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MAY 10, 2019

Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. 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.

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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. Management of Novel Projects Under Conditions of High Uncertainty,” A.

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MARCH 11, 2017

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. Eggstaff, Thomas A.

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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. Risk is the effect of uncertainty of objectives.

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MAY 7, 2019

Software Development Estimation Techniques in Industrial Contexts: An Exploratory Multiple Case-Study,” Zarour, A. International Journal of Technology in Education and Science (IJTES), 3(2), 72-84. How I Estimate Software Development Projects,” Alvin J. & Zein, S., 5, October 2013. 9, Issue 3, No. 1, May 2012.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

“Believing is Seeing: Confirmation Bias Studies in Software Engineering, “Magne Jørgensen and Efi Papatheocharous, 41st Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA). Fixed price without fixed specification,” Magne Jørgensen, Simula Research Laboratory, 15 March 2016. 449-462, July 2004. 1, January 2007.

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