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Kanban History: Origin & Expansion Across Industries

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While kanban systems were once analog, they have since moved into the digital space and are often found in project management software. ProjectManager is award-winning project and portfolio management software that has powerful kanban features that can estimate project costs and track resource allocation.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. Deliberate Ignorance in Project Risk Management,” Elmar Kutsch and Mark Hall, International Journal of Project Management , Volume 28, Issue 3, pp. 255, April 2010.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

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. 255, April 2010. Use of Benefits of Tools for Project Risk Management,” T.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

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The overarching theme is focused on defining what Done looks like, assessing progress toward Done in units of measure meaningful to the decision makers. Managing projects in the presence of uncertainty means making decisions about cost, schedule, and technical performance all risk-adjusted , from the uncertainties that create risk.

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LiquidPlanner: A Microsoft Project Alternative

LiquidPlanner

Microsoft project provides a single-point estimate for work effort or task duration. The three-point PERT formula used to be supported as an add-in, but was removed with MS Project 2010. Microsoft Project Online provides multiple views of your project data in an online environment. Collaboration. LiquidPlanner.

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Software Cost Accounting

Herding Cats

For internal use software, there are three stages defined by accounting guidance: 1) preliminary project phase (i.e. Other reasons include a combination of a low total project cost, a short useful life and a short time between technological feasibility and the completion of software development.