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Why Identifying as a Project Business is Critical For Success

The Lazy Project Manager

The following article is the first of four in a series on ‘Project Business’ and is authored by Daniel BĂ©vort. As such I am delighted to share these articles with you. Prior to founding ADEACA, Daniel was a principal architect of Axapta at Damgaard Data, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2002 for $1.6B

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Quote of the Day

Herding Cats

. - "Managing Project Uncertainty," Arnoud De Meyer , Christoph Loch , and Micheal Pich, Sloan Management Review , Winter 2002, Vol. Related articles. Why Guessing is not Estimating and Estimating is not Guessing. 43, Issue 2, pp. Architecture -Center ERP Systems in the Manufacturing Domain. IT Risk Management.

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Reading List for the Cone of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

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 ? The difficulty of accurate size estimation is compounded especially at the time of inception when very little information is available.

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Real Options and Decision Making for ICT Projects

Herding Cats

Estimation locks down choices early through upfront t decision making, #NoEstimates preserves options. Managing Requirements for Business Value," John Favaro, IEEE Software , March/April 2002. Related articles. Why Guessing is not Estimating and Estimating is not Guessing. And attached the hashtag #RealOption.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

requires making estimates) ? 3, March 2002. 11 November 2002. Estimation of Long?Term Risk Analysis & Estimating Uncertainty … and what this has to do with the price of milk in McLean,” Phil Beenhouwer, The Society of Cost Estimating & Analysis (SCEA), May 17, 2006. reducible and irreducible ?

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

requires making estimates) ? 3, March 2002. 11 November 2002. Estimation of Long?Term Risk Analysis & Estimating Uncertainty … and what this has to do with the price of milk in McLean,” Phil Beenhouwer, The Society of Cost Estimating & Analysis (SCEA), May 17, 2006. reducible and irreducible ?

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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. How to Develop Credible Cost & Schedule Estimate. Risk Management.

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