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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

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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. On Uncertainty, Ambiguity, and Complexity in Project Management,” Michael T.

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Risk Management Resources

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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.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

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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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Software Estimating Resources

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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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Estimating is a Learned Skill

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Story Point Estimating,” Richard Carlson, ALEA, Agile and Lean Associates, 2013. Project Estimation in the Norwegian Software Industry – A Summary,” Kjetil Moløkken, Magne Jørgensen, Sinan S. The Business of Software Estimation Is Not Evil: Reconciling agile approaches and project estimates,” Phillip G. Lien, and Siw E.

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DDSTOP The Saga Continues

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2] "A Guide to Deal with Uncertainties in Software Project Management," International Journal of Computer Science & Information Technology (IJCSIT), Vol. 6, No 5, October 2014. [3] 4] "Explicating the dynamics of project capabilities," Andrew Davies and Tim Brady, . It's also a code word for bad project management.