Honnest Planning
“Think about it this way. Management has just said, “We have this key project, and the best date we think you can make it is nine months.” If you don’t counter with another date, they...
August 18, 2010
Software Development Project Management Articles
2010
Earned Value versus Earned Schedule
In his blog post “Earned Value versus Earned Schedule“, Glen Alleman discuss the concepts of Earned Value and Earned Schedule.
August 17, 2010
Using Both Incremental and Iterative Development
Incremental development is distinctly different from iterative development in its purpose and also from its management implications. Teams get into trouble by doing one and not the other, or by trying to manage them the...
August 8, 2010
The Essence of Driving: A Crash Course in Project Management
This blog post describes in a simple way the basic principles and techniques of project management.
July 18, 2010
Why Big Software Projects Fail: The 12 Key Questions
In spite of the improvements in software project management over the last several years, software projects still fail distressingly often, and the largest projects fail most often. “Why Big Software Projects Fail: The 12 Key...
July 15, 2010
Fingers in the air: a Gentle Introduction to Software Estimation
An introduction to the software estimation process aimed at project managers, developers and customers who want to get a better understanding of the basics this subject, and avoid to make their projects a death march...
July 5, 2010
The Core Protocols, an Experience Report – Part 1
The Core Protocols are our ‘best practices’ for people, teams of people and organizations that want to get great results – all the time. They are ‘Core’ because they are foundational – they can be...
June 21, 2010
Yin Yang & Project Management
The article “Yin Yang & Project Management” discusses how understanding the balance inherent in agiles guiding principles can help project managers make the transition from traditional project management methodologies to agile.
June 14, 2010
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