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Overview of "Critical Chain" approach to Software Projects.

Short howto on using PERT in Microsoft Project.

Prototyping lifecycle model.

One more lifecycle model. New one. Looks like some kind of Agile. Quite complex.

(Russian article) Raises a valid question: how do we statistically interpret PERT deviation? Can we use it to estimate confidence level? Author thinks it is too much inaccurate, from pure statistics point of view. Proposes alternative approach (based on 2 point estimations, min & max, and Normal distribution.

Spiral lifecycle. Was invented by a particular company in their specific project environment. As far as I know, has no wide applications in other teams.

Iterative project lifecycle explained.

Some more basic details on Waterfall model.

Basic, classic approach to software development.

The article outlines a simple approach to effort estimation, based on the past experience of the team members (statistical).

The article outlines a simple approach to effort estimation, based on the past experience of the team members (statistical).

An example, a good one, and a guide, on how to write useful functional specifications. Useful and fun.

Cool checklist to check yourself, to check how your project/team is doing.

Basics of iterative/incremental development. There is an assumption that agile is a variation of it.

(Russian) Very informative blog of one Russian project manager.

One more tool. Commercial again :( But this one, they support Kanban board, integrated into the overall system. With bug tracking and effort tracking. They say you can use it for Kanban, Scrum, or whatever your process is.

Here is the Pivotal Tracker home page. Used to be free. Now they want some money :( You can use it for free under some limitations, though.

Piece of advice from Joel Spolsky on how to do the phone-screening. With concrete examples of topics and questions.

Some hints and techniques on how to do live interview.

Here are some ideas on how to inspire programmers.