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Zombie Projects and How to Kill Them

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Zombie PM is a term I came up with in 2010 when I put together a project management alphabet. lack of governance. Government PMO,” says Derek Huether, an enterprise Agile coach and trainer. We had budget specialists, schedule specialists, earned value specialists, and even contract specialists. .

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How to Navigate the Project Environment Even if You’re New to Project Management

Project Pulse Journal

Enhanced decision-making, risk mitigation, resource optimization, and stakeholder satisfaction that propel your projects to new heights of success and recognition. Regulatory requirements are not optional; alignment with them should always be a vital part of your risk management. Compliance and governance are not optional.

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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. Risk Management is essential for development and production programs.

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The 7 Habits of Successful Project Managers

ProjectManager.com

Your job is to determine the approach that will give you and your team the best chance of delivering your project safely, accountably, on time and to budget. By now, I am sure many readers will be familiar with Tim Lister’s wise comment that: “ Risk management is how adults manage projects.”. Constantly working their risk register.

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Cone of Uncertainty - Part Cinq

Herding Cats

Aleatory and Epistemic uncertainties, which create the risk to the success of the project. Other uncertainties that create risk include: Unrealistic performance expectation with missing Measures of Effectiveness and Measures of Performance. A critical success factor for all project work is Risk Management.

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Cone of Uncertainty - Part Trois

Herding Cats

Aleatory and Epistemic uncertainties, which create the risk to the success of the project. Other uncertainties that create risk include: Unrealistic performance expectation with missing Measures of Effectiveness and Measures of Performance. A critical success factor for all project work is Risk Management.