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5 Notorious Failed Projects & What We Can Learn from Them

ProjectManager.com

Surprisingly, Sony continued to produce Betamax all the way into 2016. Betamax was an innovative product, and it even got to market before VHS. But soon the market had options that were cheaper and better than Betamax, making it a failed project. The problem here is a project that isn’t following regulations. The Lesson.

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2020 Challenges and Trends in Construction

Epicflow Blog

Construction is one of the industries that don’t follow emerging innovative trends too quickly and enthusiastically but anyway it doesn’t ignore many of them to improve its state. Innovative Technologies in Building: AR, VR, and 3D Printing . How 3D Printing Is Applied in Construction. Building Information Modelling.

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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. Planning, Tracking, and Reducing Complex Project’s Value at Risk,” Tyson R. The Chaos & Complexity of Mega Projects,” Michael Bensussen, PM.2128, Maxime Le Bras, “Large?Scale

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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. Planning, Tracking, and Reducing Complex Project’s Value at Risk,” Tyson R.

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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

Information about key project cost, performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. Analyse Changing Risk of Organizational Factors in Agile Project Management,” Shi Tong, Chen Jianbin, and Fang DeYing, The 1st International Conference on Information Science and Engineering (ICISE2009).

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Microeconomics and Risk Management in Decision Making for Software Development

Herding Cats

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 Wayne State University, 2016. and Dutta, P., Alleman, G.

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The Best Time Tracking Software of 2018

Paymo App

This implies being honest, giving back, innovating, and listening to customers’ needs among others. In 2016 they raised investments of $1 million and the company is growing with two investors to back them up: SNÖ Ventures and 500 Startups. Large companies, smaller businesses, and freelancers can all use Harvest. Basic: $7/month, $5.25.month

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