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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Open Loop / Closed Loop Project Controls. Integrated Master Plan: The Foundation of Program Success , College of Performance Management, May 21, 2014. The Nine "I's" of Program Success ," College of Performance Management. Building a Credible Performance Measurement Baseline. Technical Performance Measures.

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Modeling the Future is the Basis of Project Success

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Modeling is at the heart of Program Planning and Controls. PP&C lives in the domain of Project Management and Controls, which is a Technical Management Processes of ISO 15288. The will happen of course is dependent on externalities, some under our control some not. Those under our control need to be part of the model.

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Start with Principles, Not Personal Anecdotes

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In the project domain, an estimate is a calculated approximation of some desired measurement. This is usually a cost, a completion date, a performance measure used in a closed loop control system to keep the project GREEN while delivering the needed Capabilities to produce the Value for the customer at the needed time for the needed cost.

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Webinar Recap: Project Performance Measurement – Part 3: Using MS Project to Track and Report on Performance

MPUG

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Fletcher Hearn’s session, Project Performance Measurement – Part 3: Using MS Project to Track and Report on Performance, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. This one’s titled using MS Project to track and report on performance.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Project Performance Management (#PPM). Technical Performance Measures (#TPM). Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM). Open Loop / Closed Loop Project Controls - project management is a closed loop control system. Project Performance Management. Management Processes (#MP).

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Risk Management is How Adults Manage Projects

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All making things smaller dos is show that you're late, over budget, and what you're building (Technical Performance Measures) doesn't work faster. PM Sourcebook Integrated Project Management Sourcebook A Technical Guide to Project Scheduling, Risk and Control, Mario Vanhoucke, Springer. It just closed the loop faster.

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What's Missing from the Agile Software Development Paradigm

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The emphasis os Systems Management is on organizational skills, processes, and persistence Process definition and control are essential to effective, efficient, and consistent implementation. Without knowing what Done Looks Like, in units of Measures of Effectiveness and Measures of Performance. 81-100, 2009. [4]