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- Learn the importance of properly planning your next IT project
- Estimating and planning are critical, yet are difficult and error prone.This sample chapter, taken from Agile Estimating and Planning, discusses the purpose of planning, as well as how to define a good plan.Title: Agile Estimating and PlanningISBN: 0131479415Published: November 2005Author: Mike CohnChapter: Chapter 1: The Purpose of PlanningPublished by Prentice...
- Tags: Planning, Agile Estimating, Published, Prentice Hall Inc., information technology
- Download resources 2006-04-28
- Develop an agile approach to IT project management
- This sample chapter, taken from Agile Estimating and Planning, discusses the importance of agile teams to your organization. Learn about the three levels of planning encorporated by agile teams: release planning, iteration planning, and daily planning.Title: Agile Estimating and PlanningISBN: 0131479415Published: November 2005Author: Mike CohnChapter: Chapter 3: An Agile ApproachPublished...
- Tags: team, iteration, Planning, Prentice Hall Inc., Agile Estimating, information technology, IT project management, Published
- Download resources 2006-04-28
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- Develop an agile approach to IT project management
- This sample chapter, taken from Agile Estimating and Planning, discusses the importance of agile teams to your organization. This sample chapter, taken from Agile Estimating and Planning, discusses the importance of agile teams to your organization. Learn about the three levels of planning encorporated by agile teams:...
- Tags: Team, Information Technology, Prentice Hall Inc., IT Project Management, Team Management, Management
- Book chapters 2006-04-28
- Learn the importance of properly planning your next IT project
- This sample chapter, taken from Agile Estimating and Planning, discusses the importance of planning and how to create a reliable plan. Estimating and planning are critical, yet are difficult and error prone.This sample chapter, taken from Agile Estimating and Planning, discusses the purpose of planning, as well...
- Tags: Information Technology, Prentice Hall Inc., Strategy, Management
- Book chapters 2006-04-28
- Artisan`s Estimating (zip)
- This estimating spreadsheet workbook software program was designed for an electrical contractor, but has also proved it's strengths in other areas as well. Artisan`s Estimating uses resources of or on the Internet to provide its users with a substantial amount of estimating power. It's use of interconnected estimating modules, and...
- Tags: Productivity, Internet
- Software downloads 2008-02-18
- The Need for Agile Project Management
- One of the common misperceptions about agile processes is that there is no need for project management, and that agile projects run themselves. It is easy to see how an agile process' use of self-organizing teams, its rapid pace, and the decreased emphasis on detailed plans lead to this perception....
- Tags: Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Just Enough Agile: Understand the Principles of Agile Development From the Executive Viewpoint
- The goal of this white paper is to explain and demystify agile development from an executive viewpoint. It explores the benefits of agile development, debunks the misconceptions that have grown around the approach, provides a primer on key agile terms and concepts and illustrates how agile can work in an...
- Tags: Development, Compuware Corp., Viewpoint Corp., Benefits, Human Resources
- White papers 2007-01-01
- Architectural Manifesto: Adopting Agile Development, Part 1 - Is Agile Development Right for Your Organization?
- As agile development has grown in popularity over the past few years, many companies are considering how to take advantage of agile development processes and techniques. Though the author is not an agile evangelist, agile development techniques have proven to be beneficial in certain types of organizations and projects. Agile...
- Tags: Development, Agile Development, Productivity
- White papers 2008-03-18
- Agile Work Uses Lean Thinking
- Lean and Agile are both methods of improving the effectiveness and performance of work processes. Lean comes primarily from manufacturing and in particular the Toyota Production System. Agile comes primarily from Agile Software Development and Project Management. Agile Work has borrowed heavily from Lean thinking and practices. There are three...
- Tags: Team, Agile Software, Agile Work, Team Management, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Management, It Operations, It service Management
- White papers 2006-02-22
- Quality parameters selection for Agile projects
- Which quality parameters are best for Agile Projects in Software industry.In Agile, quality is intrinsicAgile processes, like Extreme Programming, have quality as a major driver or force. In Agile, everything you do is done with quality in mi
- Tags: software, derive ametrics to track agile project performance, Agile, amulay@...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-10
- Overview of Agile Management & Development Methods
- This paper presents an overview of Agile Project Management & Development Methods. The paper will describe the deficiency of normal project development processes, who started Agile Management & development method, what is it made up of and who should use it, differences between Agile development processes and normal development processes,...
- Tags: Method, Project Development, Development Method, Project Management, It Operations, It service Management
- White papers 2005-06-27
- Optimizing Agile for Your Organization
- Many organizations are interested in becoming Agile but wonder where to start. They want to ensure that their Agile adoption will achieve the desired benefits, goals, and objectives. This white paper outlines the major organization, cultural, and project considerations that are critical to a successful Agile adoption. It provides a...
- Tags: Construx, Organization, Benefits, Human Resources
- White papers 2008-09-02
- Project Management in Agile Development Environments
- The fundamentals of good project management remain the same whatever methodology and approach is being used to develop a software product: communicating, building effective teams, planning and monitoring progress. There are however some aspects of the "Agile Mindset" which are important when using Agile methods to deliver the product. Agile...
- Tags: Software, Team, Agile Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Team Management, Software Development, Project Management, Management, Software/Web Development, It Operations, It service Management
- White papers 2004-04-01
- GEMS Landscape Estimating Tool (zip)
- An estimating tool for landscapers and other contractors in the Green Industry has been developed by Global Estimating Management Systems GEMS. With 5 years of testing and use by multiple companies, the GEMS Landscape Estimating Tool LET tool has been proven to increase profitability. The Global Estimating Management Systems approach...
- Tags: Tool, Productivity
- Software downloads 2007-04-19
- Adopting Agile Development, Part 2: Understanding the Different Facets
- Part 1 of the agile development series introduced agile processes, the benefits of using them, and the requirements placed on the organization that uses them. This paper discusses how different types of organizations, such as start-ups, product companies, and small and large organizations, adapt to agile development. One will also...
- Tags: Organization, IBM Corp., Pricing, Marketing Research, Benefits, Marketing, Human Resources
- White papers 2008-04-22
- Use story cards to estimate, prioritize, and plan agile projects
- An agile software development team needs to define the software features that have value to the business, then plan their implementation to realize this value as quickly as possible. Proper estimates and priorities are essential to this process; feeding garbage into a planning process will inevitably result in...
- Tags: Software, Card, Addison-Wesley, Software Development, Tools & Techniques, Development Tools, Software/Web Development, Management
- Book chapters 2007-08-08
- Agile SWF Video Converter (exe)
- Agile SWF Video Converter is a useful video software in converting video to SWF. With Agile SWF Video Converter, you can convert video files of all popular formats such as AVI, MPEG, MP4, WMV, DivX, Xvid, ASF, MOV, VOB, to SWF rapidly with a few clicks. Only 3 steps is...
- Tags: Video, Agile SWF Video Converter, Corporate Communications, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-01-17
- Agile development is a method, not a goal
- Author Amr Elssamadisy talks about how his addiction to Agile development began nine years ago. He also explains why so many efforts to adopt Agile fail. by Amr Elssamadisy
- Tags: Team, AMR Research, Goal, Amr Elssamadisy, Agile, Microsoft Windows XP, Software Development, Team Management, Development Tools, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Software/Web Development, Management
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- BEA Systems Case Study: Agile Software
- Agile Software Corporation is a leading supplier of business-to-business collaborative manufacturing commerce solutions. Agile is deploying the BEA AquaLogic User Interaction for its 200 employees enterprise-wide. The BEA-powered Agile Corporate Portal features a Magic Help Desk portlet that empowers employees to perform event management and asset inventory from personalized portal...
- Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Agile Software, Portals, Asset Management, Web Technology, Manufacturing, Internet, Operational Planning, Business Operations
- Case studies
- SOS - PDA Estimating (exe)
- Create quick, accurate estimates on your Pocket PC. This is a companion program to Simplified Office Software's Estimating/Invoicing/Payroll. The Shareware version of SOS PDA Estimating is fully functional so that you may evaluate it and see if it will suit your needs. Estimates created on SOS - Estimating/Invoicing/Payroll can also...
- Tags: PDA, PC, JAK Electric, Pocket PC, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software
- Software downloads 2008-03-21
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