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Kanban History: Origin & Expansion Across Industries

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While kanban systems were once analog, they have since moved into the digital space and are often found in project management software. ProjectManager is award-winning project and portfolio management software that has powerful kanban features that can estimate project costs and track resource allocation.

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Risk Management Resources

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Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. Deliberate Ignorance in Project Risk Management,” Elmar Kutsch and Mark Hall, International Journal of Project Management , Volume 28, Issue 3, pp. 255, April 2010.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

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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. 255, April 2010. 920, November 2004. 24, 2010. “A

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Software Estimating Resources

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Why Monte Carlo Simulations of Project Network can Mislead,” Terry Williams, Project Management Journal 35(3), pp. 61, September 2004. The contribution of mathematical modelling to the practice of project management,” Terry Williams, IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, Volume 14, Issue 1, Jan. December 2010.

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Estimating is a Learned Skill

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Group Processes in Software Effort Estimation,” Kjetil Moløkken-østvold and Magne Jørgensen, Empirical Software Engineering, 9, 315–334, 2004. Project Estimation in the Norwegian Software Industry – A Summary,” Kjetil Moløkken, Magne Jørgensen, Sinan S. 449-462, July 2004. Armour, Communications of the ACM , January 2014, Vol.

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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

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Information about key project cost, performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. A Meta-Analysis of Empirical Evidence,” Karel de Bakker, Albert Boonstra, Hans Wortmann, International Journal of Project Management , 2010. “A April, 2010.

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Microeconomics and Risk Management in Decision Making for Software Development

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A recent survey of 600 firms indicated that 35% of them had at least one "runaway' software project. Research clearly shows the root causes of most software projects cost and schedule overruns and technical shortfalls comes from poor risk management. Charette, R., Dwinnell, L., and McGarry, J., Clemen, R. Williams, T., “The