Agile Project Management 3 min read
Modelling the Seven Genes of Agile
The following section describes sections of the Agile Project Dynamics (APD) model pertaining to agile methods, and delves into the…
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Agile Project Management 4 min read
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 the planning, execution, and monitoring…
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D’Arsonval Movement (Electrical Analog Meter)
The main aim of a measuring system is to present the data in an understandable manner to the user /…
Agile Project Management 3 min read
Modelling the Dynamics of Agile Software Projects
This chapter presents the Agile Project Dynamics (APD) model. Following the research into Agile methodologies and our formulation of the…
Agile Project Management 2 min read
Strategic Project Management with System Dynamics
System Dynamics was famously used by Pugh-Roberts/PA Consulting to diagnose the causes of cost and schedule overruns on an Ingalls…
Agile Project Management 5 min read
Brooks’ Law
In one of the classic works of software project management, “The Mythical Man Month: Essays on Software Engineering”, Fred Brooks…
Agile Project Management 5 min read
The Rework Cycle
The conventional view of a project is as a collection of predefined tasks. Based on a predetermined work rate (number…
Agile Project Management 5 min read
System Dynamics and its Applicability to Software Project Management
Introduction to System Dynamics Dr. Jay W. Forrester at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology created System Dynamics in the 1960s.…
Agile Project Management 6 min read
Customer Involvement
The Agile Manifesto values “customer collaboration over contract negotiation.” A more traditional way of doing things would be to lock-in…
Agile Project Management 3 min read
Micro-Optimizing
This gene represents the adaptive nature of agile processes. We employ the term “Optimizing” because, in most agile methodologies, teams…
