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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. 920, November 2004.

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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. 920, November 2004. Browning, Project Management Journal , 50 , pp.

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Software Estimating Resources

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Cost Modeling Agile Software Development,” Maarit Laanti and Petri Kettunen, International Transactions on Systems and Applications, Volume 1 Number 2, pp. Why Monte Carlo Simulations of Project Network can Mislead,” Terry Williams, Project Management Journal 35(3), pp. 61, September 2004. 3, September 2017, pp.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

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These five principles of project success are stated as questions that need to be answered using units of measure meaningful to the decision makers, College of Performance Management , Measurable News, 2017. College of Performance Management , EVM World 2017. Project and Program Management Symposium, Canberra, Australia, 2018.

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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. 55-66, 2017. Charette, R., Dwinnell, L., and McGarry, J., Clemen, R.