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Bias: It’s like Kryptonite to Collaboration

Collaborate: the concept is so ingrained with agile development that it's one of the four components of Alistair Cockburn's simplified Heart of Agile approach (along…

Carol DekkersJuly 9, 2019

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Chicken and Egg and Agile: What comes first Hard or Soft skills?

How would YOU answer this question? Stereotypically people answer based on their experience and expertise: technical pros choose hard skills first (programming, math, logistics,…

Carol DekkersJune 19, 2019

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Reprise: Software Cost Estimating, If You Don’t Know What, You Can’t Estimate How… and ICEAA TAMPA

I first published the article listed below in 2014 - A WHOLE 5 years ago, and as I prepare to present at next week's ICEAA…

Carol DekkersMay 9, 2019

Articles Certified Scope Manager / CSM Designing Software Software Development Software Measurement

QSM (Quantitative Software Management) 2014 Research Almanac Published this week!

Over the years I've been privileged to have articles included in compendiums with industry thought leaders whose work I've admired. This week, I had another…

Carol DekkersNovember 14, 2014

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IFPUG (News) Beyond MetricViews – FP for Agile / Iterative S/W Dev

With the support of QSM, Inc., I wrote and published this article on a new area of the International Function Point Users Group (IFPUG) website…

Carol DekkersAugust 12, 2014

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Latest installment of Ask Carol: With Software Sizing, If You Don’t Know the What, You Can’t Estimate the How

One of the biggest (and not so obvious) reasons that software estimation goes awry is that amateur estimators don't always realize how important it is…

Carol DekkersMay 9, 2014

Articles Designing Software

Latest installment of Ask Carol: No matter What… in Project Management, Size Matters

Just wanted to share with you my latest installment on the QSM website blog - My Dear Carol advice column. Enjoy! Here is the link…

Carol DekkersNovember 20, 2013

Articles Estimating Models Estimating Software Development Cost and Effort

Fundamentals of Software Metrics in Two Minutes or Less

To read more click on the link: http://www.qsm.com/blog/2013/fundamentals-software-metrics-two-minutes-or-less

Carol DekkersNovember 8, 2013

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What Can Goldilocks Teach about Software Estimating?

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Carol DekkersOctober 4, 2013

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Whose job is IT anyways?

The title was a purposeful play on the acronym "IT" (information technology) because there is often no one person who takes responsibility for failed IT…

Carol DekkersMarch 1, 2011