Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 29, 2021

Risks matter. Stuff happens on projects, and if the worst happens, it’s better to know about it in advance. That’s the point of risk management: thinking about what might go wrong before it does, so you can put a plan together to deal with it if it does. What’s a risk again? It helps to think of risks in categories.

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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. Effective Risk Management 2 nd Edition , Edmund Conrow, AIAA, 2003. Risk Management Papers. “A

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Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

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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Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management Briefings and Presentations. Project Performance Management (#PPM). Agile Project Management (#APM). Risk Management (#RM). Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management. Table of Contents (Click the Name to go to Section).

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Herding Cats

MAY 7, 2019

Why Monte Carlo Simulations of Project Network can Mislead,” Terry Williams, Project Management Journal 35(3), pp. Monte Carlo Schedule Risk Analysis,” Intaver Institute, Inc. 11, November 2008. How is Effort Estimated in Agile Software Development Projects?,” 61, September 2004. 153, 2007 “Overspend?

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Sjøberg1, and Magne Jørgensen, IEEE Software , Volume 25, Issues 3, May-June, 2008. Prediction of project outcome: The Application of Statistical Methods to Earned Value Management and Earned Schedule Performance Indexes,” Walt Lipke, Ofer Zwikael, Kym Henderson, and Frank Anbari, International Journal of Project Management , 27, pp.

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Resource Guru

JUNE 23, 2023

Far too many agencies are still using spreadsheets to manage high-stakes projects. Between tabs, color codes, and comments, the time spent on admin is valuable time that could be spent (actually) enabling project success. Plus, the risk of human error is just far too great.

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