December 15, 1998 | Authored By: R. Bradley Burdick, Thomas Mullen, Eugenia Rodrigues, Alexandre Rodrigues
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THE PROBLEM Software is becoming such an essential part of modern life that a radical improvement in quality is needed.
August 31, 1998 | Authored By: R. Bradley Burdick, Thomas Mullen, Eugenia Rodrigues, Alexandre Rodrigues
THE IMPACT OF SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT ON QUALITY by R.
August 31, 1998 | Authored By: R. Bradley Burdick, Thomas Mullen, Eugenia Rodrigues, Alexandre Rodrigues
THE IMPACT OF SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT ON QUALITY by R.
August 31, 1998 | Authored By: R. Bradley Burdick, Thomas Mullen, Eugenia Rodrigues, Alexandre Rodrigues
The Impact of Software Project Management on Quality by R. Bradley Burdick, Thomas W.
August 31, 1998 | Authored By: R. Bradley Burdick, Thomas Mullen, Eugenia Rodrigues, Alexandre Rodrigues
Agile adoption often goes hand in hand with abandoning the so-called traditional methods of project management and software engineering. This comes from the idea that Agile approaches originated from a point of rupture with traditional methods and, hence, must not inherit any of their characteristics. However, most traditional methods, tools, and techniques were devised to address legitimate and universal management questions, which happen to be present in Agile initiatives as well and therein continue to require a project management answer. This Executive Report discusses how the earned value management method can be adapted to fit into an Agile product development process, and thereby deliver the required controls essential to achieve business value and stakeholder expectations.
May 22, 2017 | Authored By: Alexandre Rodrigues
Can a method like EVM, developed to control projects with well-defined objectives, be applied to control product development initiatives that evolve continuously toward a “moving target”? In an Agile environment, we are faced with the dynamic evolution of a finite boundary of integrated scope, cost, time, and resources; this finiteness — essential for business management and decisions — is the cradle for project management techniques, tools, methods, and frameworks. The EVM method was first developed to help with managing complex R&D projects mostly characterized by an unstable, volatile, and evolving scope. It is therefore no surprise that EVM applies to Agile projects.
May 22, 2017 | Authored By: Alexandre Rodrigues
In this issue, we depart from our usual Executive Report format to bring you multiple viewpoints on a contentious topic: whether agile has transitioned from being an upstart methodology adopted in innovative organizations to being the methodology of choice for the
July 22, 2012 | Authored By: Johanna Rothman, Israel Gat, Esther Derby, Brent Barton, Hillel Glazer, Alexandre Rodrigues, Dave Rooney, John Heintz, Peter Kaminski, Patrick Debois, Freddy Mallet, David Spann