Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

MAY 28, 2020

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’! Download our course catalogue to learn more. [1]

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Project Pulse Journal

MAY 13, 2024

Cost Plus Incentive Fee (CPIF) : In this cost reimbursement contract, the supplier earns an additional fee if they meet or exceed performance targets, promoting cost efficiency and aligning with project cost management goals. References Project Management Institute. Project Management (2 nd ed.).

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Sustainability Risk Management Innovation 52

Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

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.

Risk Management 38

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Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

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,

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Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 35

Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2018

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. Thesis, University of Manchester, 2014. and Dutta, P., Alleman, G.

Software Developers 34

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Herding Cats

MAY 7, 2019

Benchmarking Effort Estimation Models Using Archetypal Analysis,” Nikolaos Mittas, Vagia Karpenisi, and Lefteris Angelis, ACM PROMIS ’14, September 17, 2014. A Project–Product Model-Based Approach to Planning Work Breakdown Structures of Complex System Projects,” A. Dori, IEEE Systems Journal, January 2014. “A

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

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 Kirkeboen, G., &

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