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Without a Root Cause Analysis, No Corrective or Preventive Action is Credible - Part 1

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But before going further, let's establish the definitions we need to understand and apply Root Cause Analysis needed to discover the corrective and preventive actions to increase the probability of project success - especially Software Project Success. What Are Problem Causes of Software Projects? All for the want of a nail.

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Process Reduces Agility? Only on De Minimis Projects

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I've been in the software development business for 30 years, mostly in the Software Intensive System of Systems world, where embedded systems are 100 times more prevalent than business, web and desktop systems. the Secretary of Defense shall develop and implement a new acquisition process for information technology systems.

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Risk Management Resources

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IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. 5, September/October 2011. Project risk management: lessons learned from software development environment,” Young Hoon Kwak and Jim Stoddard,” Technovation , 24(11), pp. Project Risk Management: Lessons Learned from Software Development Environment,” Y.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

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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. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol.

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Modeling the Future is the Basis of Project Success

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In our aerospace and defense business - not so much. Modeling the Management of Systems Engineering Projects," Daniel Spencer and Shaun Wilson, Aerospace Concepts, DTSO-GD-0734, Proceedings of the 2012 Model-Based Systems Engineering Symposium , 27-28 November 2012. In the construction business, this is well understood.

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Software Estimating Resources

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Effort Distribution to Estimate Cost in Small to Medium Software Development Project with Use Case Points,” Putu Linda Primandari and Sholiq, The Third Information Systems International Conference, Procedia Computer Science, 72, pp. Bool, CrossLink: The Aerospace Corporation, Winter, 2000/2001, pp. 61, September 2004.

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Complete Collection of Project Management Statistics 2015

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Aerospace/. earned an average of 16% more (approximately $14,500 ) than their non-credentialed peers in 2011. [6]. Why a Majority of Business and IT Teams Anticipate Their Software Development Projects Will Fail. . $110,096. . Northwest US. 101,446. . Northeast US. 103,511. . Outside US. 147,600. . 116,100. .

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