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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

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Project Performance Management. Connecting the 5 Principles and 5 Practices of Performance-Based Project Management ® To Increase the Probability of Project Success. Building a Credible Performance Measurement Baseline. Measures of Product Value is Exchange for Its Cost. Technical Performance Measures.

2003 54
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3 Questions That Must Be Asked at Every Project Management Meeting

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The only answer to that is a measure of Physical Percent Complete (P%C). P%C starts with defining the Measures of Performance and Technical Performance Measures for each deliverable as a function of time. These measures are supported by Quantifiable Backup Data. What is your actual condition? .

2010 39
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Quote of the Day

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Here's a typical strategic planning process from "Strategic Planning with Critical Success Factors and Future Scenarios: An Integrated Strategic Planning Framework," Techncial Report, CMU/SEI-2010-TR-037. Performance Measures. Performance measures describe performance targets relevant to each objective.

2010 33
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Cone of Uncertainty - Revisited

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“Reducing Estimation Uncertainty with Continuous Assessment: Tracking the 'Cone of Uncertainty’” Pongtip Aroonvatanaporn, Chatchai Sinthop and Barry Boehm, Center for Systems and Software Engineering University of Southern California , Los Angeles, CA 90089, ASE’10 , September 20–24, 2010, Antwerp, Belgium, 2010.

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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. All project work operates in the presence of uncertainty.

2010 28
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Deconstructing The Cone of Uncertainty

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Don't toss out the notion that reducing risk and uncertanty and all other performance measures doesn't follow the plan. . Thesis, George Mason University, 2010. "An If the competition has moved ahead of your work, make a new Plan, update the current Plan, take corrective actions, and execute the new Plan. Wallshein, Ph.D.

2007 42
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Decision Analysis - Ordinal and Cardinal Measures

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1] "Problem with Scoring Methods and Ordinal Scales in Risk Management," Douglas Hubbard and Dylan Evans, IBM Journal of Research and Development , May 2010. [2] 2] "Evaluating Risk: A revisit of the Scales, Measurement Theory, and Statistical Analysis Controversy," J. References . [1]