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Deconstructing The Cone of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

But a more important idea is missing in the article. Don't toss out the notion that reducing risk and uncertanty and all other performance measures doesn't follow the plan. . Six Rules of Effective Forecasting," Paul Saffo, Harvard Business Review , July-August 2007. 37–48, 2007. . Related articles.

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Fallacy of the Day

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Measures of Performance - are performance measures that characterize physical or functional attributes relating to the system operation, measured or estimated under specific conditions. Measures of Performance. The Technical Performance Measures. Related articles.

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Cone of Uncertainty - Part Cinq

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When actual measures of cost, schedule, and technical performance are outside the planned cone of uncertainty, corrective actions must be taken to move those uncertanties inside the cone of uncertanty, if the project is going to meet it's cost, schedule, and technical performance goals. . 1, 2007, pp. Related articles.

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Cone of Uncertainty - Part Cinq (Updated)

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The Measures that are modeled in the Cone of Uncertainty are the Quantitative basis of a control process that establishes the goal for the performance measures. This is a closed loop control system for managing the program with a T echnical Performance Measure (TPM). 1, 2007, pp. Related articles.

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Cone of Uncertainty - Part Trois

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When actual measures of cost, schedule, and technical performance are outside the planned cone of uncertainty, corrective actions must be taken to move those uncertanties inside the cone of uncertanty, if the project is going to meet it's cost, schedule, and technical performance goals. . 1, 2007, pp. Related articles.

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Managing in Presence of Uncertainty

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This is an immutable principle that impacts planning, execution, performance measures, decision making, risk, budgeting, and overall business and technical management of the project and the business funding the project no matter the domain, context, technology or any methods. 37–48, 2007. Related articles. The COCOMO 2.0

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Next Generation Project Management Software

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In this article we look at emerging software in the PPM space and discuss how its selection and implementation needs to be done in line with an overarching digital strategy. It covered identifying requirements, interconnecting tasks, resources, planned values, actual values, baselines, performance measures, forecast techniques and timesheets.