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Risk Management Resources

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Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. A Risk Management Methodology for Project Risk Dependencies,” Tak Wah Kwan and Hareton K.N., 5, September/October 2011. 5887, 2009. 3, March 2002. Risk a Feelings,” George F.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

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Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. Information about key project cost, (technical) performance and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. 5, September/October 2011. 5887, 2009. 3, March 2002. 24, 2010. “A

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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

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Information about key project cost, performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. Risk-informed decision-making in the presence of epistemic uncertainty,” Didier Dubois, Dominique Guyonnet, International Journal of General Systems , Taylor & Francis, 2011, 40 (2), pp.

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Software Cost Accounting

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A key reason for expensing, identified by both Luigi Paraboschi (VP of Finance at HP in Geneva) and Eugene Nisker (CEO of Evident Point Software in Vancouver), is to account for the cost sooner and therefore minimize the tax burden in the short term. Capitalization and Amortization of Software Costs (Putra), 2009.

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Microeconomics and Risk Management in Decision Making for Software Development

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A recent survey of 600 firms indicated that 35% of them had at least one "runaway' software project. Research clearly shows the root causes of most software projects cost and schedule overruns and technical shortfalls comes from poor risk management. The Art of Systems Architecting , Third Edition, 2009. July 20, 2011.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

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Deliverables Based Planning: Providing Actional Information to the Program Manager - 11th Annual Rocky Mountain Project Management Symposium , 2009. Measuring the performance of deliverables, at the planned delivery date, for the planned cost is the best measure of progress to plan. Dallas MPUG , May 6th, 2009.

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Software Estimating Resources

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Nobel Approaches & Practical Applications, AIT 2011. The Use of Simulation Techniques for Hybrid Software Cost Estimation and Risk Analysis,” Michael Kläs, Adam Trendowicz, Axel Wickenkamp, Jürgen Münch, Nahomi Kikuchi, and Yasushi Ishigai, Advances in Computers, Volume 74, Elsevier, 2008. 2, Second Quarter 2009. “A