How to Transform Software Estimation and Focus on Maximizing ROI

Martin Mari Developer Tips, Tricks & Resources, Insights for Dev Managers

Working with fixed-scope and fixed-budget projects is perhaps one of the biggest product management challenges I have encountered. In this article, I will describe my experience in applying different technical and management practices that, when carried out at different stages, prove to help with these challenges: Avoiding the generation of change requests Adjusting to the initial budget Maximizing the delivery …

Software Quality

How to Evaluate Software Quality from Source Code

Erik Dietrich Developer Tips, Tricks & Resources, Insights for Dev Managers

I’ll understand if you read the title of this post and smirked.  I probably would have done so, opening it up only to see what profound wisdom awaited me.  Review the code, Captain Obvious.   So yes, rest assured, I understand the easy assumption that one can ascertain a codebase’s quality by opening it up and starting to review it. …