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- Software Development's Classic Mistakes 2008
- Construx Software's Chief Software Engineer/CEO, Steve McConnell, introduced the concept of software development's classic mistakes in his book Rapid Development. He defined "classic mistakes" as mistakes that have been made so often, by so many people, that the consequences of making these mistakes should be predictable and the mistakes themselves...
- Tags: Software, Construx, Mistake, Construx Software, Software Development, Development Tools, Tools & Techniques, Software/Web Development, Management
- White papers 2008-08-25
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- 10 Keys to Successful Scrum Adoption
- Scrum is a project management approach for Agile software development and is the most commonly adopted Agile approach in the industry today. Construx has worked with hundreds of organizations to implement Agile approaches including Scrum, and has helped numerous organizations adopt the core principles of Scrum and adapt it based...
- Tags: Construx, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Outsourcing, Strategy, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Human Resources
- White papers 2008-09-11
- Software Development's Cone of Uncertainty
- Software's Cone of Uncertainty is a model for understanding estimation uncertainty in software projects. Early in a project, specific details of the nature of the software to be built, details of specific requirements, details of the solution, project plan, staffing, and other project variables are unclear. Estimates inherently contain high...
- Tags: Software, Software Development, Construx, Tools & Techniques, Management
- White papers 2008-08-25
- Managing Technical Debt
- "Technical Debt" refers to delayed technical work that is incurred when technical short cuts are taken, usually in pursuit of calendar-driven software schedules. Just like financial debt, some technical debts can serve valuable business purposes. Other technical debts are simply counterproductive. The ability to take on debt safely, track debt,...
- Tags: Construx, Debt, Tools & Techniques, Financial Accounting, Management, Finance
- White papers 2008-06-30
- 10 Deadly Sins of Software Estimation
- The average project overruns its planned budget and schedule by almost 100 percent. In practice, little work is done that could truly be called "estimation." Many projects are scheduled using a combination of legitimate business targets and liberal doses of wishful thinking. View this video for a talk from award-winning...
- Tags: Software, Construx, Tools & Techniques, Corporate Communications, Management, Marketing
- Webcasts 2008-06-24
- Business Case for Better Software Practices
- Companies that invest in improved software development practices have found that their investments pay off. Improved software practices offer ROIs of 500%--and significantly more in many cases. The ROI of improved software practices is dramatically higher than the ROIs offered by virtually any other business investment. But only a handful...
- Tags: Business Case, Software, Construx, ROI, Software Practice, Roi/Tco, Tools & Techniques, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management
- White papers 2008-06-01
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