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OCTOBER 24, 2018

Root Cause is the fundamental initiating cause on a causal chain leading to a failure of a process which results in a recurrence of the problem. The causal chain of Actions and Conditions must be traced back to the initiating root cause. What Are Problem Causes of Software Projects? The outcome is not likely the root cause.

2014 45

2014 Aerospace 2011 2013 45

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MAY 7, 2019

Bool, CrossLink: The Aerospace Corporation, Winter, 2000/2001, pp. Monte Carlo Schedule Risk Analysis,” Intaver Institute, Inc. Effort Estimation of Use Cases for Incremental Large-Scale Software Development,” Pareastoo Mohagheghi, Bente Anda, and Reidat Conradi, Proceedings of the 27th international conference on Software engineering.

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Estimate Software Review Software 2012 40

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

The primary purpose of software estimation is not to predict a project’s outcome; it is to determine whether a project’s targets are realistic enough to allow the project to be controlled to meet them ‒ Steve McConnell. Software quality measurement,” Magne Jørgensen, Advances in Engineering Software 30 (1999) 907–912.

Estimate 64

Estimate 2006 2005 2013 64

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MARCH 4, 2017

This is an immutable principle that impacts planning, execution, performance measures, decision making, risk, budgeting, and overall business and technical management of the project and the business funding the project no matter the domain, context, technology or any methods. Risk Management is How Adults Manage Projects - Tim Lister.

2010 28

2010 2007 Estimate Aerospace 28