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How to do Rolling Wave Planning

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The APM Planning, Scheduling, Monitoring and Control Guide (2015) defines rolling wave planning as ‘the planning density that is achieved at different moments in time. Rolling wave planning, also known as progressive elaboration, is an iterative planning technique to use when it’s difficult (or pointless) to schedule too far ahead.

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What is Visual Project Management?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In a software development organization they increased productivity by more than 500% and achieved 100% release date achievement. In a new product development process, FMC Technologies tripled engineering productivity and reduced lead time by 70%. A version of this interview first appeared on this site in 2015.

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Basis of Estimating Software Development

Herding Cats

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. Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art , Steve McConnell, Microsoft Press, 2015.

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Let’s flatten five agile fallacies!

Kiron Bondale

In 2015 I wrote an article intending to debunk some common myths about project management. The Manifesto for Agile Software Development is a curation of specific software delivery values and principles. Make it a goal unto itself and the downstream impacts might result in worse outcomes than your current state.

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In-Depth: How Easily Biases Distort What We Believe (In The Workplace)

Scrum.org

Initially coined by cognitive psychologist Lee Ross (1977), it happens when people underestimate the influence of the situation on the behavior of others while overestimating the influence of their personal traits and beliefs (Berry, 2015). Standish Group, 2015). Vol 5(1) 2015. Standish Group, 2015. Chaos Report 2015.

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Accounting for Software Development - Products or Projects

Herding Cats

I’m going to suggest that most of the disconnects around ideas of software development ‒ from No Estimates to No Projects to whatever ‒ starts with Developers and the assumption It’s their money. The whole FASAB for federal government guide for 2015 ‒ [link]. It’s not their money. FASB 86 ‒ [link].

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10 Powerful Questions in a Checklist to Save Your Projects

Project Risk Coach

The CHAOS Reports have been published every year since 1994 and are a snapshot of the state of the software development industry. The Standish Group 2015 Chaos Report studied 50,000 projects around the world, ranging from small enhancements to massive systems implementations.