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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Risk issues that can be identified early in the program, which will potentially impact the program later, termed Known Unknowns and can be alleviated with good risk management. Effective Risk Management 2 nd Edition , Edmund Conrow, AIAA, 2003.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. Making these decisions in the presence Uncertainty ?

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The Perfect Storm for The Project Economy

Leading Answers

Driven by three macroeconomic trends, the need for projects and project managers was increasing. Eric Ries documented his lean startup methodology in 2008 as a way for organizations to adapt and experiment with new ideas and perform market tests. The winds of change were strong before the COVID-19 pandemic. billion people online.

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The Agile Cannon

Herding Cats

Plans don't guarantee creative success - creative efforts operate in an economy - as system where people manage limited resources to maximize return and growth. Loss of control creates risk of failure. Quest for control (in manufacturing sense) makes innovation harder [2]. Innovation causes variability. Understanding.

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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

Uncertainty is related to three aspects of the management of projects: The external world - the activities of the project itself. The risk is created when we have not accounted for this natural variances in our management plan for the project. An aleatory risk is expressed as a relation to a value.

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Can the Words “Innovation” and “Project Management” Be Used In The Same Sentence?

The IIL Blog

. | Senior Executive Director for Project Management, IIL. Companies are recognizing that brand loyalty accompanied by a higher level of quality does not always equate to customer retention unless supported by some innovations. Innovation is often viewed as the Holy Grail of business and the primary driver for growth.

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A Digital Service Canvas for Government and Enterprise

Scrum.org

As far as a Scrum of Scrums goes for example, an appealing value proposition could be the management of immediate pain-points such as dependencies, or the sharing of knowledge which attendees need now. The original is Alex Osterwalder’s Business Model Canvas , proposed in 2008. Two variations are most commonly encountered.