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Modeling the Future is the Basis of Project Success

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It's the Planning and Controls processes working together with the Technical Development processes that provide the ability to forecast what should happen in the future if we keep going like we are going now using a Model of the possible future outcomes. Past performance data or the Model of the needed Future performance of the project?

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Cone of Uncertainty - Part Cinq

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Since all project work contains uncertainty, reducing this uncertainty - which reduces risk - is the role of the project team and their management. Either the team itself, the Project or Program Manager, or on larger programs the Risk Management owner. . The Cone is NOT the result of the project's past performance.

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Cone of Uncertainty - Part Cinq (Updated)

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Since all project work contains uncertainty, reducing this uncertainty - which reduces risk - is the role of the project team and their management. Either the team itself, the Project or Program Manager, or on larger programs the Risk Management owner. . The Cone is NOT the result of the project's past performance.

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Cone of Uncertainty - Part Trois

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Since all project work contains uncertainty, reducing this uncertainty - which reduces risk - is the role of the project team and their management. Either the team itself, the Project or Program Manager, or on larger programs the Risk Management owner. . The Cone is NOT the result of the project's past performance.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

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Technical Performance Measures (#TPM). Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM). Product Development (#ProdDev). Agile Software Development (#ASD). The following material comes from conferences, workshop, materials developed for clients. Project Performance Management.