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MARCH 17, 2019

Nine Best Practices of Project Management , Software Program Managers Network (SPMN). Open Loop / Closed Loop Project Controls. Integrated Master Plan: The Foundation of Program Success , College of Performance Management, May 21, 2014. The Nine "I's" of Program Success ," College of Performance Management.

2003 54

2003 2011 2008 Performance Measurement 54

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JULY 24, 2017

Landmark’s measure of success over these three years had much more to do with customer satisfaction and market share than with meeting knowingly aggressive targets. It's suggested from observations, the Cone of Uncertainty (CoU) is not a valid model of how uncertainty behaves in software development projects.

2007 42

2007 2012 2006 2008 42

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JUNE 19, 2017

The Cone of Uncertainty is a framing assumption used to model the needed reduction in some parameter of interest in domains ranging from software development to hurricane forecasting. The Cone of Uncertainty as a Technical Performance Measure. Thesis, University of Southern California, August 2012.

Technical Review 35

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 35

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MARCH 4, 2017

This is an immutable principle that impacts planning, execution, performance measures, decision making, risk, budgeting, and overall business and technical management of the project and the business funding the project no matter the domain, context, technology or any methods. Thesis, University of Southern California, August 2012. .

2010 28

2010 2007 Estimate Aerospace 28

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APRIL 16, 2019

Project Performance Management (#PPM). Technical Performance Measures (#TPM). Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM). Product Development (#ProdDev). Agile Software Development (#ASD). Those lessons are directly transferable to the management of software development teams.

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

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APRIL 4, 2019

All making things smaller dos is show that you're late, over budget, and what you're building (Technical Performance Measures) doesn't work faster. It just closed the loop faster. Foundations of Risk Management, 2nd Edition, Terje Aven, John Wiley & Sons, 2012. This is good, but it doesn't reduce risk.

Risk Management 43

Risk Management Risk 2003 2011 43