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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Risk issues that can be identified early in the program, which will potentially impact the program later, termed Known Unknowns and can be alleviated with good risk management. requires making estimates) ? Risk Management Papers. “A

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Risk Management is Project Management for Adults

Herding Cats

I'm finishing up the charts for a one day workshop at the Project and Program Management Symposium as well as one of the keynote talks and a streaming presentation. The basis of risk management in our community starts with NASA's principles. Risk-Informed Decision Making, NASA/SP-2010-576. This uncertainty creates risk.

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

Kiron Bondale

We often joke that the only correct answer to a project management question is “ It depends! “ Many of us would also agree that the right approach to deliver a project is one which is tailored to fit its context, complexity and the culture in which it will be managed. Issue or risk severity and probability.

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Basis of Estimating Software Development

Herding Cats

The estimating of software development is both straightforward and complex. When it is suggested that estimating is hard, of no value, and unnecessary, always ask what principle is used to support that claim? Software Sizing and Estimating: Mk II FPA , Charles Symons, John Wiley & Sons, 1991. Don't hear one?

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

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. requires making estimates) ? De Meyer, C.

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The Psychology of Forecasting Uncertainty

LiquidPlanner

Have you heard the project management saying that failing to plan is planning to fail ? This not only makes forecasting difficult but also means that project professionals will require tools that help manage uncertainty amidst shifting priorities to revise their original forecasts. . Planning for Failure can Produce Success.

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Risk Management is Project Management for Adults

Herding Cats

I'm finishing up the charts for a one day workshop at the Project and Program Management Symposium as well as one of the keynote talks and a streaming presentation. The basis of risk management in our community starts with NASA's principles. All risk comes from uncertainty. Risk Management Handbook, NASA/SP-2011-3422.