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Think you’re a Good Collaborator? Check out our Top 10 Collaboration Killers

Collaboration. It’s one of the tenets of the new Heart of Agile and central to all agile practices today. Effective collaboration increases communication, encourages creativity,…

Carol DekkersJanuary 31, 2020

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Heart of Agile holds Promise as a Silver Bullet

Consider recent statistics citing a whopping 70% of Americans who are unhappy at work, and (in a separate study) 80% of workers saying emotional-based issues…

Carol DekkersNovember 15, 2019

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What’s the Point of Estimating?

Here's the latest installment of my QSM Ask Carol blog: "What's the Point of (Early) Estimating?" ... click on the image or the title here…

Carol DekkersJanuary 21, 2014

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If IT’s important – get a second (or third) opinion!

I'd like to share with you my latest post on the QSM (Quantitative Software Management) blog - let me know what you think! -Carol 1st…

Carol DekkersNovember 5, 2013

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What Can Goldilocks Teach about Software Estimating?

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Carol DekkersOctober 4, 2013

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Fundamentals of Software Estimating: First see the Elephant in the Room- part 1

This is the first in a sequence of four posts (and more to come) on BASIC software estimating concepts that address "WHAT IS IT?" we…

Carol DekkersAugust 9, 2013

Communication Designing Software Estimating Models Estimating Software Development Cost and Effort

Measurement and IT – Friends or Frenemies ?

I confess, I am a software metrics 'geek'... but I am not a zealot! I agree that we desperately need measures to make sense of…

Carol DekkersJune 20, 2012

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Estimating Before Requirements with Function Points and Other Metrics… Webinar Replay

On June 7, 2012, I conducted an hour-long webinar on "Estimating Before Requirements with Function Points and Other Metrics" before a worldwide audience spanning a…

Carol DekkersJune 13, 2012

Communication

The Death of Brainstorming? Say it isn’t so…

I love the articles in the New Yorker, and the following one caught my eye because of the Brainstorming topic. In leadership courses, I've espoused…

Carol DekkersJune 10, 2012

Certified Scope Manager / CSM Change Communication Estimating Models Estimating Software Development Cost and Effort

Trust and Verify are the (IT) Elephants in the room

As a party involved in some aspect of software development, why do you think projects are so hard? Millions of dollars in research work to…

Carol DekkersMay 15, 2012