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In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

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Is it really that important that they are autonomous, able to release frequently, interact closely with stakeholders and spend all that time on continuous improvement? However, the sheer effort involved is so gargantuan that this is close to impossible. 2014 ; Young & Jordan, 2008 ; Russo, 2021 ). Or is all that just hype?

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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

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Accuracy - how close is the estimate to the actual value? So in the end, if we are to make a decision in the presence of uncertainty, we MUST make estimates to develop a reliable shipping date while producing an accurate and precise estimate of the cost, schedule, and technical performance of the product shipped on that date.

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Risk Management Resources

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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. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. Software Engineering Institute, January 1996. 1, March 2014.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

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This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol.

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Risk Management is How Adults Manage Projects

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It just closed the loop faster. So here are some books, handbooks, and guides that sit on my shelf that are used pretty much all the time on the Software Intensive System of Systems we work on. Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Management for Engineers and Scientist 2nd Edition , Ernest J.

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DDSTOP The Saga Continues

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There's been a rash of conjectures about all kinds of bad business, project, and software development (agile and traditional) management ideas of late. This is a closed loop system optimization process applied to all the projects we work. And money in the bank is what software development is about. Is this normal?