2004 Article Estimate Process 
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DECEMBER 16, 2017
The estimating of software development is both straightforward and complex. When it is suggested that estimating is hard, of no value, and unnecessary, always ask what principle is used to support that claim? Software Sizing and Estimating: Mk II FPA , Charles Symons, John Wiley & Sons, 1991. Don't hear one?
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AUGUST 28, 2023
2004, Enterprise Project Management, p. Remember, there is no one-size-fits-all approach to EPM since it depends on your company’s processes and strategic goals. It involves implementing strategies and processes to streamline and improve the effectiveness of project management on a large scale. Ireland, L.,
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MAY 10, 2019
requires making estimates) ? Project Risk Management: A Combined Analytic Hierarchy Process and Decision Tree Approach,” Prasanta Kumar Dey, Cost Engineering , Vol. 920, November 2004. 3 September 2004, Heiot Watt University, Association of Researchers in Construction Management , Vol. reducible and irreducible ?
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MARCH 17, 2019
Here are my collected works, presentations, briefings, journal papers, articles, white papers, and essays, used to increase the Probability of Project Success (PoPS) I've developed and applied over my career in the software-intensive system of systems domain. Managment Processes. An Introduction to IMP/IMS , 17 Oct 2004.
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MAY 11, 2019
requires making estimates) ? Project Risk Management: A Combined Analytic Hierarchy Process and Decision Tree Approach,” Prasanta Kumar Dey, Cost Engineering , Vol. 920, November 2004. 3 September 2004, Heiot Watt University, Association of Researchers in Construction Management , Vol. reducible and irreducible ?
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JUNE 24, 2016
This graph is from old 2004 numbers. Many times the books uses 12, 16, even 25 year old reports as the basis of the suggestion that Not Estimating fixes the problems in the reports. Here's a few comments on the Standish reporting process. If the project was over budget, was the needed budget estimate correct?
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MARCH 11, 2017
What happens if you shift focus from "accurate estimation" to "reliably shipping by a date"? . This quote demonstrates a lack of understanding of making decisions in the presence of uncertainty and the processes and events that create uncertainty. There is naturally occurring variability from uncontrolled processes.
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