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Picking a Project Management Methodology

MPUG

New Technology. Federal and state governments. Software development. Customer involvement during development. Available HW/SW development and project management tools (i.e. Maturity of product technology. Magnitude of anticipated changes during development. Competitive forces. Customer request.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. 5, September/October 2011. México, 1 al 3 de Febrero de 2006.

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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. Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Information about key project cost, (technical) performance and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program.

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

Herding Cats

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. Why Do Information Technology Projects Fail?” All for the want of a nail.

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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

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So in the end, if we are to make a decision in the presence of uncertainty, we MUST make estimates to develop a reliable shipping date while producing an accurate and precise estimate of the cost, schedule, and technical performance of the product shipped on that date. Eggstaff, Thomas A. 12, 2008. “A

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Top 10 Lean/ Kanban Books for IT, Software and Knowledge Work!

Digite

Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business. This is the original book where David Anderson first laid down the definition of and guidance to the Kanban Method for software and knowledge work. hours, Published February 2nd, 2011 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform). By David J Anderson. By Jim Benson.

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Biases in Project Management and How to Remove Them

Herding Cats

With these business principles of software development and projects in general, we can ask and answer five principles of project success. Yet, in many companies and organizations, software business relationships to software development and engineering remain vague. [6]. Buhl, Transport Reviews, 24, 1, 3-18. [2]