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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

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Here are my collected works, presentations, briefings, journal papers, articles, white papers, and essays, used to increase the Probability of Project Success (PoPS) I've developed and applied over my career in the software-intensive system of systems domain. Project Performance Management. Project Driven Organization Framework.

2003 54
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3 Questions That Must Be Asked at Every Project Management Meeting

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I came across a post on Twitter that led me to the blog post 3 Questions You Need to Ask at Your Next Meeting. The three questions are the foundation for any meeting, but they're critical to the success of project work as well - no matter the domain, context, or development method. For software projects, Scrum can be used.

2010 39
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Deconstructing The Cone of Uncertainty

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customer satisfaction prioritized over arbitrarily meeting a deadline. Shipping on time, to specifications, and within budget might be meaningless if a competitor is shipping software that has a greater value to the market. In all software development businesses, showing up late and over budget has a direct impact on the bottom line.

2007 42
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Managing in Presence of Uncertainty

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This is an immutable principle that impacts planning, execution, performance measures, decision making, risk, budgeting, and overall business and technical management of the project and the business funding the project no matter the domain, context, technology or any methods. All project work operates in the presence of uncertainty.

2010 28
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Cone of Uncertainty - Part Cinq

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Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. The Cone is a project management framework describing the uncertainty aspects of estimates (cost and schedule) and other project attributes (cost, schedule, and technical performance parameters). There can be cost and schedule performance measures as well.

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Cone of Uncertainty - Part Cinq (Updated)

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Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. The Cone is a project management framework describing the uncertainty aspects of estimates (cost and schedule) and other project attributes (cost, schedule, and technical performance parameters). There can be cost and schedule performance measures as well.

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Cone of Uncertainty - Part Trois

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Barry Boehm's work in “Software Engineering Economics”. The Cone is a project management framework describing the uncertainty aspects of estimates (cost and schedule) and other project attributes (cost, schedule, and technical performance parameters). There can be cost and schedule performance measures as well.