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Deconstructing The Cone of Uncertainty

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Shipping on time, to specifications, and within budget might be meaningless if a competitor is shipping software that has a greater value to the market. The notion of reducing uncertainty may be possible, but shipping on time and budget may be meaningless if a competitor ships greater value. 37–48, 2007. . Laird and M.

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Fallacy of the Day

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Measures of Performance - are performance measures that characterize physical or functional attributes relating to the system operation, measured or estimated under specific conditions. Measures of Performance. The Technical Performance Measures. Let's look at the differences.

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Managing in Presence of Uncertainty

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This is an immutable principle that impacts planning, execution, performance measures, decision making, risk, budgeting, and overall business and technical management of the project and the business funding the project no matter the domain, context, technology or any methods. 37–48, 2007. The COCOMO 2.0

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Misinterpretations of the Cone of Uncertainty

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The Cone of Uncertainty as a Technical Performance Measure. If the parameter of interest is not being reduced as needed, go find out why and fix it, or you'll be late, over budget, and the technical outcome unacceptable. The Cone of Uncertainty is the framework for improving the needed performance of the project.

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Cone of Uncertainty - Part Cinq

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When actual measures of cost, schedule, and technical performance are outside the planned cone of uncertainty, corrective actions must be taken to move those uncertanties inside the cone of uncertanty, if the project is going to meet it's cost, schedule, and technical performance goals. . 1, 2007, pp. Resources. [1]

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Cone of Uncertainty - Part Cinq (Updated)

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The Measures that are modeled in the Cone of Uncertainty are the Quantitative basis of a control process that establishes the goal for the performance measures. This is a closed loop control system for managing the program with a T echnical Performance Measure (TPM). 1, 2007, pp. Resources. [1]

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Cone of Uncertainty - Part Trois

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When actual measures of cost, schedule, and technical performance are outside the planned cone of uncertainty, corrective actions must be taken to move those uncertanties inside the cone of uncertanty, if the project is going to meet it's cost, schedule, and technical performance goals. . 1, 2007, pp. Software Eng.,