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MAY 10, 2019

Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. Taxonomy-Based Risk Identification,” Marvin Carr, Suresh Konda, Ira Monarch, Carlo Ulrich, and Clay Walker, Technical Report, CMU/SEI-93-TR-6, Software Engineering Institute, June 1993.

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Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 38

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MAY 11, 2019

Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. Information about key project cost, (technical) performance and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. Management of Novel Projects Under Conditions of High Uncertainty,” A.

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Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 35

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AUGUST 12, 2016

Unrealistic Cost and Schedule estimates based on inadequate risk adjusted growth models. Unanticipated Technical issues with alternative plans and solutions to maintain effectiveness. Before diving into the details of these, let me address another issue that has come up around project success and estimates. Just the estimate.

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Technical Review 2003 Estimate Aerospace 28

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JANUARY 23, 2019

We were one of the first users of eXtreme Programming, long before Scrum was around and presented that early work in 2003, " Making Agile Development Work in a Government Contracting Environment, Measuring velocity with Earned Value." . For cost and schedule, there are databases containing 1,000's of past projects.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2019

We were one of the first users of eXtreme Programming, long before Scrum was around and presented that early work in 2003, " Making Agile Development Work in a Government Contracting Environment, Measuring velocity with Earned Value." . 4] "Explicating the dynamics of project capabilities," Andrew Davies and Tim Brady, .

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Estimate Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 42

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MAY 7, 2019

Estimating Probable System Cost,” Stephen A. Bool, CrossLink: The Aerospace Corporation, Winter, 2000/2001, pp. Why Monte Carlo Simulations of Project Network can Mislead,” Terry Williams, Project Management Journal 35(3), pp. International Journal of Technology in Education and Science (IJTES), 3(2), 72-84.

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Estimate Software Review Software 2012 40

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Review on Traditional and Agile Cost Estimation Success Factor in Software Development Project,” Zulkefli Mansor, Saadiah Yahya, Noor Habibah Hj Arshad, International Journal on New Computer Architectures and Their Applications (IJNCAA) 1(3): 942–952. “The Information Technology and Computer Science , 2012, 8, 43–50.

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