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A Compendium of Works to Increase the 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. Increasing the Probability of Success , Dallas MPUG, May 6th, 2009. Project Performance Management. Building a Credible Performance Measurement Baseline.

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Modeling the Future is the Basis of Project Success

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For approaches that have been implemented on existing systems, obtaining such understanding may require measurement and analysis. For scenarios where the project under consideration does not yet exist, performance prediction using analytical modeling or simulation is necessary. The IMS is then placed on a baseline in the PMB.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

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Project Performance Management (#PPM). Technical Performance Measures (#TPM). Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM). Deliverables Based Planning: Providing Actional Information to the Program Manager - 11th Annual Rocky Mountain Project Management Symposium , 2009. Risk Management (#RM).

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Risk Management is How Adults Manage Projects

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All making things smaller dos is show that you're late, over budget, and what you're building (Technical Performance Measures) doesn't work faster. Probabilistic Risk Analysis: Foundations and Methods , Tim Bedford and Roger Cooke, Cambridge University Press, 2009. Verlag, 2016. This is good, but it doesn't reduce risk.

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Microeconomics and Risk Management in Decision Making for Software Development

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ISO 31000:2009, ISO 17666:2016, and ISO 11231:2010 Risk is Uncertainty that Matters. risks that may prevent the end item from performing as intended or not meeting performance expectations. risks that affect the cost and schedule measures of the program. Thesis Wayne State University, 2016. Programmatic ?

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Fighting Uncertainty in Organizations, Including Matrix Ones

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Historical performance measured in Epicflow Conclusion While time buffers are valuable tools, their utility is severely compromised if capacity buffers are ignored. References: [1] “Never Say I Know” and the Limitations of our (Reasonable) Knowledge , Eli Schragenheim (2016). [2] Eli Schragenheim (2016).

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What Is Risk?

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ISO 31000:2009, ISO 17666:2016 and ISO 11231:2010 Risk is Uncertainty that Matters. risks that may prevent the end item from performing as intended or not meeting performance expectations. risks that affect the cost and schedule measures of the program. Programmatic ?

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