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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

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Five Immutable Principles of Project Success , PMI Spring Seminar, 2021, Austin TX. Five Principles of Project Success , PMI, Northern Utah Chapter, Professional Development Day, 2012. Applying Deliverables Based Planning ® To Increase Our Probability of Success , PMI Fort Worth, Chapter Meeting, 15 July 2010.

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Reading List for the Cone of Uncertainty

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The primary purpose of software estimation is not to predict a project’s outcome; it is to determine whether a project’s targets are realistic enough to allow the project to be controlled to meet them ? Steve McConnell. Quantifying IT Forecast Quality,” J. Eveleens and C. GAO Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide," GAO-09-3SP.

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Risk Management Resources

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255, April 2010. Project risk management: lessons learned from software development environment,” Young Hoon Kwak and Jim Stoddard,” Technovation , 24(11), pp. 24, 2010. “A Overcoming Barriers in Assessing Risk Probabilities,” Tom Kendrick , 2012 PMI Global Congress Proceedings , 2012. 920, November 2004.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

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This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. 255, April 2010. 24, 2010. “A Kwak and J.

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Product Management Considerations for Project Managers

Project Pulse Journal

A software development team may use dashboards showing alternative solutions, connected marketing strategies, user personas, customer problems, or frameworks prioritizing features based on data, user stories, and the existing product. Sustainable living plan 2010 to 2020: Summary of 10 years’ progress. Bridges, J.

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Waterfall Should Have Never Existed: Part 1

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For at least twenty years and counting, the world around us has become more and more software driven, and, as a result, more digital. Electric vehicles are about 50% software, in terms of value, whereas fossil fuel cars are mostly hardware. Banks have essentially been software developing organizations for a long time.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

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Agile Software Development (#ASD). But each method needs to be based on 5 Immutable principles to be successful, no matter the domain or context, PMI Spring Seminar , 2012, Austin TX. Those lessons are directly transferable to the management of software development teams. Enterprise IT and Embedded Systems (#EIT).