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Issue 8 - Ranking I.T. Staff

Mon, 03/29/2004 - 11:28 — Jeff De Luca

De Luca on FDD Newsletter Issue 8

Ranking I.T. Staff

As a project manager I often get involved in a company's H.R. Practices when doing a project with them. It might be to help with hiring, it should always be to be involved in firing, and it might be to help with appraisals - i.e. rating and ranking staff. On many occasions, I have direct responsibility for all of these. There are many topics related to H.R. and I.T. that warrant discussion but I want to focus on ranking staff in this newsletter.
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Issue 7 - Requirements - The Budgeting Syndrome

Tue, 10/28/2003 - 07:14 — Jeff De Luca

De Luca on FDD Newsletter Issue 7

Requirements - The Budgeting Syndrome

Managers don't ask for what they really need when doing budgets. They're not even thinking about things this way. It's a fictional and dysfunctional practice and it bears a remarkable similarity to requirements in traditional software projects. Both the budgeting process and the traditional requirements process are not agile and both result in significant wastage of resources and lost opportunity to deliver more value.
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Issue 6 - How To Record New Features

Mon, 10/06/2003 - 13:55 — Jeff De Luca

De Luca on FDD Newsletter Issue 6

How To Record New Features

As a project progresses, new knowledge is acquired from various sources and new features are created for the work that must be done as a result of this new knowledge. Feature Driven Development is designed to cope with new knowledge and has mechanisms to adapt.
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Issue 5 - Testing is one of the Least Effective Defect Removal Techniques

Tue, 08/12/2003 - 16:17 — Jeff De Luca

De Luca on FDD Newsletter Issue 5

Testing is one of the Least Effective Defect Removal Techniques

Inspections are one of the most effective defect removal techniques. Testing is one of the least effective defect removal techniques. We know this from measurements; it isn't speculation. And yet, what do most organizations do? They test. What do most organizations not do? They don't inspect. Why is this?
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Issue 4 - Q&A About Feature Milestones

Fri, 05/09/2003 - 03:12 — Jeff De Luca

De Luca on FDD Newsletter Issue 4

Q&A About Feature Milestones

Well defined fine-grained milestones is one of the most important innovations in FDD - and the milestones have relevance in terms of business value.
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Issue 3 - The Problem Word for all Programmers

Wed, 04/23/2003 - 15:17 — Jeff De Luca

De Luca on FDD Newsletter Issue 3

The Problem Word for all Programmers

There is a problem that crosses gender, that crosses culture,and crosses international boundaries. Programmers all over the world - regardless of race, religion, sex or geography - have this significant word definition problem. The problem word is finished.
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Issue 2 - How to Reduce the Risk of Fixed-Price Estimates

Thu, 02/20/2003 - 18:00 — Jeff De Luca

De Luca on FDD Newsletter Issue 2

How to Reduce the Risk of Fixed-Price Estimates

In FDD the first three processes are one-time and form the project startup phase, while the construction phase is incremental. Between them is a key milestone. The FDD startup phase contains predictive metrics to project future effort based on early available indicators. Explaining this to the client allows the initial project estimates to be tested at the start of the project and the scope and duration to be negotiated as a part of the startup phase. At the end of this low-cost entry to the project, the project manager is in a strong position to proceed on a fixed-price basis. In these risk-averse times, the ability to accurately estimate development duration early and with high-confidence is more important than ever.
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Issue 1 - Getting Flexible with Planning

Tue, 01/07/2003 - 13:14 — Jeff De Luca

"De Luca on FDD Newsletter" Issue 1

Getting Flexible with Planning

Flexibility is available by planning in client-valued terms and at a level of granularity that makes planning easier and remains acceptable to clients. By planning Business Activities with completion dates specified as a month, there is further considerable flexibility available for the scheduling of detailed tasks during the construction phase of a project. Both of these levels of flexibility are highly valued by project managers.
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