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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

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An Introduction to IMP/IMS , 17 Oct 2004. How to Develop Credible Cost & Schedule Estimate. Estimating and Reporting Agile Projects using the SRDR and Earned Value Management , PSM Users Group 2017, 12-16 June 2017, Crystal City, VA. How Should We Estimate Agile Software Development Projects and What Data Do We Need ?

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Risk Management Resources

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requires making estimates) ? 920, November 2004. 3 September 2004, Heiot Watt University, Association of Researchers in Construction Management , Vol. An Approach to Technology Risk Management,” Ricardo Valerdi and Ron Kohl, Engineering Systems Division Symposium , 2004. Estimation of Long?Term 255, April 2010.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

requires making estimates) ? 920, November 2004. 3 September 2004, Heiot Watt University, Association of Researchers in Construction Management , Vol. An Approach to Technology Risk Management,” Ricardo Valerdi and Ron Kohl, Engineering Systems Division Symposium , 2004. Estimation of Long?Term 255, April 2010.

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In-Depth: How Easily Biases Distort What We Believe (In The Workplace)

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It happens, for example, when we don’t trust a certain person or group of people, and then only see behavior that fits with our belief (or even interpret it as such) without considering observations where they don’t (Oswald & Grosjean, 2004). When teams estimate work, hearing an initial estimate is likely to “anchor” further estimates.

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Thinking By Sprinting: What Cognitive Science Tells Us About Why Scrum Works

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‘Knowledge work’ refers to tasks that take place mostly in our minds, like predicting scope, setting up plannings, considering consequences of changes to complex systems, working out test cases and estimating complexity. This will affect all estimates and predictions. This will affect all estimates and predictions.

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Software Estimating Resources

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This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to estimate software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. COSMIC Software Estimation Approach,” Alain Abran, ICEAA Workshop, Portland Oregon, June 6?9, Estimating Probable System Cost,” Stephen A. 61, September 2004.

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Microeconomics and Risk Management in Decision Making for Software Development

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When we hear about software development disasters and then hear that estimates are to blame, and NOT Estimating will somehow reduce or prevent these disasters, think again. Each of the categories operates in the presence of uncertainty and requires that estimates be made about the probability, conseqeunce of the resutling risk.