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Beware of the Unintended Consequences of Incentive Plans.

Scrum.org

More examples of poorly aligned incentives that contributed to the boom then bust financial crisis of 2008-2009: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac using their implicit government backing to take on significant mortgage risk with little capital backing. Suppose our teams don't have autonomy and are not aligned with our vision or strategic goal.

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Estimating is a Learned Skill

Herding Cats

Estimating is a learned skill, used for any purpose from every-day life to management of projects. When I left for the airport this morning to catch my flight to a customer site I estimated, given the conditions, how much time I need to get to my favorite parking spot at DIA. So when you hear we can't estimate you'll know better.

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Software Estimating Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to estimate software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Cost Modeling Agile Software Development,” Maarit Laanti and Petri Kettunen, International Transactions on Systems and Applications, Volume 1 Number 2, pp. Performance Evaluation of non?

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Main Risks of Aerospace Engineering Projects: How to Implement Wise Risk Management into Your Organization

Epicflow Blog

developing a poor project plan), Executing (e.g., missing important milestones, unavailability of a critical employee), Estimating (e.g., unrealistic or inaccurate estimates), Communicating (miscommunication between the project participants). [1]. The estimation implies performing qualitative and quantitative analysis.

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5 Steps to Planning and Running Fast, Efficient Meetings (Including Agendas and Templates for 4 Common Meetings)

Planio

The humble meeting gets a bad rap. Step 4: Keep the meeting focused (and stop being a bad influence). While on average, 15% of your company’s time is spent in meetings —a number that has grown every single year since 2008. Bad meetings aren’t just lost time. But somehow they have. Are you ready? Another meeting!

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The 23 Best Project Management Books For Upgrading Your Career in 2020

Planio

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable. The best books for building better habits (for yourself and your team). Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good habits & Break Bad Ones. Executing: Managing teams and stakeholders and ensuring you hit your deadlines. Gantt Chart. Communication Plan.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Product Development (#ProdDev). Agile Software Development (#ASD). The following material comes from conferences, workshop, materials developed for clients. Chartering the Team , Chartering empowers team members, both individuals and collectively. Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM).