article thumbnail

Scheduling and Cost Control in a Complex Environment

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

The recent UK Government’s enquiry into the management of major projects was cut short by world events, but the interim report and oral evidence make for interesting reading. [1] Download our course catalogue to learn more. [1] This post first appeared on PMO Perspectives Blog.

article thumbnail

Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

This quote demonstrates a lack of understanding of making decisions in the presence of uncertainty and the processes and events that create uncertainty. All project work has uncertainty. Uncertainty comes from the lack of precision and accuracy about the possible values of a measurement of a project attribute.

2003 46
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

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., The Chaos & Complexity of Mega Projects,” Michael Bensussen, PM.2128, 1, March 2014.

article thumbnail

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. The Chaos & Complexity of Mega Projects,” Michael Bensussen, PM.2128,

article thumbnail

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. Aleatory uncertainty ? and Dutta, P., Alleman, G. Coonce, T. and Price, R.

article thumbnail

Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Measuring the performance of deliverables, at the planned delivery date, for the planned cost is the best measure of progress to plan. Increasing the Probability of Success - Projects are one-off events. Project Performance Management. Event-Based Scheduling , Failed or underperforming projects are more common than not.

article thumbnail

Software Estimating Resources

Herding Cats

“Cost Modeling Agile Software Development,” Maarit Laanti and Petri Kettunen, International Transactions on Systems and Applications, Volume 1 Number 2, pp. Markovian Stochastic Event Graphs,” Pierre H. A Project–Product Model-Based Approach to Planning Work Breakdown Structures of Complex System Projects,” A.