Significant growth due to estimation inaccuracy can wreak havoc on a team attempting to stay within cost and schedule while executing its established plan. This article discusses how a software team that uses both proxy-based...
The most successful projects are those that have a solid foundation and actively supportive sponsors. One key issue that must be addressed during project initiation is the identification of the “right” project sponsor; one who...
This article proposes a framework where software engineers and project managers can quantitatively manage software projects to improve the software development process applying Six Sigma in conjunction with the Personal Software Process (PSP) and Team...
Concrete barriers to Scrum adoption are inevitable. Test cycles will not magically shrink without effort. Most of the challenges in Scrum adoption are not technical, but social.
This article explains the usage of Earned Value Management (EVM) in software development projects. EVM is simply a way of calculating two pieces of data for a project: schedule performance and called cost performance.
Mistaken beliefs about teamwork that can sidetrack productive collaboration. This blog post from J. Richard Hackman presents six common teamwork misperceptions.
In this blog post, Dan Galorath explains why it could be wiser not to bid on an outsourcing project.
In this blog post, Pawel Brodzinski explains the mechanics of improvements in software project teams adopting Kanban.
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