Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2024

Book quality checks Now you know what project quality measures you are trying to hit, book some quality checks in. Also, if you have internal auditors or a Quality Assurance function, or someone in the PMO who can do an informal (or formal) project review, book that in as well. The options are: Once (i.e.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 16, 2020

I believe Agile software development is more than ready to use new forecasting techniques to express uncertainy to narrow their decision-making process. These new forecasting techniques are not based on estimations but historical data, thus saving time on the part of developers to focus on what they do best.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Perhaps you’ve read many blog posts about how horrible SAFe is, or how useless estimation is, or what the optimal size of a team is. What if you recommend teams to stop estimation altogether and cause financial damage compared to when you wouldn’t have recommended this? You may have the practical experience to support your beliefs.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 10, 2021

The lack of predictability of software development is the key to understanding the new model. Why is software so unpredictable. All software development is product development. In lean manufacturing, we can optimise the production of pre-developed products through the nature of its predictable production.

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Planio

JULY 22, 2020

A good project management book. the truth is that project management books are a more in-depth way to get inside the minds of the best managers out there. We combed through best-seller lists, spoke with veteran PMs, and read a ton to put together this list of the best project management books for upgrading your career in 2020.

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Kiron Bondale

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

wrote The Mythical Man Month, he provided project managers with the valuable caution which later was named Brooks’ Law: “ Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later “ While there are always exceptions, this statement is generally true. as well as a number of other online book stores).

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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 16, 2017

The estimating of software development is both straightforward and complex. When it is suggested that estimating is hard, of no value, and unnecessary, always ask what principle is used to support that claim? Let's start with some books. Agile Estimating and Planning , Mike Cohn, Prentice Hall, 2006.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 3, 2022

What about a forward estimation if stories are generated just in time? For example, does UX research for the next thing while developers deliver the current? Do you refer to OKRs in general or to OKRs as you define them in your OKR book? How to deal with bug fixes and the sorts? OKRs drive your backlog. Allan Kelly on Twitter.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Scrum has proven time and again to be the most popular framework for software development. Given that software is eating the world , a seasoned Scrum Master is nowadays in high demand. Product Backlog Refinement And Estimation. Is estimated by the Scrum Team. Question 16: Person-hour Estimations.

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Scoro

JULY 25, 2024

Lead strategy (be prepared) With the lead strategy, you book team members before you officially need them—like stocking up before a storm. For example, consider a software development company with changing client needs. Locate the “Quoted vs. Actual ” table to compare estimated and actual figures for each service.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 16, 2022

He is also the co-author of the Kanban Guide and author of the books “Actionable Agile Metrics for Predictability” and “When Will It Be Done?”. How do you estimate the impact on the throughput when adding new people to the team? And from scientific research to software development. So, What’s The Verdict?

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 5, 2022

What about a forward estimation if stories are generated just in time? For example, does UX research for the next thing while developers deliver the current? Do you refer to OKRs in general or to OKRs as you define them in your OKR book? How to deal with bug fixes and the sorts? OKRs drive your backlog.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Product Backlog Refinement and Estimation. The second set of the Scrum Master theses focuses on the importance of the Product Backlog refinement: Product Backlog refinement and estimation are essential tasks for every Scrum Team.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2020

When teams estimate work, hearing an initial estimate is likely to “anchor” further estimates. So when people are asked how much time something will take, and they are offered an initial estimate of 20 days, their own estimates will gravitate towards that number. . Examples in the workplace.

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Planio

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Step 7: Estimate time and effort for each task. The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK–one of our must-read project management books ) defines the five phases of the project management process as: Initiation. Defines communication channels and expectations between developers and project stakeholders. Ask an expert.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 10, 2022

Scrum has proven time and again to be the most popular framework for software development. Given that software is eating the world , a seasoned Scrum Master is nowadays in high demand. Demand estimates and treat them as commitments. Which makes any Scrum Master interview a challenging task.

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Scoro

AUGUST 6, 2024

For instance, a software development firm might fast-track a major client’s app launch while pushing back smaller website updates. Then, when you create a cost estimate , just pick the roles you need. You can find the tentative bookings for your project in the “Bookings” tab of each project.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 24, 2016

I've started reading Vasco's book #NoEstimates and will write a detailed deconstruction. Let's start with some graphs that have been around and their misinformation that forms the basis of the book. If the project was over budget, was the needed budget estimate correct? The book needs a professional editor.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 5, 2018

There is a discussion of the conjecture that estimates are a waste, estimates can't be done, estimates are evil, estimates must be stopped immediately. To be informed how to estimate in this broad range of domains, problems, and impacts — education, experience, and skill are needed. illities are a waste.

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Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2017

It was mathematically based, converting equations in books to Fortran using pre-written parts from the IBM Scientific Subroutine Package. Signal processing is a domain of software development well suited to the paradigm of engineered systems. Software-intensive systems include: . large-scale heterogeneous systems, †.

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Herding Cats

MAY 17, 2017

Agile software development is a software development process. Herding Cats: How to Talk About Estimates. Herding Cats: Book of the Month. It is popular to state that Agile IS Risk Management - but that is not correct. Risk Management is a process as well. But Agile alone is not Risk Management.

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Leading Agile

MAY 28, 2018

Velocity is the most widely used-and-abused metric associated with Agile software development. How are things going in your software development organization? ” We just estimate the time for each User Story and convert that into Story Points. You start with a time estimate and covert it to Story Points?

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MPUG

JANUARY 4, 2021

For at least twenty years and counting, the world around us has become more and more software driven, and, as a result, more digital. Electric vehicles are about 50% software, in terms of value, whereas fossil fuel cars are mostly hardware. Banks have essentially been software developing organizations for a long time.

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 27, 2017

There's a recent post titled Four Fallacious Reasons to Estimate. It lists the usual suspects for why those spending the money think they don't have to estimate how much they plan to spend when they'll be done producing the value they've been assigned to produce for that expenditure. Let's look at each one in more detail.

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The IIL Blog

APRIL 27, 2018

First let’s keep the concept of ROI basic, which is in this context: Applying this equation to a real-life example, if the cost for rolling out a SMILE activity = $10,000 and the estimated value of the program is $100,000 (considering quantitative and/or qualitative factors such as listed above): This number is not exaggerated.

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Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

In discussing the delivery capacity of a software development team, we can say “velocity” and everyone knows we mean the amount of work the team can complete, on average, in a given time interval , and we don’t mean, literally, va=v+v02. “Velocity” in software development doesn’t mean velocity.

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MPUG

JULY 15, 2019

Now, imagine a software development project. Also, in software development, requirement change is the rule, rather than the exception. In this case, a traveler is booking a flight ticket. Once have your stories, you break them down to tasks, which can be estimated in hours. Choosing the travel date = Need.

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Scoro

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Developing comprehensive timelines also provides valuable data to help you estimate future project lengths more accurately. Estimate durations for each phase, service, and task You need accurate time estimates to create a feasible timeline that works for both your team and clients.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 15, 2017

I posted some comments on the #NoEstimates book awhile back. Why estimates don't work - Carmen is assigned a project that will make or break the company. This is a classic example used in the book of making seriously bad management decisions. . This quote is misused to suggest that estimating can't be done.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 4, 2019

Whatever it is we do, from the outside it looks like the majority is enjoying this new and more playful approach for software development. Once bugs come raining down we learn that DONE software does not run on 'localhost'. Scrum Masters focus on themselves and the team while doing Scrum by the book.

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MPUG

APRIL 29, 2020

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Oliver Gildersleeve’s Analogous and Parametric Estimating Schedule Template webinar being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. The new schedule template covers both analogous and parametric estimating features. Kyle: More on Oliver. Oliver: Thank you Kyle.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 23, 2017

In the estimating business, like many things in project management, there is confusion about principles, practices, and processes. A good estimation approach should provide estimates that are within 25% of the actual results, 75% of the time. The book this statement comes from is Conte, S. Dunsmore and V.Y.

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Binfire

AUGUST 27, 2017

The conclusion was reached by the research team that an incremental approach to software development works better. The team creates a working prototype quickly and then incrementally improves the software both in terms of functionality and quality. Project Estimation. No wonder so many projects were failing.

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LiquidPlanner

JULY 25, 2017

Who sets the priorities for the software developers? The traditional software development team is comprised of the following roles: Role. Leads the technical solution delivery and directs software development team. Translates business requirements into specific system requirements for software development.

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International Institute for Learning

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Software development is going to adopt Scrum as its operating approach to developing software. New items are added to the backlog by the product owner as they are identified and placed in the backlog according to the product owner’s estimate of their priority. By Steve P. You get the word: “We are going AGILE!”

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Paymo App

APRIL 2, 2018

Project Management Software Developers. You’ll also find e-books, book reviews, toolkits, and training guides to help you develop your career with less stress. What to expect: Mike’s blog helps software development teams improve their work through Agile and Scrum. PM Training And Consulting Companies.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 10, 2017

I've been working in the probabilistic estimating business for a decade or two. . One of the seminal books that started it all is Short-Term Forecasting. As well - of course - is the nonsense that Forecasts are not estimates, popularized by #NoEstimates advocates. The Flaw of Averages and Not Estimating. Do The Math.

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