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Team-Based Development: Truth from the Trenches[presentation] As software professionals, we deliver products that are the totality of the services, documentation, software, and hardware required to produce a solution for customers. |
Bobbi Antonucci, Blackboard Inc.
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Iterative Software Development - from Theory to Practice[presentation] This paper describes how an iterative software development process has been adopted in RAFAEL, based on the Unified Software Development Process (USDP) introduced by Rational Inc. |
Amir Tomer, RAFAEL Ltd.
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Project Management Lessons from the Frontlines[presentation] In the natural world, systems tend to go from order to disorder. The same often happens with projects, teams, and organizations. |
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Sorting Out Six Sigma and the CMM[presentation] While the Capability Maturity Model has become widely accepted as an approach to software process improvement, Six Sigma is becoming increasingly popular in manufacturing and service organizations. |
David Card, Software Productivity Consortium
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Solid Software: Is it Rocket Science?[presentation] While we can't guarantee that our software will never fail, we can take serious steps to reduce the risk. |
Shari Lawrence Pfleeger, Systems/Software, Inc.
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Software Sizing: There is an Easier Way[presentation] Project managers and software engineers need to accurately calculate delivery dates and resource needs for their software. |
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Requirements Workshops: What, Why, and How[presentation] There's no standard formula for requirements workshops. Each project, business situation, and group of people will combine to make each workshop unique. Preparing for the requirements workshop requires collaboration. |
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Avoiding Project Failure[presentation] Let's face facts: Software projects fail more often than they succeed-and nothing a project manager does will ever completely eliminate the possibility of failure. |
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Understanding Variation and Stability: The Key to Managing Your Software Process[presentation] The control chart is a form of instrumentation that acts like a pressure gauge in the world of software development. It provides critical data to help guide the decisions made by software engineers and managers. |
Anita Carleton and William Florac, Software Engineering Institute
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IS and IT Benchmarking: Current Status[presentation] Are you having trouble making a business case for benchmarking at your organization? |
Mark Czarnecki, The Benchmarking Network, Inc.
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Activity-Based Cost Estimating for Web-Based Software[presentation] What does it cost to provide a feature or complete a transaction for Web-based software? In traditional activity-based cost estimating, a company looks at a product's sales activity and resources used in order to determine its cost. |
Avon Leong, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc
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Requirements Are Requirements Are Requirements - Not![presentation] "This isn't what I need," states Customer Bob. "But it's what you said you wanted," replies Engineer Joe. "It's not right. I need something else." We've all encountered this classic users-don't-know-what-they-want scenario. |
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Get Real! Creating Realistic, Actionable Project Schedules[presentation] The preparation of a realistic, practical project schedule is an essential management function for obtaining stakeholder commitment, setting expectations, and communicating within the team and organization what is achievable. |
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Project Management in the e-World[presentation] Successful project management in today's e-world depends on more than just solid project planning and tracking skills. |
Bonnie Vaughan, LexisNexis
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Measurement and the CMM: How Measurement Practices Evolve[presentation] People who use the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) for software often struggle with the apparent paradigm shift as they move from level to level, particularly when they reach Level four in the CMM one to five level scheme. |
Charlie Weber and Beth Layman, TeraQuest Metrics
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