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Modelling the Seven Genes of Agile
The following section describes sections of the Agile Project Dynamics (APD) model pertaining to agile…
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A Brief Review of Relevant Software Engineering Topics
Large-scale software engineering organizations, particularly government contractors, have traditionally used plan-driven, heavyweight, waterfall-style approaches to…
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Modelling the Dynamics of Agile Software Projects
This chapter presents the Agile Project Dynamics (APD) model. Following the research into Agile methodologies…
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Strategic Project Management with System Dynamics
System Dynamics was famously used by Pugh-Roberts/PA Consulting to diagnose the causes of cost and…
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Brooks’ Law
In one of the classic works of software project management, “The Mythical Man Month: Essays…
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The Rework Cycle
The conventional view of a project is as a collection of predefined tasks. Based on…
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System Dynamics and its Applicability to Software Project Management
Introduction to System Dynamics Dr. Jay W. Forrester at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology created…
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Customer Involvement
The Agile Manifesto values “customer collaboration over contract negotiation.” A more traditional way of doing…
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Micro-Optimizing
This gene represents the adaptive nature of agile processes. We employ the term “Optimizing” because,…
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Refactoring
An incremental and feature driven approach to the development of software systems can produce sub-optimal…