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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. México, 1 al 3 de Febrero de 2006. Management of Novel Projects Under Conditions of High Uncertainty,” A. The Chaos & Complexity of Mega Projects,” Michael Bensussen, PM.2128,

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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. México, 1 al 3 de Febrero de 2006. 1, March 2014. De Meyer, C.

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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. Mazzuchi, and Shahram Sarkani, Systems Engineering , Volume 17, Issue 4, Winter 2014, Pages: 375–391. On Uncertainty, Ambiguity, and Complexity in Project Management,” Michael T.

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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. 3, August 2006, pp. Thesis, University of Manchester, 2014.

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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. Benchmarking Effort Estimation Models Using Archetypal Analysis,” Nikolaos Mittas, Vagia Karpenisi, and Lefteris Angelis, ACM PROMIS ’14, September 17, 2014. 123, 2006. “A

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

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Event-Based Scheduling , Failed or underperforming projects are more common than not. Learning how to address one of the problems found in projects is the subject of this Brown Bag talk, 10 November 2006. Continuous Risk Management , Risk management is essential for the success of any significant project. March 6, 2003.

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Estimating is a Learned Skill

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“The Influence of Selection Bias on Effort Overruns in Software Development Projects,” Magne Jørgensen, Simula Research Laboratory & Institute of Informatics , University of Oslo. Planning and Executing Time-Bound Projects,” Eduardo Miranda, IEEE Computer , March 2002, pp. Armour, Communications of the ACM , January 2014, Vol.