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Managing Risk from Every Level of Your Organization

LiquidPlanner

How does the reconciliation of known and emerging risks impact the project team’s estimate of the remaining contingency plan? “A 2003, September 25). Project leaders need to ask: are some foreseen risks not occurring? Are there unexpected risks now emerging? Risk management is too important to be left to risk managers. Hillson, D.

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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

How to Develop Credible Cost & Schedule Estimate. Estimating and Reporting Agile Projects using the SRDR and Earned Value Management , PSM Users Group 2017, 12-16 June 2017, Crystal City, VA. Estimating and Reporting Physical Percent Complete on Agile Projects , DHS Cost Analysis Stakeholder Working Group, June 26, 2017.

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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

What happens if you shift focus from "accurate estimation" to "reliably shipping by a date"? . If your project has no uncertainty, there is no need to estimate. All estimates have precision and accuracy. Deciding how much precision and accuracy is needed for a credible estimate is critical to the success of that decision.

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The Classic Misunderstanding between Principles, Practices, and Process

Herding Cats

Let's start with a history paper , “ Iterative and Incremental Development: A Brief History ,” Craig Larman and Victor Basili, IEEE Computer, June 2003. Now put a governance wrapper around XP and you get a useful approach to develop emergent software and here's the paper that shows how to do that in 2003.

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The Complete History of Agile Software Development

Agilemania

” At that time, organizations used to estimate three years between a validated business need and an actual application in production. In 2003, the Agile Alliance organized its first conference in Utah. But, business doesn’t work like that. Even those days, businesses moved faster than three years’ time span.

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Incremental Commitment Spiral Model

Herding Cats

Iterative and Incremental Development: A Brief History," Craig Larman and Victor Basili, IEEE Computer , June 2003. Why Guessing is not Estimating and Estimating is not Guessing. Managing the Development of Large-Scale Software: Concepts and Techniques," Winston Royce, Proceedings, Wescon, August 1970. IT Risk Management.

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AI Assistants for Project Managers

Leading Answers

Do you analyze backlogs and scope outlines for potential risks, or review estimates for commonly missed activities? AI has come a long way since Microsoft rolled out the annoying and not so helpful “Clippy” Office Assistant tool in 2003. Like me, do you spend time booking meetings, finding rooms, and distributing information?