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What is Project Management

MPUG

What is a Project The Project Management Institutes (PMI) PMBOK defines a project is “a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service or result.” Project Management as a Profession As a Profession , it has its roots in the 1950s and 1960s when the U.S.

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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. 4, February 24, 2015. Overcoming Barriers in Assessing Risk Probabilities,” Tom Kendrick , 2012 PMI Global Congress Proceedings , 2012. Thomas, Director Today , December 2015.

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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. 4, February 24, 2015. Thomas, Director Today , December 2015.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Five Immutable Principles of Project Success - There are many (possibly too many) methods for successfully managing a project. But each method needs to be based on 5 Immutable principles to be successful, no matter the domain or context, PMI Spring Seminar , 2012, Austin TX. PMI Lakeshore Ontario Chapter , 27 October 2018.

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Episode 195 – Estimate This: Managing Project Estimation

Velociteach

What kind of things do we need to estimate on a project? REN LOVE: There are lots of things that can be estimated on a project. Factors in a Project Estimate WENDY GROUNDS: What are some of the factors and the considerations that are essential when you’re building out your estimates? One is experience.