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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. Overcoming Barriers in Assessing Risk Probabilities,” Tom Kendrick , 2012 PMI Global Congress Proceedings , 2012. Claude Bocquet, Reliability Engineering and System Safety , 2012.

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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. Information about key project cost, (technical) performance and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. Claude Bocquet, Reliability Engineering and System Safety , 2012.

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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

Information about key project cost, performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. Using the Agile Methodology to Mitigate the Risks of Highly Adaptive Projects,” Dana Roberson and Mary Anne Herndon, 10 th Annual CMMI Technology Conference And User Group , November 5 – 8, 2012, Denver, CO.

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Londoners, dig deep in your pockets for yet another troubled project

Ron Rosenhead

Costs have gone up attributable problems with the retractable seating (installing and operating) no helped by the contractor going out of business. additional costs for the seating problem. extra running costs – see Taxpayers to meet Olympic Stadium running costs.

2012 100
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Killing a Major Project is Hard

MPUG

When the possibility of success is gone, these projects should be canceled for the health of the corporation. projects that were canceled, some reasons behind why the project was killed, and what we can learn from them. Time and Money Sometimes project costs keep ballooning with no end in sight.

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What’s in your backlog?

Leading Answers

Just as features deliver value, risks in the form of threats to the project cost money and cause delays - if they occur. In 2012 I presented some Collaborative Games for Risk Management at the Agile 2012 Conference and PMI Global Conference.    Risks in the Backlog.

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Microeconomics and Risk Management in Decision Making for Software Development

Herding Cats

A recent survey of 600 firms indicated that 35% of them had at least one "runaway' software project. Research clearly shows the root causes of most software projects cost and schedule overruns and technical shortfalls comes from poor risk management. 14, Special Issue, July 2012. and Dutta, P., Alleman, G. Coonce, T.