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Central Limit Theorem in Software Project Management

As was discussed elsewhere, it is impossible to estimate the project deadline time exactly and the typical error may be as large as the project time itself. Nevertheless it is possible to finish the project in time… Therefore the goal is to reduce the deviation of the prototype from the target to the minimum and this, according to ” Central Limit Theorem” from the statistics is possible if…
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Uncertainty Principle in Software Projects

This principle resembles Heisenberg uncertainty principle in quantum mechanics and can be stated like this “The more exact you wish to be the project deadline match the less detailed should be the contract”. (You may listen to the audio or read the text below it) … Continue reading

The Scrum and Agile are Mainstream in Programming

I don’t know whether you already have noticed it but the agile software development methods and the scrum in particular are now in the mainstream. Statistics and Fortune 500… Continue reading

28 Years after IBM Developed PC with Scrum it Adopts Agile Again

IBM applied the agile project management method very similar to scrum to develop IBM PC in 1980 but abandoned it after IBM PC became a commercial success. Now, more than twenty five years later it adopts the agile method again. Continue reading