The maturity model approach to describing organizations and processes comes and goes out of fashion.  It is a repeating framework de jour.  In the game of agile jargon whack-a-mole, the agile maturity model is poking its head up again.
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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Agile Maturity Model – What’s Next?
Posted in Agile, Process Improvement, Product Management, Software development
Tagged agile maturity model, business agility, CMMI, maturity model, rmm
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User Goals and Corporate Goals
When defining requirements, you always start in the context of a goal – either a user goal or a corporate goal. Â You need to be aware of both. Â Having a positive user experience is important, and requires a user-centered understanding. Â Achieving your corporate goals might be in conflict with some user goals.
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Advanced PERT Estimation
Creating a PERT estimate for a single task is both easy and straightforward. Creating an estimate for a set of tasks is still easy, but requires a little bit of math. Combining PERT estimates for tasks is easy, but not as obvious. Roll up your sleeves and dive in.
Posted in Project Management, Software development
Tagged advanced pert, pert estimate, pert estimation
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ProductCamps and Class Diagrams
For you product managers out there – here are a couple upcoming productcamp unconferences. Â For you business analysts, here’s an excuse to do a little domain modeling and practice your UML class diagram skills.
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Foundation Series: Price Elasticity
When prices go up, demand goes down. Â But how much does it go down? Â Price elasticity of demand is the term economists use for the math that describes this behavior.
Posted in Business Analysis, Foundation series
Tagged economics, Foundation series, price elasticity
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