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Scheduling and Cost Control in a Complex Environment

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

And of course, for our projects and our organisations, we don’t have Governments to bail us out. We do not have the luxury of throwing resource at projects and simply hoping that in the future people will look back and say, ‘what a great project that was’! Benefits become Eroded as Well as Cost Targets.

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Simplifying Procurement in Project Management

Project Pulse Journal

Decoding Procurement's Role in Project Management Success Procurement in project management refers to the strategic sourcing and acquisition of goods and services necessary to fulfill the project objectives. This analysis aids in making informed decisions about where and how to allocate the budget effectively.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM). Governance (#Governance). Six Business System Rule - defines the assessment of the integrated business systems for Federal procurement and their integrity in providing information to the Government contracting office. . Product Development (#ProdDev).

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Software Estimating Resources

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Why Monte Carlo Simulations of Project Network can Mislead,” Terry Williams, Project Management Journal 35(3), pp. Monte Carlo Schedule Risk Analysis,” Intaver Institute, Inc. A conversation around the analysis of the SiP effort estimation dataset,” Derek M. Dori, IEEE Systems Journal, January 2014. “A

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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. Mazzuchi, and Shahram Sarkani, Systems Engineering , Volume 17, Issue 4, Winter 2014, Pages: 375–391. Does Risk Management Contribute to IT Project Success? Eggstaff, Thomas A. 145-167.

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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. A Risk Management Methodology for Project Risk Dependencies,” Tak Wah Kwan and Hareton K.N., Finucane, Ellen Peters, and Donald MacGregor, Risk Analysis , Vol.24, 3, March 2002.

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Estimating is a Learned Skill

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The Business of Software Estimation Is Not Evil: Reconciling agile approaches and project estimates,” Phillip G. Armour, Communications of the ACM , January 2014, Vol. What We Do and Don’t Know about Software Development Effort Estimation,” Magne Jørgensen, IEEE Software, March / April 2014. “A 400-407, 2009. 12, December 2004.