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Skunk Works and the 14 Rules Behind Fast Engineering — Flow Engineering
NASA invented systems engineering. Skunk Works perfected it.
The 13 software engineering laws
Hyrum's law, Conway’s law, Zawinski's law, and 10 others.
Laws of Software Engineering
A collection of principles and patterns that shape software systems, teams, and decisions.
Task estimation: Conquering Hofstadter's Law
How to turn your time estimates into reliable predictions — and communicate them.
Parkinson's Law: It's Real, So Use It
Yes, just set that deadline.
Airbus – A380 – Why Do Projects Fail?
The following entry is a record in the “Catalogue of Catastrophe” - a list of failed or troubled projects from around the world. Airbus SAS - France Project name : A380 Project type : Commercial aircraft development Date : Dec 2000 - Oct 2007 Cost : $6.
Study Finds 268% Higher Failure Rates For Agile Software Projects
Richard Speed reports via The Register: A study has found that software projects adopting Agile practices are 268 percent more likely to fail than those that do not. Even though the research commissioned by consultancy Engprax could be seen as a thinly veiled plug for Impact…
Six essential elements of the project discovery phase
Embarking on a new software development project is similar to setting sail on uncharted waters. While the destination might be
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Planning poker - Wikipedia
Planning poker, also called Scrum poker, is a consensus-based, gamified technique for estimating, mostly used for timeboxing in Agile principles. In planning poker, members of the group make estimates by playing numbered cards face-down to the table, instead of speaking them…
Top 10 reasons why Darth Vader was an amazing project manager
The Sith Lord Darth Vader, of Star Wars fame, often gets a bad rap, particularly in what we all think of as his 'dark years'. From a certain perspective his mass murder, brutal oppression, and frequent deception to serve his own ends makes him seem like a pretty bad guy.
Why public chats are better than direct messages
How we communicate makes an enormous impact on our work. One of the best strategies for improving communication in a team is making it open
Acceptance Criteria vs Requirements: Definition and Examples | ProjectPractical.com
When you’re defining your software or new product’s requirements, a set of criteria come into play. Acceptance criteria are one part of those criteria that are either agreed upon or come out of client/customer discussions. Unlike requirements, acceptance criteria define what…
Products Over Projects
Projects are a popular way of organizing software efforts, but long-running product teams are often superior
Evidence Based Scheduling
Software developers don’t really like to make schedules. Usually, they try to get away without one. “It’ll be done when it’s done!” they say, expecting that such a brave, funny zinger will reduce t…
Setting UX Roles and Responsibilities in Product Development: The RACI Temp
Use a flexible responsibility-assignment matrix to clarify UX roles and responsibilities, anticipate team collaboration points, and maintain productivity in product development.
42 things I learned from building a production database
In 2017, I went to Facebook on a sabbatical from my faculty position at Yale. I created a team to build a storage system called Delos at the bottom of the Facebook stack (think of it as Facebook’s version of Chubby). We hit production with a 3-person team in less than a year…
Research: How to Get Better at Killing Bad Projects
Most innovation managers know that few of their initiatives will succeed, so they keep multiple projects running at the same time and create processes for quickly separating winners from losers. One popular way to make decisions about what stays and what goes is the use of stage…
Make Boring Plans. You’re probably familiar with the… | by Camille Fournier
You’re probably familiar with the concept of Choose Boring Technology. If you’re not, I’ll wait for you to read the excellent blog post by…
Agile vs. Scrum vs. Kanban: Which Project Management Methodology is Right F
Choose the ideal project management methodology. Discover the difference between agile, scrum, and kanban for project management.
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How to avoid losses and prune projects proactively
It’s common for companies to hang on for too long to projects or parts of the business that are underperforming. Two effective techniques can help executives make project investment decisions on when to hold on to an asset and when to let it go.
Trusting the Process
I am a firm believer that success starts with the statement of work (SOW). An appropriate and attainable SOW determines whether my team of UX designers and researchers get the time and activities we require to fully understand a client’s needs and fashion a suitable solution…
Project Management Tools Comparison: Jira vs Trello vs MS Project vs Baseca
Project management software comparison websites list about 600 different project management tools and choosing the right one can be head-spinning. We provide a list of 6 essential Project Management tools and insights on which types of projects they are most suited for.