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

Herding Cats

This first post is a follow-on from the posts Root Cause of Project Failure , Root Cause Analysis , Discovering the Root Cause - The 5 Whys , T urning Editorials into Root Cause Analysis , Observation Issues and Root Cause Analysis , Without a Root Cause Analysis, No Suggested Fix Can Be Effective. References .

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Time Estimation for Project Managers: Tips & Techniques

ProjectManager.com

In 2011, Kahneman expanded on planning fallacy in the book Thinking Fast and Slow , stating estimation mishaps are usually caused by two factors: historical data (failing to look back at how long a task had taken in the past) and making an assumption there will be no roadblocks to complicate the path forward. Historical data is also broad.

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In-Depth: How To Create Better Work Agreements For Your Team

Scrum.org

In fact, Bushe & Chu (2011) reviewed research on fluid teams and concluded that, for this reason, fluid teams may never have the same potential for high performance as more stable teams. The cognitive underpinnings of effective teamwork: a meta-analysis. Analysis of fault generation caused by stress during software development.

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In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

Scrum.org

For this analysis, we use the evaluations of 857 stakeholders for 241 teams. For this, we used a simple statistical technique called multiple regression analysis. Each dot represents a team: A scatterplot and the results from a regression analysis may not be intuitive for many readers, especially those not familiar with statistics.

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So what’s in your company’s project management dictionary?

Kiron Bondale

Individual biases skew the analysis and perception of risks or issues so providing quantitative thresholds can reduce the potential for critical risks or issues being ignored or unwarranted effort being spent on low value ones. Issue or risk severity and probability. What does “High” mean?

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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Establishing the Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB) , AACE Workshop, Denver, Colorado, April 16, 2011. Establishing the Performance Measurement Baseline , AACE Workshop , April 16, 2011. The Nexus of Agile Software Development and Earned Value Management , OSD-PARCA, February 19-20, 2015, Institute for Defense Analysis.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

5, September/October 2011. The Effectiveness of Risk Management: An Analysis of Project Risk Planning Across Industries and Countries,” Ofer Zwikael and Mark Ahn, Risk Analysis , Vol. Risk as Analysis and Risk as Feelings: Some Thoughts about Affect, Reason, Risk, and Rationality,” Paul Slovic, Melissa L. 3, March 2002.