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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Open Loop / Closed Loop Project Controls. 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. How to Develop Credible Cost & Schedule Estimate.

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Risk Management is How Adults Manage Projects

Herding Cats

It just closed the loop faster. But when some statement is made about risk, estimating, performance modeling, or the like - always ask for references. Probabilistic Risk Analysis: Foundations and Methods , Tim Bedford and Roger Cooke, Cambridge University Press, 2009. This is good, but it doesn't reduce risk. No References?

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Part II: A Simplified Approach to Determine IT Project Complexity

PM Times

However, a formally adopted PMO process to implement and closely monitor projects and portfolios does not account for everything occurring in IT. Not only were they able to evaluate complexity, but they also used the data to estimate resources and project duration in a matter of minutes. Kiridena, S. & Sense, A.,

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Fighting Uncertainty in Organizations, Including Matrix Ones

Epicflow Blog

they have been working on it already for more than 10 years, and they are not close to what we have achieved.’ For example, a project estimated at 100 work hours might include a 20-hour time buffer for contingencies like absences or technical issues. But the professionals who executed the project considered it a huge success.

2016 52
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Revisiting the Double Pendulum Problem

Herding Cats

Sensitive dependence to initial conditions means that nearby trajectories separate exponentially fast, i.e. two identical systems set up together in the same way such that the initial conditions are arbitrarily close together will have their trajectories rapidly diverge. Why Guessing is not Estimating and Estimating is not Guessing.

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Episode 185 – Redefining Project Success through Sustainable Project Management

Velociteach

I started GPM as an idea back in 2009 and did so on a small side table in my bedroom, the idea that projects could be the delivery mechanism for sustainable development. We’re not being taught to think outside the box of initiate to close. Estimates put the workforce at up to 40,000 people at the height of construction.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Open Loop / Closed Loop Project Controls - project management is a closed loop control system. A steering target is established, actions are taken, variances are assessed, corrective actions are taken to close the loop. Dallas MPUG , May 6th, 2009. Increasing the Probability of Success - Projects are one-off events.