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What counts, the project or MMF?
The idea of project in operations management helps to understand the demand on the organization by adding the dimensions of required effort, delivery interval, objectives/ scope, client and required skills. Project planning serves to define the previous attributes, while project execution and tracking is a common way for full-filling demand. Read more…
Estimation value add
Lead Time is the average time from when client submits a request till related software is produced. Cycle Time is average time between two successive releases from the system. The lower the Lead Time the higher the Throughput, which is number of client-valued features, released every time interval. Ultimately this impacts the bottom line by having lower cost per feature. Read more…
Scrum master episode
As a project manager at a software vendor for financial solutions, your manager asked you to develop certain list of features. Market has changed and we need to quickly respond with new release in four months. Your manager, he is right, wanted a plan with weekly status report. You can only use 3 developers from the product as the core developers, while the rest if required, you should look for in other products or hire. You’re Scrum savvy; you want to provide reliable commitments. HOW? Read more…
