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The shift left fallacy

Xebia

The story of collecting requirements early was followed a year later by the teaching that iterative software development. Iterative development would reduce costs and development time in contrast to a singular sequential process (waterfall). Iterative development would shift the whole software development cycle more to the left.

DevOps 130
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Top 10 Project Management Mistakes You Should Avoid

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Top 10 Project Management Mistakes You Should Avoid I was recently studying the anatomy of failed/troubled projects and following came out as a learning. Starting project without 102% clarity (100% clarity on scope/technology and 2% knowledge of how you can add value).

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A Bit About the HP3000

The Daily WTF

The project was killed in 1970, which threw some of the staff into "wear black armbands to work" levels of mourning. Unfortunately, while work was done on Omega, the scope of Alpha crept, which resulted in another project management wasn't sure could be delivered. Circa 2006, she needed to update some Pascal code.

Marketing 111
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Communities of Practice Tools that Your Team Will Love

Evolution4all

Developing community spaces. Project Management Tools for Organising Knowledge Resource and Community Tasks. Below are among the most popular project management tools used in various industries today. It’s a project management app that allows leaders to assign specific tasks to the members.

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Spotify Agile Model: Key Benefits

Mobilunity

Things started getting feasible in 2006 – Spotify entered its development stage. With all the controversies singers-wise and some competitive issues, the company has managed to occupy 178 markets and keep on upgrading, adding new features keeping the audience constantly involved. The release took place in 2008.

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Thoughts on Project Leadership and Choices

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Thoughts on Project Leadership and Choices I love project management as a subject not only because it gets so much work done, but also because project management manifests how people operate. Best, Tanmay By callezee , November 2, 2010 @ 10:34 am Good post.

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Training Middle Managers On People Management Basics

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Training Middle Managers On People Management Basics Here is a simple idea: Whenever you have a new manager (project manager/departmental leader) joining in your organization, put him/her through a simple training program on how to manage people. Don’t Kill It!