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Burndown Chart: What Is It & How Do I Use It?

ProjectManager.com

The story point estimates for the work that remains is represented by this axis. It shows the sum of the estimates for all the tasks that need to be completed. This line is based on estimates and therefore not always accurate. It Relies on Good Estimates. The burndown chart has several points. Actual Work Remaining Line.

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Why Identifying as a Project Business is Critical For Success

The Lazy Project Manager

Prior to founding ADEACA, Daniel was a principal architect of Axapta at Damgaard Data, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2002 for $1.6B Lehmann would acknowledge and support through his Project Business Foundation [link]. Daniel Bévort: Founder & CEO. and became Microsoft’s ERP offering, now called Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations.

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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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Quote of the Day

Herding Cats

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

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5 Ways AI and Automation Will Change Project Management

LiquidPlanner

We are already making progress in automating things like tracking time, updating estimates, and reporting schedule progress. In the 2002 movie Minority Report , authorities were alerted to serious crimes before they even occurred. Here are five ways I believe automation will impact our jobs in the near future.

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When projects go wrong and it's the worst possible moment

Susanne Madsen

Just consider the most important techniques we use as project managers: we define scope, analyse requirements, plan and estimate work, add contingency, manage risks, track changes and check the quality. When the bridge was reopened in 2002 it had cost an additional £5million ponds. It’s a way to control the unknown.

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Black Swans

Herding Cats

One of the books used by a vocal No Estimates advocate is Black Swans by Nassim Taleb. The concepts of Taleb and its application to project management is shared by some in the project management community (and now in the No Estimates community). The No Estimates advocates have a similar set of behaviors.). Pich, Christoph H.

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