Software Project Management

Blog about Kanban, and Lean, and Agile. Most articles I've read from it are pro-Kanban articles.

Blog about Kanban, and Lean, and Agile. Most articles I've read from it are pro-Kanban articles.

A variation of burndown chart which allows to visually identify how fast the team is resolving the items, and also, what is the rate of adding new work items in the middle of the work.

A variation of burndown chart which allows to visually identify how fast the team is resolving the items, and also, what is the rate of adding new work items in the middle of the work.

Here is another online tool for project management. Not free, again :( Haven't tried it, but would like to. Uses evidence-based estimations, built in.

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.

(Russian article) Explains psychological things: why developers think managers are idiots, and why managers thing that developers are spoiled kids. And what manager can do to fix/avoid this problem.

Overview of Pivotal Tracker tool. I've been using this tool for about 3 years now, and can say it's cool.

(Russian article) Gives an overview of how one can use regular reports (like weekly reports) "for good" and "for bad".

Lots of PM-related stuff. Will try to subscribe and see if it is worth monitoring.

(Russian article) Interesting idea for sustaining long projects: while working on bugs/features in a long project, you get to know its problems, deep architectural problems. So, spend some time and work on the "ideal" architecture, the one you'd build from the very beginning if you knew everything you know now. Knowing this "ideal" architecture will help you drive the project in the right direction.

Online service (free) to create and share boards. Can be used to visualize project status and workflow (as in Kanban).

(Russian article) Explains basic management principles, based on chinese philosophy (TAO), and their applicability to software project management.

Starting point for Scrum research. Basics explained.

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).

Russian translation of: "Agile Product Ownership in a nutshell" by Henrik Kniberg.

Presentation about how to run a post-mortem: what to do and what to avoid.

Here are some ideas on how to inspire programmers.