MPUG

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Another major project related happening was the growing popularity of value engineering (VE), which was widely used at General Electric. This functioned to help measure the value of alternatives (for example, using cheaper resources and/or materials to reduce project costs or design-to-cost) especially when there was a scarcity of resources.

PMI 81

PMI Certification 2003 Engineering 81

Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. Effective Risk Management 2 nd Edition , Edmund Conrow, AIAA, 2003. Defining Uncertainty in Projects ? 105, 2003. “A reducible and irreducible ? 1994): 707-712.

Risk Management 38

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 38

Herding Cats

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. Effective Risk Management 2nd Edition, Edmund Conrow, AIAA, 2003.

Risk Management 35

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 35

Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

The overarching theme is focused on defining what Done looks like, assessing progress toward Done in units of measure meaningful to the decision makers. Managing projects in the presence of uncertainty means making decisions about cost, schedule, and technical performance all risk-adjusted , from the uncertainties that create risk.

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42