Use this tag for questions about how to use a PM methodology in a development process.
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Development process in a highly dependent environment
I was going through a question on PMSE when this question struck me. I have been working as a Project Manager for a software company.
Most of our work we get from an agency. The agency in-turn gets ...
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Scaling software development teams
I've been reading on this subject for a while now, but still can't come up with a workable solution for my situation to scale a development department. May be someone can advise me on where to go from ...
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Scrum or V-Cycle?
Explicitly, I have problems in describing the Development Process of my project.
I'm doing my internship in an enterprise as an Information Systems designer and Java EE developer, for graduation. I ...
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How can I generate a timeline for tasks based on “typical man-days?” [closed]
I need to come up with the planned and actual start & end dates for the following tasks below. How should I do it and what is my basis?
Finalize business user requirements
Technical ...
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Developing Skills in Project/ Program Delivery [closed]
How do you become strong at program delivery? What should be the specific steps to take?
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How to structure a software development team
Given a 15x strong software development team working on individal projects, and small, medium, and large projects; what is the best way to structure this team and what is the best software development ...
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How to start my first project?
I'm going to manage my first project that is really a small stream of an even greater project, and my boss said that I could make my own schedule and plans etc.
I have a couple of questions, I need ...
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Release Team vs PM
In terms of releasing the code and separation of responsibilities, should it be the project manager or the release teams that inform the business of the releases? I believe it should be the release ...
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How do I improve the development process when the only 'spec' is a “slogan” from management
I am working in a new environment where a typical project consist of a “slogan” provided by management and a team of engineers who delivers a product that matches the slogan. The company doesn't have ...
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Tool for Managing the Feature Development Process
Background: we currently use MantisBT for tracking of bug tickets, and have attempted to use the same for feature development. The latter has worked, but only to a point. Ours is a small shop, so ...
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How to keep all the developers on the same page in Scrum?
We are a small team of 6 developers. We usually complete 4 to 5 user stories in a given sprint. Typically every person takes a complete user story and some take a couple of them.
The problem arises ...
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Should small teams use Continuous Integration?
I recently switched to a start-up organization providing a social network site. In my new organization, we are a small team of 8 developers/designers.
I heard a lot about continuous integration (e.g. ...
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Project Management for Inconsistent Development Efforts
I am a CS grad student, and I am interested in applying project management or software/system engineering methods to research projects at my university. I have experience applying the Scrum framework ...
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What artifacts does Scrum require for application design and systems documentation?
I have been a developer for awhile. Recently, I got promoted within my team. Now I am responsible for application design and documentation, and am thinking of following the Scrum methodology.
We are ...
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Implementing new software development process
Question:
Apologies for the long post, but I'm not sure how to handle this.
Background:
We have a development team of 3 situated in another city. The lead developer has been around for 6 years and ...
