Tutorials and tools for managing, estimating, planning and tracking software development projects: PMP, Agile, Scrum, Lean, Kanban
Navigating the complexities of prioritizing software development project requirements can pose a challenge for any project team. This video will guide you through the highly effective MOSCOW approach, enabling you to master the art of prioritization and fruitful discussions of project requirements.
Finding the right balance in software development organizations is neither an individual task nor is it only a project team’s responsibility. It is an interaction of both and more! Software project managers also play a vital role as they often (still) have a higher organizational lever.
The book “Lean Integration” by John G. Schmid and David Lyle is the sequel of a first book titled “Integration Competency Center: An Implementation Methodology” and is aimed at taking it “to the next level by adding more specific best practices and a rich collection of case studies”. The book...
Jutta Eckstein presents simple tools and methods for uncovering hidden costs of delay in software development projects. These tools and methods can be applied in various contexts: In small and large software development teams as well as in co-located and distributed teams. Using an agile approach will help to make...
The late Watts S. Humphrey has been an important personality of the software development world. He led the development of the Software Capability Maturity Model (CMMI), an internationally recognized standard in the field of software process improvement. The title of his last book “Leadership, Teamwork, and Trust – Building a...
The software development project managers are notoriously seeking for silver bullets. Models, concepts or frameworks that could miraculously fix whatever is broken; Lean, Agile, Scrum, SAFe®, DevOps. This talk is a travel back in time to recap Fred Brooks “Mythical Man-month” book and his prophecy that there are “No Silver...
In the category of project management books, the book “Adaptive Project Framework” is a little bit different, as its goal is to present an open framework and not a prescriptive model. As the author Robert K. Wysocki wrote, many project managers prefer to apply an existing recipe for their project.
What is the secret of successful agile initiatives and awesome teams? Teamwork and effective collaboration, of course. It is important to set up software project development teams for success, as well as implement continuous improvement processes to ensure antipatterns and difficulties are addressed.