaves in software development projects. In all software development businesses, showing up late and over budget has a direct impact on the bottom line. . Armour, Communications of the ACM , March 2008, Vol.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

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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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. What factors lead to software project failure?” All for the want of a nail.

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Teamweek

JUNE 25, 2020

Asana was founded in 2008 by ex-Google and ex-Facebook engineers with the aim to make team collaboration better. Jira is the least likely tool to be included on this list, considering it is prominently used by agile software development teams. 3 Reasons Why You May Want To Look At Asana Alternatives. as add-ons.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 30, 2018

This document is all but unknown in the Enterprise IT domain and completely unknown in the agile software development world. This missing document is a root cause of many failures in tradition and agile software development. Shaver, Justin Beck, RAND National Defense Institute, 2008. Davis, Russell D.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 20, 2017

For software development systems like Kanban, which is production line-centric, Litle's Law tells us. λ = average production rate of complete software components. λ = average production rate of complete software components. There are two fundamental assumptions for Little's Law to work in the software development domain".

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Planio

JULY 22, 2020

If you’re also interested in Agile project management, pair the PMBOK with the PMI’s new Agile Practice Guide or our own Guide on How to Pick the Software Development Process that’s Right For you. Published date: 2008 (revised edition). Project Management for Humans: Helping People Get Things Done. Author: Brett Harned.

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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 3, 2017

Seems there is still some confusion (intentional or accidental) about the Cone of Uncertainty and its purpose and its use in software development. Management Challenges to Implementing Agile Processes in Traditional Development Organizations," Barry Boehm, Richard Turner, IEEE Software, September/October 2005.

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Herding Cats

JULY 8, 2018

This advocate continually confuses Macroeconomics of financial markets and sovereign finance with Microeconomics of software development. Here's a book review from 2008, about Black Swans and Fooled By Randomness in the context of managing software development in the presence of uncertainty.

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2002 2008 Technical Review Software Review 34

Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Keeney, Militarty Operations Research , Volume 13, Number 2, 2008, pp. Tryin to measure every consequence from the choices between alternatives. 1] "Selecting Attributes to Measure the Achievement of Objectives ," Ralph L. Gregory, Operations Research , 23, 2005. [2] 3] "Applying Value-Focused Thinking," Ralph L. Sjacter and Mark A.

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Knowledgeline

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

The highlights for me, were the keynote given by Richard Susskind who's concepts and theories have heavily influenced how I view IT within legal, and Peter Williams , a Partner at Deliotte and CEO of their web and software development business, Ecplise. Anyone in Australia should consider their next event in 2008.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The 2008 mortgage crisis for example (although many did an made lots of money), the government didn't. Software Development execution and modeling is Microeconomics not Macro. The author of quote read a Taleb book on Black Swans and assumes those Black Swans are in software development. taken from [3]).

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Herding Cats

JULY 8, 2018

This advocate continually confuses Macroeconomics of financial markets and sovereign finance with Microeconomics of software development. Here's a book review from 2008, about Black Swans and Fooled By Randomness in the context of managing software development in the presence of uncertainty.

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2002 2008 Technical Review Software Review 28

Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Monte Carlo and Agile Development . There are a number of Monte Carlo Simulation tools for agile software development when you don't have an Integrated Master Schedule, with planned durations, and ranges of values. Whitlock, Wiley-Black Well, 2008. [12] Start with Troy's book below and download the Excel simulator [12].

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2010 Technical Review Estimate Software Review 43

EasyProjects

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

For example, Microsoft, which began with one team in 2008, several teams in 2009, some 25 teams in 2010 in the Visual Studio group, then several hundred teams in the Developer Division in 2011, and then a commitment to take Agile across the whole organization around 2014. Scrum is used by software development teams.

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MPUG

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

I am a computer engineer by education, and MS Project or any tool, software tool, comes sort of naturally to me. In 1995, I started as a software developer, grew up in the ranks, started managing projects very quickly in my career journey. And in 2005, I did my PMP, Project Management Professional certification.

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Software Review 2005 2008 Initiating 59

Herding Cats

JANUARY 22, 2017

Software Sizing, Estimation, and Risk Management, Auer-bach, 2006. [15]Jorgensen, Software Development Effort Estimation: Formal Models or Expert Judgment?” IEEE Software, March-April 2009, pp. A Systematic Review of Software Development Cost Estimation Studies,” IEEE Trans. Software Eng.,

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Herding Cats

JANUARY 17, 2017

Software Sizing, Estimation, and Risk Management, Auer-bach, 2006. [15]Jorgensen, Software Development Effort Estimation: Formal Models or Expert Judgment?” IEEE Software, March-April 2009, pp. A Systematic Review of Software Development Cost Estimation Studies,” IEEE Trans. Software Eng.,

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2005 Estimate Software Review 28

Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Software Sizing, Estimation, and Risk Management, Auer-bach, 2006. [15]Jorgensen, Software Development Effort Estimation: Formal Models or Expert Judgment?” IEEE Software, March-April 2009, pp. A Systematic Review of Software Development Cost Estimation Studies,” IEEE Trans. Software Eng.,

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Technical Review Estimate 2005 Software Review 28

Workzone

AUGUST 4, 2021

Jira is the flagship product of Australian software developer Atlassian’s. Jira began as a bug tracking software, but it has grown into a popular project management tool. ProjectManager.com is a robust project planning software developed by ProjectManager.com, Inc. in 2008 in Austin, TX. Pricing: Free – $20.83/user/month.

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Velociteach

AUGUST 14, 2023

Richard draws on a diverse background in software development, engineering, anthropology, design, and political science. His book “Behavior-Driven Development with Cucumber” was published in 2019. But we’re very excited to have Richard Lawrence and Peter Green from Humanizing Work join us. And I remember this.

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