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Black Swans

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They are as described in the papers β€œOn Uncertainty, Ambiguity, and Complexity in Project Management,” Michael T. Loch and Arnoud De Meyer, Management Science, INFORMS, Volume 48, Number 8, August 2002 pp. Pich, Christoph H. The only solution for the naturally occurring variances is margin.

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Risk Management Resources

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Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. A Risk Management Methodology for Project Risk Dependencies,” Tak Wah Kwan and Hareton K.N., 3, March 2002. 11 November 2002. Conrow, Cutter IT Journal , February 2002. β€œA

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

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Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. Information about key project cost, (technical) performance and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. 3, March 2002. 11 November 2002. 5, September/October 2011.

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Black Swans

Herding Cats

They are as described in the papers β€œOn Uncertainty, Ambiguity, and Complexity in Project Management,” Michael T. Loch and Arnoud De Meyer, Management Science, INFORMS, Volume 48, Number 8, August 2002 pp. Pich, Christoph H. The only solution for the naturally occurring variances is margin.

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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

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Information about key project cost, performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. Management of risks, uncertainties and opportunities on projects: time for a fundamental shift,” Ali Jaafari, International Journal of Project Management 19 (2001) 89-101. β€œ 8, August 2002 pp.

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Estimating is a Learned Skill

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Planning and Executing Time-Bound Projects,” Eduardo Miranda, IEEE Computer , March 2002, pp. Koren and Marek VokΓ‘c, International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering , 2002. A Program Manager's Guide For Software Cost Estimating,” Andrew L. Dobbs, Naval Postgraduate School, December 2002. β€œAn Chemuturi, J.

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Software Estimating Resources

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SW Cost Estimation: Measuring Model Performance of Arbitrary Function Approximators,” Erik Stensrud, Ingunn Myrtveit, Discussion Paper 5/2002, HandelshΓΈyskolen, Norwegian Business School, BI Open Archive. Software Cost Estimation Approaches: A Survey,” Ismail Keshta, Journal of Software Engineering and Applications, 10, 824?