Scrum.org

OCTOBER 19, 2022

A working definition of Agile and Stakeholders. I prefer a process-based definition of agility. This definition answers the question: “What kind of processes typically happen in Agile teams that distinguish them from non-Agile teams?”. SCRUM and productivity in software projects: a systematic literature review.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

There are dozens of high-quality academic works to draw from, there are dozens of academic journals dedicated to (agile) software development (ASD) and change management. The same goes for strong claims like “Scrum Teams should not use a Definition of Ready” or “SAFe destroys autonomy”. So where do you find it? That is great!

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Scrum.org

JULY 14, 2021

Daniel is a Professor at the University of Aalborg and is specialized in empirical software engineering. I am an organizational psychologist and Scrum practitioner with a love for survey development and statistics. Curious readers who would like to dig deeper into the definitions can check the paper for more backgrounds.

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Scrum.org

MAY 13, 2024

In the world of software engineering, two terms that often cause some confusion are verification and validation. While they may sound similar, they serve distinct purposes in the development of software products. Think of verification as the technical quality check phase in software development.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Software development is (generally speaking) very complex. Before diving deeper into this blogpost, its helpful to have a working definition. Why our brain is not built for software engineering. Nevertheless, the motto of software development is often ‘first solve the problem, then write the code’.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 17, 2024

The "Definition of Done" (DoD) is a cornerstone in project management that ensures every task, feature, or phase meets established criteria before being considered complete. What is the Definition of Done? This definition ensures transparency and quality control as features pass the development process.

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Leading Agile

OCTOBER 17, 2018

The connection with software development/maintenance is probably obvious. Tying Up Loose Ends in Software. Keeping code clean at all times really ought to be considered baseline job performance for a software engineer. A metaphor is not a complete and comprehensive definition of the Thing it refers to.

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Agilemania

MARCH 3, 2022

Development Team: The Scrum Development team is a cross-functional team so that they have the technical expertise to deliver the final product. The Development Team includes professionals like software developers, architects, programmers, analysts, system admins, QA experts, testers, UI designers, etc.

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Leading Agile

JANUARY 15, 2019

Connection with Software Development. Software development teams often find themselves tangled up with more work than they can handle gracefully, if at all. Begin with the end in mind; start with a clear definition of the desired outcome and steer the work toward that mark through frequent feedback.

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Wrike

APRIL 5, 2021

Software development has changed radically in recent years, so why are our processes still the same? Release management is a modern solution to the unique challenges software engineers and project managers face today. This software project management method covers everything from ideation to release. Its purpose?

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Binfire

AUGUST 27, 2017

The Agile project management methodology has been used by software engineers and IT professionals for the past sixteen years. In the late twenty century, many software engineering researchers in academia were studying the disturbing fact that most software and IT projects finish late or fail to finish at all.

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Leading Agile

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Software Engineer (SE): Couldn’t care less. Software Engineer (SE): Couldn’t care less. There’s a perception that in order to have a successful career in software development, you have to sacrifice every minute of your life to it. Are you up for it? You’ll be gone soon.

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Binfire

APRIL 7, 2017

The Agile project management methodology has been used in the software development and IT industry for the past sixteen years, but recently it has gained wide acceptance by many number of industries and organizations. In 2001 a group of software engineers and scientists in IT industry got together and wrote Agile Manifesto.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 5, 2018

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 ? This variation can be explained by the fact that initial concepts do not describe the final software system accurate enough.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 9, 2017

The classic paper “ Software Engineering Economics,” Barry Boehm, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol SE-10(1), 1984, pp. A broader definition is. For software development, there are many decisions to be made. What Feature to develop next ? Are we ready for the Release?

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Leading Agile

JUNE 27, 2018

When a customer asks me to write a service, they aren’t asking for a mathematical model; they’re asking for working software. Yes, by definition, it is exactly that, and it’s perfectly adequate for working with real cows in the field. Is a WSDL a formal specification? APIs are pretty common these days. ” Yeah.

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 27, 2017

Although I understand measuring productivity could work well for repeatable activities, it's hard to believe it works well for abstract and, ultimately, non-repeatable tasks like software development. We engineers should always keep in mind that software development is usually one part of many others inside the company.

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Inloox

JULY 14, 2021

Andreas has been working as a InLoox software engineer, mainly for our desktop product, at our main location in Munich since 2014. As a member of the engineering team, he is responsible for the maintenance of our cloud version (InLoox now!). Definitely New Zealand. Pierre: Software Developer at InLoox.

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Leading Agile

JUNE 18, 2018

People who specialize in testing software will need technical skills more-or-less on par with competent software engineers. Clear definitions of expectations on both sides might sound like a good way to ensure distributed systems behave according to design, but there are limitations. Authoritative. Space/Time. Incomplete.

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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 Are Problem Causes of Software Projects? All for the want of a nail.

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Epicflow Blog

MAY 14, 2019

Incorrect definition of project success. Actually caring about the needs of your sponsor,” says Alberto Pérez Veiga , an IT Engineer at NATO Communications and Information Agency. Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering by Robert L. What is the most effective way to avoid failure?

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 15, 2024

Ready to transform your approach to project management and software development? Exploring Agile methodologies provides teams with flexible, efficient, and collaborative approaches to software development and project management. Columns include "Reported," "Confirmed," "In Development," "Testing," and "Deployed."

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Leading Agile

OCTOBER 22, 2018

In the 1960s, it was considered a baseline good practice in software engineering to test your code as you wrote it. The pioneers of software development in that era were proponents of various levels of testing; some advocated “unit” testing and some didn’t, but all recognized the importance of testing code.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 8, 2017

Much of the conversation in social media around agile techniques seems to be based on the differences between the variety of choices of a method, a process, or a practice and definitions of terms for those choices. I work in a domain where systems are engineered for the customer. Two Books in the Spectrum of Software Development.

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Teamweek

MARCH 30, 2022

Quick Links: Definition – What Does Job Simulation Mean? Definition – What Does Job Simulation Mean? Depending on the type of skills test, they can be used for any type of role but lend themselves to specialized positions such as software developers. Let’s get into it! What is a Job Simulation Test?

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

There's been a rash of conjectures about all kinds of bad business, project, and software development (agile and traditional) management ideas of late. And money in the bank is what software development is about. Traditional software development processes are like watchmaking.

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

This is the domain of Microeconomics and when applied to software development it is the microeconomics of software development. First a definition. 2] IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , SXE-10, Janurary, 1981, pp. Then as we say in our domain. Someone has to be the adult in the room.

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MPUG

MAY 14, 2021

By education and training, I’m actually a software developer. I got junior software engineers, software engineers, senior software engineers. I know I’m going to have a senior software engineer and I want him working on these tasks [inaudible 00:12:15] who that is.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 23, 2019

There's been a rash of conjectures about all kinds of bad business, project, and software development (agile and traditional) management ideas of late. In all engineering worlds, from software engineering to bending metal for money, there is really nothing new under the sun. For software development starts with.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 7, 2018

This always takes us back the coupling and cohesion discussion all of us who were Software Engineers in the 1980's . This might be the actual definition of Independent fro the User Story. There is no way out of this for any non-trivial software development project. harder to understand and not reusable.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 19, 2017

The Cone of Uncertainty is a framing assumption used to model the needed reduction in some parameter of interest in domains ranging from software development to hurricane forecasting. Improving Software Development Tracking and Estimation Inside the Cone of Uncertainty, "Pongtip Aroonvatanaporn, Thanida Hongsongkiat, and Barry Boehm.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 7, 2018

This always takes us back the coupling and cohesion discussion all of us who were Software Engineers in the 1980's . This might be the actual definition of Independent fro the User Story. There is no way out of this for any non-trivial software development project. harder to understand and not reusable.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 4, 2017

Before going let's look at the definition of the Cone of Uncertainty because it is misdefined and misused by some [4] in Wikipedia. Software development project schedule estimation has long been a difficult problem. Cone of Uncertainty definition (Wikipedia). Bauman, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry , April 1958.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 22, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. Here's a simple definition of the Cone of Uncertainty: . 4] Defense Acquisition Guide , Chapter 4, Systems Engineering , 15 May 2013. [5] Software Engineering Economics”. Software Cost Estimation with COCOMO II, Prentice-Hall, 2000. [10]

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 17, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. Here's a simple definition of the Cone of Uncertainty: . 4] Defense Acquisition Guide , Chapter 4, Systems Engineering , 15 May 2013. [5] Software Engineering Economics”. Software Cost Estimation with COCOMO II, Prentice-Hall, 2000. [10]

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. Here's a simple definition of the Cone of Uncertainty: . 4] Defense Acquisition Guide , Chapter 4, Systems Engineering , 15 May 2013. [5] Software Engineering Economics”. Software Cost Estimation with COCOMO II, Prentice-Hall, 2000. [10]

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Herding Cats

MAY 8, 2016

Uncertainty of course is present in all software development work both reducible and irreducible uncertainty. Before listening to any conjecture that estimates aren't needed to make decisions in the presence of Uncertainty for software development, please read these books. Economics of Software Development.

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