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. Hybrid–Agile Software Development Anti–Patterns, Risks, and Recommendations,” Paul E. Nord, CrossTalk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering , May/June 2013.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

Quest for control (in manufacturing sense) makes innovation harder [2]. Innovation causes variability. Ashkenas, “It’s Time to Rethink Continuous Improvement,” HBR blog [link] (2012). . [3] Non-creative work is easier. Uncertainty creates confusion. Proactively experiment to improve. Run adaptive improvement experiments.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The groundwork for SAFe was formed in 4 knowledge areas – agile software development, lean product development, systems thinking, and DevOps. Spotify: Spotify came into being in 2012. SAFe endorses alignment, collaboration, delivery among large agile teams.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Last week I was invited to give a lecture at the Free University of Amsterdam at the faculty for Digital Business Innovation. The first paper was a 2012 study on the tensions with remote (off-shoring) teams (Ramesh et al Ambidexterity in Agile Development ISR2012). Even in institutions where they teach (software) development.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2018

Microeconomics is applicable to the development is software systems. If we look at the discipline of software engineering, we see that the microeconomics branch of economics deals more with the types of decisions we need to make as software engineers or managers. Software engineering economics." Boehm, Barry W.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 7, 2022

Edmondson (2012) argues that dynamic teaming is important to share and encourage learning. This is also what inspired Edmondson (2012) in her academic work on “teaming”. They also tend to perform better (Evans & Dion, 2012), are better able to deal with stress and pressure (Salas, Driskell & Hughes, 1996). R., & Dion, K.

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Herding Cats

MAY 7, 2019

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to estimate software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Cost Modeling Agile Software Development,” Maarit Laanti and Petri Kettunen, International Transactions on Systems and Applications, Volume 1 Number 2, pp. Chakraborty and K.

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Teamweek

JUNE 25, 2020

Incredibly, it took almost four years to launch it commercially in 2012. Like other software apps in the Kanban-based tools, MeisterTask also offers a built-in workflow which you can later customize. Quire is another free Asana alternative that offers plenty of innovative features. Too Complex. per user, per month. MeisterTask.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Planning Development Team Review 97

Runrun.it

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The concept originated from software development companies, who found the traditional method of project and workflow management was stifling in many situations. The company, which was already very successful then, wanted to maintain the high level of creativity, productivity, and innovation that were instrumental to its early success.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

The primary purpose of software estimation is not to predict a project’s outcome; it is to determine whether a project’s targets are realistic enough to allow the project to be controlled to meet them ‒ Steve McConnell. The Future of Systems-and Software Development. Springer International Publishing, 2016.

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BeeWits

JULY 3, 2018

Wrike is a project management software that enables you to collaborate with your team efficiently and effectively. As a company, Wrike is the provider of a cloud-based project management and collaboration software, based in Silicon Valley, the San Francisco Bay Area. Let’s get started. What is Wrike? Start a reporting trial now.

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Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Budget Defining 29

Teamweek

JANUARY 23, 2020

In their words: Founded in 2005 as an intimate gathering of friends DLD (Digital – Life – Design) has developed into Europe’s leading innovation conference for visionaries from around the globe. In their words: Get better at modelling & designing software for complex domains. DLD Conference. Munich, Germany. January 18-20.

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Technical Review 2020 Artificial Inteligence Software Review 52