By Cloud Computing News on April 28, 2010
If your IT is supposed to make your business more agile, then you need to turn to SOA, right? I do not agree. Why? Because everyone is once again mixing up cause and effect! An agile organization will fully utilize IT with or without SOA. SOA will not make a business or its people more agile. Agilit …
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By Enterprise Architecture News on April 23, 2010
While bigger companies are trying to change their cultures to be more agile, to do ââ¬Åmore with lessââ¬Â — and to better align business and IT — good start-ups just focus on delivery as a means of survival. by Dana Gardner
Posted in Enterprise Architecture News | Tagged Agile, Åmore, dana gardner, Gardner, means of survival
By Enterprise Architecture News on February 12, 2010
…refactoring database development agile. The Enterprise Architecture Discipline: Scaling Agile Software Development … agile architecture ea…
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By Thakur Sahib on June 30, 2009
Two Programming methodologies worth considering in Agile are XP and UML Modeling. Agile can either be used the Alistair Cockburn way, using Scrum methodology, or as used by Scot Ambler, who has integrated the RUP process with Agile, naming it AUP [Agile Unified Process]. Both methods have their own set of pros and cons. While [...]
Posted in Project management | Tagged Agile, AUP, PMBOK, RUP, Scot Ambler, software development process, software projects, waterfall, XP |
By Thakur Sahib on June 8, 2009
After an initial estimation on the scope, PMBOK advices on estimating the duration of the scope in plan. Once the WBS and WBS dictionary is in place, it is then inputted into the time management process. The Estimation sprint involves Scope, Time, Cost and resources estimation. There are six key sub-processes for time management: Activity [...]
Posted in Project management, Software | Tagged Agile, PMBOK, Project management, project owner, RUP, XP |
By Thakur Sahib on June 5, 2009
Managing Cost is not an easy task. Though some well defined processes do exist to manage costs, some of the old processes like RUP have loads of artifacts associated with them. PMBOK outlines five process for managing the Scope, six for Time and three for Cost. The good part about PMBOK is that you can [...]
Posted in Project management, Software | Tagged Agile, Architecture, head, Objectives Project Scope Description Project Requirements Project Boundaries Project Deliverables Project Acceptance Criteria Project Constraints Project Assumptions Initial Project Organization, PMBOK, Prime Minister, process groups, product owner, Software, Software project management, SPRINT |
By Thakur Sahib on May 20, 2009
No new Project work can be initiated without a proper contract. A contract says, how the work will be delivered? How Billing will happen? What are the penalties of late deliverable? What are the bonuses associated with project? and so forth. It is generally accompanied with a statement of work. Contracts are also important in selecting [...]
Posted in Project management, Software, Technology | Tagged Agile, Contracts, IT Projects, PMBOK, Software project management, System Integration fall |
By Thakur Sahib on May 15, 2009
How do we initiate a project? What are the basic documents needed to start the project? I have seen many small companies, who have started the project before knowing all the stakeholders or before finalizing the contract. They are companies who start the development and then start writing down the assumptions and constrains. PMBOK give [...]
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