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Risk Management Resources

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Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. A Critical Review Of Risk Management Support Tools,” Irem Dikmen, M. México, 1 al 3 de Febrero de 2006. De Meyer, C.

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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. Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Information about key project cost, (technical) performance and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program.

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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

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So in the end, if we are to make a decision in the presence of uncertainty, we MUST make estimates to develop a reliable shipping date while producing an accurate and precise estimate of the cost, schedule, and technical performance of the product shipped on that date. Eggstaff, Thomas A.

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Without a Root Cause Analysis, No Corrective or Preventive Action is Credible - Part 1

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But before going further, let's establish the definitions we need to understand and apply Root Cause Analysis needed to discover the corrective and preventive actions to increase the probability of project success - especially Software Project Success. Why Do Information Technology Projects Fail?” All for the want of a nail.

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Black Swans

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This advocate continually confuses Macroeconomics of financial markets and sovereign finance with Microeconomics of software development. Here's a book review from 2008, about Black Swans and Fooled By Randomness in the context of managing software development in the presence of uncertainty.

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Black Swans

Herding Cats

This advocate continually confuses Macroeconomics of financial markets and sovereign finance with Microeconomics of software development. Here's a book review from 2008, about Black Swans and Fooled By Randomness in the context of managing software development in the presence of uncertainty.

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Cone of Uncertainty - Part Cinq

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The Cone is a project management framework describing the uncertainty aspects of estimates (cost and schedule) and other project attributes (cost, schedule, and technical performance parameters). This is due to many reasons. Unanticipated technical issues with alternative plans and solutions to maintain effectiveness.