White Papers

Our most requested white papers are listed below. You can find additional materials organized by knowledge areas in our Resources & Tools home page.

White Paper	Summary
Software Development's Classic Mistakes	This white paper summarizes Construx's research into the frequency and severity of software development's classic mistakes.
Bridging the Product Introduction Gap	This white paper identifies a technology trend that will increase the need for practices that can close traditional gapsbetween product management and product development.
Business Case for Better Software Practices	This white paper describes the ROI of implementing better software practices.
Optimizing Agile for Your Organization	This white paper describes major organizational, cultural, and project considerations necessary to optimize an Agile adoption.
Ten Keys to Successful Scrum Adoption	This white paper describes ten tips to help your organization successfully adopt Scrum.
Introducing Agility into a Phase Gate Process	This white paper outlines the major considerations and keys to success to introducing agility into a well defined Phase Gate process.
Making Change Stick	This white paper outlines key strategies for helping software organizations to successfully introduce and infuse change in their software development processes.
Software Development's Cone of Uncertainty	This white paper describes a model for understanding estimation uncertainty in software projects.
An Example Portfolio Management Process	This white paper describes an example portfolio management process that supports analyzing and making decisions about which projects to pursue.
Managing Technical Debt	This white paper describes how to improve your organization's ability to make explicit decisions about taking on technical debt and managing that debt.
Establishing a Measurement Program	This white paper describes common measures used in the software industry and where to start when establishing a measurement program.
An Early Requirements Prioritization Technique	This white paper describes a requirements prioritization technique that supports early decision making about project priorities.