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Use expert opinion and Delphi techniques to estimate unfamiliar work
When you're asked to create an estimate for work that's unfamiliar to you, you have two choices--ask for an expert opinion or use the Delphi Technique.
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Use a responsibility matrix to show who does what in your projects
If many people have a hand in the creation of a project, you should use a Responsibility Matrix to keep track of them.
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Improve your development processes with the Capability Maturity Model
The CMM is a development methodology that's designed to help projects make use of reusable processes. There's some pain involved in making the switch, but the benefits to developme...
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Risk management drives development tool upgrades
Many development environment upgrade decisions are made from more than just a cost/benefit perspective. Tom Mochal examines the real reason many upgrades are performed: the risk of...
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When is it time to upgrade your development environment?
Upgrading to a new development environment, particularly to .NET, involves a number of considerations, including the cost/benefit and business value of the move. Issues include li...
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Project managers should be careful not to make clients' business decisions
When a project manager makes assumptions on her client's behalf, her project suffers. It's an all-too-common scenario for project managers who are knowledgeable about their clients...
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Light methodologies value simplicity over complexity
In this overview of light development methodologies, project management guru Tom Mochal outlines how this approach calls for simple, straightforward documentation and code.
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Subtle bugs require logical detective work
When a subtle bug eludes your automatic debugging programs, you need some good, sound investigating techniques at your disposal to resolve the bug as quickly as possible. Check out...
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Assume a quality assurance role to 'manage' an outsourced project
With outsourced projects, a contractor may take on your usual role of project manager. Learn how to take on a quality assurance role to help you oversee the project and make sure t...
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System testing: Can your program take a lickin' and keep on tickin'?
There's more to the system test than you might think. It is, in fact, a group of tests. See what makes up the system test, in general, and the performance and stress tests, in part...