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How Stakeholder Interaction and Engagement Impacts Project Complexity

International Institute for Learning

PMI defines stakeholder as “an individual, group, or organization that may affect, be affected by, or perceive itself to be affected by a decision, activity, or outcome of a project, program, or portfolio” (PMI, 2016). Not all stakeholders have the same level of power and their influence on a project varies.

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Part II: A Simplified Approach to Determine IT Project Complexity

PM Times

2016) synthesized views from 42 relevant papers on the subject matter and was able to classify them into 17 categories. 2016)” as explained by Chapman. It deployed a sophisticated approach referencing historical information and a scoring tailored to their environment. There are hundreds of papers already written on that subject.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

“A Complex Systems Perspective of Risk Mitigation and Modeling in Development and Acquisition Programs,” Roshanak Rose Nilchiani, Naval Postgraduate School, Thirtieth Annual Acquisition Research Symposium, April 30, 2016. 2128, International Technical Paper , 2016. Information Technology Risk Management,” Michael J.

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Understanding the Organizational Governance System as Project Managers

Project Pulse Journal

Risk management is not exclusive to information technology and high-tech projects; it is also imperative to view risks in other contexts as when choosing project management software, from the worries of a project sponsor, or unknowns within the project life cycle. Newtown Square, PA: Project Management Institute. Müller, R.,

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Estimating is a Learned Skill

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“Fixed price without fixed specification,” Magne Jørgensen, Simula Research Laboratory, 15 March 2016. Springer International Publishing, 2016. The Influence of Selection Bias on Effort Overruns in Software Development Projects,” Magne Jørgensen, Simula Research Laboratory & Institute of Informatics , University of Oslo.

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Software Estimating Resources

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Minku and Xin Yao, Automated Software Engineering, 28 December 2016. “SW Ramakishore, IEEE Computer, 2016. Cost and effort estimation in agile software development,” Rashmi Popli and Naresh Chauhan, 2014 International Conference of Optimization, Reliability, and Information technology, Feb 2014. 22, 2016, Austin, TX.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

“A Complex Systems Perspective of Risk Mitigation and Modeling in Development and Acquisition Programs,” Roshanak Rose Nilchiani, Naval Postgraduate School, Thirtieth Annual Acquisition Research Symposium, April 30, 2016. 2128, International Technical Paper , 2016. Information Technology Risk Management,” Michael J.