M060 The Decision-Making Process

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M060 The Decision-Making Process

Who decides? This workshop explores this fundamental question to help you understand how decisions are made on software projects. You will review practical aspects of making decisions, including how to empower people, escalate an issue, and overcome resistance to change.

Benefits
After completing this workshop, you will know how to set up a simple, effective decision-making process for a software project.

Topics Covered

How do we decide what to implement in which release?

How do we decide which bugs to fix?

How do we decide what to test?

How do we decide who does what?

How to avoid bureaucracy but still involve all key decision-makers

When and how to pull rank

Who Should Attend
Anyone involved in software development including Testers, Test Leads, Developers, Developer Leads, Managers, Directors and Executives.

Learning Approach
Lecture, Team, Group, Examples

About the Instructor
Robert Sabourin, P. Eng. has 20+ years management experience leading teams of software development professionals to consistently deliver projects on-time, on-quality and on-budget. He is a well-respected member of the software engineering community who has managed, trained, mentored and coached hundreds of top professionals in the field. He frequently writes and speaks to conferences around the world on software engineering, SQA, testing, management and internationalization.