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SCRUM
Scrum is an agile, lightweight process that can be used to manage and control software and product development using iterative, incremental practices. Wrapping existing engineering practices, including Extreme Programming and RUP, Scrum generates the benefits of agile development with the advantages of a simple implementation. Scrum significantly increases productivity and reduces time to benefits while facilitating adaptive, empirical systems development.
http://agilealliance.com is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the concepts of agile software development, and helping organizations adopt those concepts. Those concepts are outlined by the Manifesto for Agile Software Development.

Information around Scrum
  1. A short compiled introduction to Scrum can be found here [ pdf, 238kB ]
  2. Cutter Summit: Update on agility
  3. How Agile Development Ruined My Career (Sort of)

Open Source Tools in der Softwareentwicklung aus Projektmanagement Sicht
Sigi Herzog, Jan 2003
Softwareprojekte durchlaufen mehrere typische Entwicklungsphasen. Je nach verwendetem Entwicklungsmodell gehen diese von der Analyse, Anforderungen, Design und Architektur, Implementation, Test und Abnahme bis hin zur Wartung. Alle diese Entwicklungsphasen werden durch das Projektmanagement begleitet, welches - eingebettet in eine bestimmte Entwicklungsumgebung - den Gesamtentwicklungsprozess steuert. Dieser Gesamtentwicklungsprozess hat zu einem wesentlichen Teil mit Kommunikation, aber auch zu einem großen Teil mit Management von Dokumenten zu tun. Dokumente müssen erstellt, überarbeitet, weitergegeben und schlussendlich abgelegt werden und zwar in einer Form, die es allen Projektbeteiligten ermöglicht jederzeit darauf zuzugreifen. mehr...

Top Tech Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them)
Paul Sholtz, Sep 2002
Success in the technology business isn't about how cool, new, or fancy your products are. It isn't about who's using the latest buzzwords, or how you string those buzzwords together into a 30-second elevator pitch. Your technology doesn't even have to be especially innovative. The only requirement is that your business and the technology that drives it creates value for your customers. To avoid mishaps, you must consider the people, time, resources, and expectations involved. In short, the ability to avoid technology pitfalls is about effective business management. Here are five common mistakes to watch for: more...

Painless Software Development: writing Specs
Joel Spolsky, Oct 2000
When The Joel Test first appeared, one of the biggest sore points readers reported had to do with writing specs. It seems that specs are like flossing: everybody knows they should be writing them, but nobody does. more...











    
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