Theory of Decision under Uncertainty, Itzhak Gilboa, July 2008. There's another rash of Twitter posters supporting the conjecture that decisions can be made about how to spend other people's money without estimating the impact and outcome of that decision. This is a core premise of #NoEstimates from the Original Poster. Here's a starting point to learn that simply not true . Decision Analysis for the Professional. Managerial Decision Making Under Risk and Uncertainty Ari Riabacke. MORE

In 2008 I started putting together an outline COTS methodology. This article is one of a series covering COTS – Commercials off the Shelf Lifecycle model methodology, also know as package software. MORE

In 2008, the Democratic Party made the decision to move Obama’s speech at their convention in Denver from the Pepsi Center (capacity 18,007) to the larger outdoor venue of Invesco Field (capacity 76,125). Do you think that your project should have a ‘launch’ event? MORE

SmartDraw 2008: planning the garden SmartDraw is, according to the manufacturer, the world’s most popular business graphics software. This is a guest article by author Edoardo Binda Zane. MORE

Ontological Uncertainty and Semantic Uncertainty in Global Network Organizations,” VTT Working Papers 102 , 2008. I-RaCM: A Fully Integrated Risk and Life Cycle Cost Model,” American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2008. MORE

The numbers of practitioners under 34 years of age has consistently fallen since the 2008 recession. We launch the latest annual report on the UK and Global Programme and Project Management domain today. MORE

This blog was first published in 2008! Over the last 12 months I have had many conversations with project managers and personal awareness does not seem to be as high as it could be. I have therefore slightly amended the original blog below. I hope you find it useful. . . MORE

It’s that time of year again when we ask for your time to help us put together the latest Project Management Benchmark Report. We know many of you look forward to reading through the report too so hopefully you’ll be able to give us your input again this year. >> MORE

Olagbemiro, Naval Postgraduate School Dissertation, December 2008. There seems to still be confusion about what the Cone of Uncertainty means for some in the #NoEstimates community. MORE

Disputes between the various parties, quality issues and changes in design plagued the project and between 2008 and 2009 it became clear that the project had some deep seated issues. Another one from the Why Do Projects Fail website: Edinburgh City Council: Tram Network (Sep 2003 to May 2014) When originally conceived the project was intended to reduce traffic congestion, reduce carbon emissions and help the city cope with the increased demand for public transport in the next decade. MORE

We didn’t really realize it at the time, but we built and launched the company using many of the concepts that Eric Ries later elegantly defined in his 2008 book The Lean Startup. Humble Beginnings. MORE

If you wish to be a great project manager, focus not only on your technical skills but seek to improve your project interpersonal skills. Extraordinary project managers know how to relate to others when things are going as planned as well as on days filled with undesirable events. MORE

1] Apollo Root Cause Analysis: Effective Solutions to Everyday Problems Every Time, 3rd Edition, Dean Gano, Atlas Books, 2008. [2] When gaps in performance, benefits shortfalls, unanticipated cost, schedule, and performance variances, faulty products, or any undesirable outcome, blame the process, not people. Root Cause Analysis is the means to fix the cause, rather than treat the symptom. [1][2]. 1][2]. MORE

Looking at the data for the last 10 year, since 2008 and the impact of the financial crisis all tree groups have a distinct trend which suggests that there may be troubles ahead. MORE

In 2008 I was living and working in Paris, France, which involved several office moves. In case you’ve only just stumbled across this blog, this year I’m celebrating 10 years of blogging about project management. MORE

72, 2nd Quarter, 2008, pp. Olagbemiro, Dissertation, Naval Postgraduate School, December 2008. "A There was a classic #Noestimates post this week that said. Estimation locks down choices early through upfront t decision making, #NoEstimates preserves options. And attached the hashtag #RealOption. A real option is a choice made available with business investment opportunities, referred to as “real” because it typically references a tangible asset instead of a financial instrument. MORE

Armour, Communications of the ACM , March 2008, Vol. The paper on the Cone of Uncertainty is used by many in the No Estimates community as an example of why estimates are of little use. Let's deconstruct the essence of the paper. In this paper, there is data that does not follow the Cone of Uncertainty, in that the uncertainty of the estimates does not reduce as the project proceeds. Then there is some analysis. MORE

12, 2008. Outling a Model Integration Risk Management and Agile Software Development,” Jaana Nyfjord and Mira Kajko-Mattsson, 34 th Euromicro Conference Software Engineering and Advanced Applications , 2008. Sallaberry, Sandia Report SAND2008-4379, 2008. MORE

Since launching Paymo in 2008, we have been on a mission to create the best time tracking experience for freelancers & small businesses. From the get go, a key part of our strategy was to offer a mix of cloud and desktop apps that enable you to work seamlessly across different mediums. MORE

Some of our earliest users might still remember that Paymo initially started out as a free tool back in 2008, mainly used by the freelance community to track time. Years have passed and the software matured as well as the company and the team developing it. We grew in complexity, size, user-base, and over time the free version of the software was phased out. MORE

As my sabbatical came closer, the financial crisis of 2008 hit and I shortened my break to six weeks. ​Years ago my mind and my body were full of stress. I was running a large business-critical programme and I was petrified of failing. MORE

The worst was in 2008, when I was laid-off at the beginning of the Great Recession. When you query a group of second graders about what they want to be when they grow up, they’ll say an astronaut, doctor, firefighter, scientist or some other cool job. MORE

Video diary: PMI Global Congress This video shows highlights from the 2008 PMI Global Congress in Denver. This article, Behind The Scenes At PMCamp Barcelona , first appeared on Girl's Guide to PM. MORE

Sjøberg1, and Magne Jørgensen, IEEE Software , Volume 25, Issues 3, May-June, 2008. Protecting Software Development Projects Against Underestimation,” Eduardo Miranda and Alain Abran, Project Management Journal , Volume 39, Issue 3, Pages 75-85, September, 2008. Riehle, September 2008, Naval Postgraduate School. Naval Postgraduate School, 2008. Ross, Journal of Cost Analysis and Parametrics , Volume 1, 2008 - Issue 2. “A 81, issue 12 (2008) pp. MORE

Alleman, "Product & Process Development Kaizen for Software Development, Project, and Program Management, LPPDE, Denver Colorado, April 2008. [5] MORE

Snap decisions One Saturday in 2008 I made Monica Enand, CEO and Founder of Zapproved, get up extra early to demo her new software for me. This is a guest article by author Edoardo Binda Zane. If you are a project manager, making tough calls and decisions is part of your everyday life. MORE

VanderLeest GLSEC 2008. "A A popular toss off aphrase in some agile circles is process reduces agility. This is course is stated in the absence of any domain or context. MORE

Scaling Lean & Agle Development: Thinking and Organizational Tools for Large-Scale Scrum , Craig Larman and Bas Voode, Addison Wesley, 2008. 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? Don't hear one? Then it's likely just a personal anecdote made without any principles. . MORE

Around 2008 there was the introduction of P3O – Project, Programme and Portfolio Offices – the guidance from – as was OGC at the time and now is AXELOS. MORE

In 2008 over 89% of organisations with more than 250 people involved in their project community had some form of PMO. In this guest post from Christopher Worsley at CITI he looks at one of my favourite subjects, the PMO. MORE

As an example, in 2008 the iPhone 3G’s user storage was not encrypted. If you ask someone if they require encryption on their device, first of all, you will likely get one of two answers – yes or no – useful for segmenting your market or developing persona. MORE

This approach makes it look like the voter turnout is dramatically different between 2008 and 2016. The book How To Lie With Statistics , Darrell Huff tells us how the make the numbers look the way we want them to look, without actually changing the numbers. MORE

Founded in Barcelona in 2008, Redbooth is now headquartered in California and supports the work of thousands of companies globally. Project management tools have come a long way in the last few years. MORE

Graves, MIT, in Building Intuition: Insights From Basic 81 Operations Management Models and Principles, 2008. Systems amenable to Little's Law looks like this. Inputs can be a discrete or continuous flow of work arriving for service in the System. The System is a general concept that defines the boundary for all the work activities that transform Inputs into Outputs. The Output is the same as the Input and can be referred to as Throughput. . MORE

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Phase Distribution of Software Development Effort," Ye Yang, Mei He, Mingshu Li, Qing Wang, Barry Boehm, ESEM'08, October 9-10, 2008. Cone of Uncertainty describes the evolution of the amount of uncertainty during a project. MORE

Agile 2008 Conference. [18] The notion of the Cone of Uncertainty has been around for awhile. Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. Prentice-Hall, 1981. The poster below is from Steve McConnell's site and makes several things clear. MORE

Quote: “In 2008, the Elementary Initiative was launched. In March, I met Charles Duhigg at the Rotman School of Management in Toronto when he spoke about his new book, “ Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business.” MORE

In this edition of the Guerrilla Project Management podcast, I interview Stacy Aaron co-author of two books on organizational change: The Change Management Pocket Guide published in 2005 and The Eight Constants of Change published in 2008. In this edition of the Guerrilla Project Management podcast, I interview Stacy Aaron co-author of two books on organizational change: The Change Management Pocket Guide published in 2005 and The Eight Constants of Change published in 2008. MORE

The company has been around since 2008 and started out initially as a time tracking and invoicing app. Published: February 2018. If you’re here, it means that you’re looking for time tracking software that you will use yourself or with your team. MORE

My own leadership self-awareness has increased dramatically since 2008 when I started my coaching and leadership studies. Being a leader can be considered both a position of power and vulnerability. You are in both a role of influence and one with high visibility. MORE

Thanks to him, we were one of the few major banks to earn a during the 2008 recession. Paul Rezaie, PMP. Modern banks offer a wide variety of products and services: commercial banking, loans, credit cards, investment services and more. How do project managers contribute to banking success? MORE

Agile 2008 Conference. [18] The notion of the Cone of Uncertainty has been around for awhile. Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. Prentice-Hall, 1981. The poster below is from Steve McConnell's site and makes several things clear. MORE