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Episode 185 – Redefining Project Success through Sustainable Project Management

Velociteach

So this is back in like 2016 or so. Each side of the pyramid is 767 ft long, it’s as tall as a 40 story building, and it has an estimated 2.5 Estimates put the workforce at up to 40,000 people at the height of construction. So was this project a success? It’s estimated by 2050 it’ll be over 50%.

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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Here are my collected works, presentations, briefings, journal papers, articles, white papers, and essays, used to increase the Probability of Project Success (PoPS) I've developed and applied over my career in the software-intensive system of systems domain. Project Success Assessment. Top Habits of Successful Project Managers.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

requires making estimates) ? A Complex Systems Perspective of Risk Mitigation and Modeling in Development and Acquisition Programs,” Roshanak Rose Nilchiani, Naval Postgraduate School, Thirtieth Annual Acquisition Research Symposium, April 30, 2016. Estimation of Long?Term 2128, International Technical Paper , 2016.

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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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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

requires making estimates) ? A Complex Systems Perspective of Risk Mitigation and Modeling in Development and Acquisition Programs,” Roshanak Rose Nilchiani, Naval Postgraduate School, Thirtieth Annual Acquisition Research Symposium, April 30, 2016. Estimation of Long?Term 2128, International Technical Paper , 2016.

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28 Product Backlog Anti-Patterns

Scrum.org

But even after a successful product discovery phase, you may struggle to make the right thing in the right way if your Product Backlog is not up to the job; garbage in, garbage out—as the saying goes. More precise estimates are made based on the greater clarity and increased detail; the lower the order, the less detail.

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Webinar Recap: Project Performance Measurement – Part 1: Overview Of Project Performance Measurements

MPUG

Well, looking at the PMI pulse of the profession 2016, 45% of all projects experienced scope expansion or scope creep or gold plating. I think at the next page are probably, yeah, critical success factors or CSF, an element that is necessary for a project to achieve its mission. That’s what we call hybrid in most cases.