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Planning | Glossary

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Definition
Planning is a process of identifying steps required to accomplish and guide your team through the execution and closure phases of a Software Development project. The plans created will help you to manage time, cost, quality, change and identify risks and issues. They will also help you manage engagement of people and external suppliers, to ensure that you deliver the project as per expectations.

Origin
From Late 17th century: from French, from earlier plant meaning ‘ground plan, plane surface,set of actions’.

Further Reading

  • “The Art of Agile Development”, by James Shore.

  • “User Stories Applied”, by Mike Cohn.

     

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Organisational Culture | Glossary

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Definition
Organisational culture is defined as the underlying beliefs, assumptions, values and ways of interacting and working, that contribute to the unique social and psychological environment of an organisation or a company.

Origin
Organisation:
From Mid 15th century, derived from “act of organizing,” ,from Middle French term, ‘organisation’ and directly from Medieval Latin ‘organizationem’. meaning “system, establishment” in 1873.

Culture:
The figurative sense of “cultivation through education” is first attested in 1500. . The phrase “the intellectual side of civilization” is from 1805; that of “collective customs and achievements of a people” is from 1867.

Further Reading

  • “Organizational Culture and Leadership”, by Edgar Schein.
  • “Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture: Based on the Competing Values Framework”, by by Kim S. Cameron and Robert E. Quinn.

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