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

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What is the business case for Agile teams? We think we do well to base our beliefs about Agile more on evidence. This post is our attempt to bring an evidence-based perspective to the business case of Agile teams. Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams.

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What Makes A Good Product Owner?

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Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams. Van Waardenburg & Van Vliet (2013) offer a case study in a large organization and conclude that “The Project Manager focuses on the ’how’ of a project, the Product Owner focuses on the ’what’”. When agile meets the enterprise.

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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

This is the motivation for short work intervals found in agile development. . Mazzuchi, and Shahram Sarkani, Systems Engineering , Volume 17, Issue 4, Winter 2014, Pages: 375–391. Hybrid–Agile Software Development Anti–Patterns, Risks, and Recommendations,” Paul E. The probability of something happening.

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Money is important, but it is not what drives me

Gunther Verheyen

We have three kids (2001, 2003, 2013) of which the two oldest (sons) have a disability ( Duchenne and Down Syndrome ). Money was not what drove my wife and I when I gave up my position as software engineer and aspiring project manager in favor of running a bookshop (1996). Let there be no misunderstanding: money is important.

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Without a Root Cause Analysis, No Corrective or Preventive Action is Credible - Part 1

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Daniels, Complex Adaptive Systems, Procedia Computer Science, 20 (2013), pp. The True Meaning of Root Cause and Root Cause Analysis (RCA),” Gary Jing, 2013 ASQ World Conference. Agile process Smell and Root Cause Analysis,” Dave Nicolette, International Conference on Agile Processes and Extreme Programing in Software Engineering, 2009.

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Microeconomics and Risk Management in Decision Making for Software Development

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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." IEEE Transactions of Software Engineering, 1 (1984): 4-21.

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Resources for Cone of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

Google will find each of these for you, as a start to the extensive body of litertaure for estimating agile projects in the presence of uncertainty. Shrinking The Cone Of Uncertainty With Continuous Assessment For Software Team Dynamics In Design And Development," Pongtip Aroonvatanaporn," Ph.D. 37-48, 2007.

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