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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. Taxonomy-Based Risk Identification,” Marvin Carr, Suresh Konda, Ira Monarch, Carlo Ulrich, and Clay Walker, Technical Report, CMU/SEI-93-TR-6, Software Engineering Institute, June 1993.

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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. Management of Novel Projects Under Conditions of High Uncertainty,” A.

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Part II: A Simplified Approach to Determine IT Project Complexity

PM Times

If the nature of relationships between various elements of a project is such that interactions between elements are non-linear and, therefore, will result in emergent behavior of the system, then it has been referred to as a “truly” complex project (Whitty & Maylor, 2009; Maylor et al., Kiridena, S. & Sense, A., & Sense, A.,

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Interview with Laura Dallas Burford

Stepping Into Project Management

She has experience with big four consulting organizations; was a managing director at a start-up international technology consulting organization; and currently is the owner of LAD Enterprises, a management consulting company. It was great experience but in the early 1980's, project management was not a specialized field of study.

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A Step-By-Step Guide to Improving Your Resource Management

The IIL Blog

Update estimates periodically to reflect changes such as new decisions, shifts in resources, and the impact of these changes on the project as they happen. Review their availability and try to be proactive, which is the most important aspect in order to complete the deliverables. Project Management Institute, Inc.