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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. requires making estimates) ? Deliberate Ignorance in Project Risk Management,” Elmar Kutsch and Mark Hall, International Journal of Project Management , Volume 28, Issue 3, pp.

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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. requires making estimates) ? 255, April 2010. 24, 2010. “A

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Saving ?osts in a Long-Term Perspective: How a Resource Management Solution Will Help You Gain More in the Long Run

Epicflow Blog

What causes excessive expenses in project management? Too optimistic budget estimates Or course, you can hardly make accurate estimates before a project kicks off – there’s too much uncertainty regarding its further implementation. Cost Cutting: Importance of Strategy, Risks Posed. References Kenton, Will.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM). Strategy (#Strategy). Journal Papers, White Papers, and Essays on Project Success (#Papers). Project Success Assessment - A checklist for assessing the processes for project success. Product Development (#ProdDev). Balanced Scorecard (#BSC).

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Microeconomics and Risk Management in Decision Making for Software Development

Herding Cats

When we hear about software development disasters and then hear that estimates are to blame, and NOT Estimating will somehow reduce or prevent these disasters, think again. A recent survey of 600 firms indicated that 35% of them had at least one "runaway' software project. The management of risk means good project management.

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LiquidPlanner: A Microsoft Project Alternative

LiquidPlanner

LiquidPlanner: A Microsoft Project Alternative. We built LiquidPlanner based on the belief that teams work best when they organize tasks by priority, make best/worst case estimates, collaborate in one central location, and can rely on a scheduling engine that automatically updates whenever plan items change. LiquidPlanner.