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7 Hidden dangers of project management (Or why even well-planned projects sometimes fail)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

After $170m spent on a project to upgrade its computer system, the FBI project crumbled because the requirements were ill-defined from the beginning and the software didn’t function the way the agency had hoped. For example, in June 2010 Chrysler merged with Fiat. The merger was not a successful one.

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The 7 Habits of Successful Project Managers

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They can suck you in and drain your energy. While cynicism can drain the energy from a project, skepticism is healthy. It may be a myth that it takes 21 days to form a new habit (see research by Lally, van Jaarsveld, Potts, & Wardle , 2010) but habits do form. Habit 3: There’s Always Too Much. Find the Big Lever.

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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. “But this PMO was managing software applications, both in development and in operation. You can do the same: don’t let your project turn into a zombie project taking up resources and energy that could be better used elsewhere.

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What Is Cloud Storage, and How Are Innovative Companies Using It?

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Reducing your energy usage. With dashboards, task lists, document checklists and integration with other case management software, the product is seamless for those in the legal industry. By 2010, they needed to find a solution that worked and saved them costs, so they could remain profitable. Removing the need for maintenance.

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Software Estimating Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to estimate software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Cost Modeling Agile Software Development,” Maarit Laanti and Petri Kettunen, International Transactions on Systems and Applications, Volume 1 Number 2, pp. Performance Evaluation of non?Markovian

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Complete Collection of Project Management Statistics 2015

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Project Management Software & Tools. Project Management Software & Tools. 77% of companies use project management software, and 87% of high-performing companies use project management software. [5]. Top Business Challenges that Lead People to Project Management Software: Capturing time/cost of projects: 62%.

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Microeconomics and Risk Management in Decision Making for Software Development

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Microeconomics is applicable to the development is software systems. If we look at the discipline of software engineering, we see that the microeconomics branch of economics deals more with the types of decisions we need to make as software engineers or managers. Software engineering economics." Macroeconomics is not. .