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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

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Connecting the 5 Principles and 5 Practices of Performance-Based Project Management ® To Increase the Probability of Project Success. Building a Credible Performance Measurement Baseline. Measures of Product Value is Exchange for Its Cost. Performance-Based Project Management in a Nutshell. Project Breathalyzer.

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Cone of Uncertainty - Revisited

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Thesis, University of Southern California, August 2012. 504, Center for Systems and Software Engineering, University of Southern California, 2012. Improving Software Development Tracking and Estimation Inside the Cone of Uncertainty,” Pongtip Aroonvatanaporn, Thanida Hongsongkiat, and Barry Boehm, Technical Report USC?CSSE?2012?504,

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Deconstructing The Cone of Uncertainty

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Don't toss out the notion that reducing risk and uncertanty and all other performance measures doesn't follow the plan. . Thesis, University of Southern California, August 2012. Thesis, University of Southern California, August 2012. Domain-Based Effort Distribution Model for Software Cost Estimation,: Thomas Tan, Ph.D.

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Modeling the Future is the Basis of Project Success

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For approaches that have been implemented on existing systems, obtaining such understanding may require measurement and analysis. For scenarios where the project under consideration does not yet exist, performance prediction using analytical modeling or simulation is necessary. The IMS is then placed on a baseline in the PMB.

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Misinterpretations of the Cone of Uncertainty

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The Cone of Uncertainty as a Technical Performance Measure. Thesis, University of Southern California, August 2012. The Cone of Uncertainty as a Technical Performance Measure. Technical Performance Measures are one of four measures describing how a project is making progress to plan.

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Managing in Presence of Uncertainty

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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. .

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

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Project Performance Management (#PPM). Technical Performance Measures (#TPM). Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM). But each method needs to be based on 5 Immutable principles to be successful, no matter the domain or context, PMI Spring Seminar , 2012, Austin TX. Risk Management (#RM).