This tag is for questions about software development projects, as opposed to questions about construction projects, or some other field that doesn't involve software.
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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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Project/Ticket Managment [closed]
I have recently been tasked with finding and implementing a solution for task/project management.
I have come here for some suggestions to see what you use. There are however some rather specific ...
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Is agile a 'subset' of the SDLC?
I'm having a hard time classifying software development methodologies. In my understanding, SDLC is the overarching model used for software development approaches. SDLC methodologies can range from ...
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Is there an Agile methodology that fits with large refactoring?
Some background: At work, there are several epic (user visible) stories whose effort will be greatly reduced by improving the roles and permissions infrastructure in our code base. However, the effort ...
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TFS: How to represent the application version that each change request, bug etc will be addressed in
This is a TFS-specific question. If this is inappropriate for this site, let me know where I can ask it. I initially posted it on StackOverflow, but didn't get much of a response.
We have recently ...
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Project Management technique for my pet project
I have a little/mid-size software project idea which I am currently planning to do on my own. Or there may be maximum 1-2 other developers joining.
Does it worth to apply any of the project ...
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What information can predict positive future performance when evaluating candidates?
We have developers who have cleared the technical round of interviewa and the technical interviewers mentioned that the developers appear to have good communication skills.
Since bringing good people ...
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High quality standards and efficiency as a vision
In my former question I've asked about visions for a team with multiple projects. My boss suggested that we should aim "working toward to high quality standards and efficiency" (or something ...
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What are the required documents should I prepare In order to start my Project
I am preparing to start my new project which is Developing open source ERP System
What really I am confusing about:
How to start : what is the first step should I begin with. ( Preparing the ...
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How useful are Green Belt techniques in medium/small software projects?
Background -
I work for a ~100 person sized genetics company that is newly owned by an ~8000+ person corporation. Over the last 2 years I've been our software development project manager and have ...
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Vision for a team with multiple projects
Steve McConnell mentions in his Rapid Development book that a team needs a shared, elevating vision or goal to be a real team not just a group of people.
What could be the vision when there are ...
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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 allow developers to get enough quality development time while keeping to support & maintenance obligations
I work for a small company of 6 multi skilled developers where we have developed our own product which requires constant improvement but also maintenance and support to the current release from end ...
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Should there be separate PMs for projects which involve development of new hardware and new software?
My company is developing a new product which consists of several embedded systems. The hardware for these devices is being developed by electrical and mechanical engineers and the software is being ...
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Where are Primavera's old baseline dates stored after rescheduling the project?
Any idea Where are Primevera's old baseline dates are stored after rescheduling the project?
We can see the old dates in the Client but I want to query the database to get all the dates which were ...
