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How to Manage Auditability (and other non-functional, non-technical requirements)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Consider the following attributes of a modern transaction processing system, whether located on a server in the corporate data center or delivered as Software-as-a-Service in the Cloud. This article first appeared in 2014 and has been lightly edited to update it. In many cases, advocacy must fall to the project manager.

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Public Infrastructure: Project Management as a Key Success Factor

Inloox

If this had been the case earlier, the building would have been completed in 2014 already. The costs, initially estimated at 190 million euros, have now risen to 332 million euros and are expected to keep increasing. During the extensive approval processes alone, inflation can already pose a threat to budget planning.

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The true value of change

The Lazy Project Manager

But again, it is a rough estimate that is needed for this exercise. And then select or identify the Cost/Impact ratio and the growth Value Add ratio – these really should be part of your business case approval process by the way. The same argument stands in this case if you struggle to identify that percentage mix.

2014 186
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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Here are my collected works, presentations, briefings, journal papers, articles, white papers, and essays, used to increase the Probability of Project Success (PoPS) I've developed and applied over my career in the software-intensive system of systems domain. Managment Processes. Presentations and Briefings. Flawless Execution.

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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

What happens if you shift focus from "accurate estimation" to "reliably shipping by a date"? . This quote demonstrates a lack of understanding of making decisions in the presence of uncertainty and the processes and events that create uncertainty. There is naturally occurring variability from uncontrolled processes.

2003 46
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Industry, Product, and Technical Knowledge: What Makes a Project Manager an Expert?

Epicflow Blog

Industry knowledge implies the understanding of the sector’s specificity, processes, regulations, job responsibilities, market trends, and things alike. . As stated in PMI’s Pulse of the Profession® (2014) , inadequate project requirements are the cause of project failure in 37% of organizations. Production Processes.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

requires making estimates) ? A Taxonomy of Threats for Complex Risk Management,” Centre for Risk Studies, Research Programme of the Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies, University of Cambridge, Judge Business School, June 2014. “A Norton, The Systems Engineering Process Office, MITRE Corporation, 6 June 1999. Estimation of Long?Term