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The project customer role

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This is an edited extract from my book Customer-Centric Project Management , co-authored with Phil Peplow (Routledge, 2012). Projects happen because someone – an individual or a committee – deems that this particular initiative will deliver some kind of business benefit. Satisfied customers make good allies in tough times.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to assess risks, their impacts, and handling strategies for software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Pich, Working Paper, 21/2006, Cambridge University, Judge Business School. “A Risk Management is essential for development and production programs.

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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. Pich, Working Paper, 21/2006, Cambridge University, Judge Business School. “A These papers and other resources were retrieved from public sites. Some may require a membership.

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Pictures About Managing in the Presence of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

Many of these Enterprise IT projects apply agile methods. Just as many of the Agile projects in this domain misuse the Definition of Done. Just as many of the Agile projects in this domain misuse the Definition of Done. The first question to answer is what are the behaviors of the schedule of work.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management Briefings and Presentations. Agile Project Management (#APM). Agile Software Development (#ASD). Integrating Agile and Earned Value Management (#AEVM). Agile and Earned Value Management Bibliography of papers, books, and thesis (#Biblio).

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Software Estimating Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to estimate software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Cost Modeling Agile Software Development,” Maarit Laanti and Petri Kettunen, International Transactions on Systems and Applications, Volume 1 Number 2, pp.

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Estimating is a Learned Skill

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And when you hear estimates are a waste you'll realize that person must work in a de minimis project, where those paying have no need to know how much it will cost, when the project will be done, and what Capabilities they'll get for that time and money before the time and money runs outs. Tanilkan, Hans Gallis, Anette C. Lien, and Siw E.