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Start with Principles, Not Personal Anecdotes

Herding Cats

If, for example, a project manager believes a member of his or her team is a fast and effective worker, each time that team member works fast and effectively or is told by a colleague about the work that has been done fast and effectively, the project manager will consider his or her belief to be well-founded. What To Do Next?

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Modeling the Future is the Basis of Project Success

Herding Cats

It's the Planning and Controls processes working together with the Technical Development processes that provide the ability to forecast what should happen in the future if we keep going like we are going now using a Model of the possible future outcomes. Past performance data or the Model of the needed Future performance of the project?

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Technical Performance Measures (#TPM). Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM). Product Development (#ProdDev). Agile Software Development (#ASD). The following material comes from conferences, workshop, materials developed for clients. Project Performance Management.

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Complete Collection of Project Management Statistics 2015

Wrike

Organizations that use a methodology: 38% meet budget. VS. Organizations that don’t use a methodology: 31% meet budget. How Project Success is Measured: 20% — Satisfied stakeholders. 18% — Delivered within budget. Keys to Project Success: 48% say the team’s technical skills. 26% say effective team communication.

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