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AUGUST 12, 2016

Unrealistic Cost and Schedule estimates based on inadequate risk adjusted growth models. Inadequate accessment of risk and unmitigated exposure to these risks with proper handling plans. Unanticipated Technical issues with alternative plans and solutions to maintain effectiveness. When thing go wrong, where's Plan B?

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Technical Review Estimate 2003 Aerospace 28

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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. Project Risk Management: A Combined Analytic Hierarchy Process and Decision Tree Approach,” Prasanta Kumar Dey, Cost Engineering , Vol. 3, March 2002. 85 1 Feb 2019. “An

Risk Management 38

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 38

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

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Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 35

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JANUARY 23, 2019

We were one of the first users of eXtreme Programming, long before Scrum was around and presented that early work in 2003, " Making Agile Development Work in a Government Contracting Environment, Measuring velocity with Earned Value." . When estimating the cost of work, that resulting cost number is a random variable.

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Estimate Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 37

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FEBRUARY 9, 2019

We were one of the first users of eXtreme Programming, long before Scrum was around and presented that early work in 2003, " Making Agile Development Work in a Government Contracting Environment, Measuring velocity with Earned Value." . 39 - You Don't Need to Know What Done Looks Like, Just Have a Small Plan to the Next Point.

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Estimate Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 42

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MAY 7, 2019

Estimating Probable System Cost,” Stephen A. Bool, CrossLink: The Aerospace Corporation, Winter, 2000/2001, pp. Why Monte Carlo Simulations of Project Network can Mislead,” Terry Williams, Project Management Journal 35(3), pp. Evaluating Project Decisions,” INTAVER Institute. 61, September 2004. 1 & 2, 2013. “A

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Estimate Software Review Software 2012 40

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

“Review on Traditional and Agile Cost Estimation Success Factor in Software Development Project,” Zulkefli Mansor, Saadiah Yahya, Noor Habibah Hj Arshad, International Journal on New Computer Architectures and Their Applications (IJNCAA) 1(3): 942–952. Agile Estimating and Planning , Mike Cohn, Prentice Hall, 2006. ”

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