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A Short History of Project Management

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Have you ever wondered about the history of project management, or how it evolved into its’ present day usage? This article will cover most of the major project management happenings throughout history. Software Development Approaches. I suggest an organization should strive to have as few models as possible.

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Two Parallel Processes of Project Success - Both Value and Delivery are Needed

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Software development is a Value Creaton activity, but Value cannot be determined unless we know the cost to produce that value and when that value will be available for use by those who of paid for that Value. For software development, those scarce resources are people, time, and money. Microeconomics .

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Software Cost Accounting

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It is allocated funds to the budget for the project. But in the software development world, the domains of IT, there are two other colors of money. There are two types of software that are developed for a business: 1) internal-use software, and 2) software developed to be sold, leased or marketed (“software to be sold”).

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Estimates, Forecasts, Projections

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Projected revenue for GE aircraft engine sales in 2017 was an article in this week's Aviation Week & Space Technology. . A projection simply indicates a future value for the population if the set of underlying assumptions occurs. Project cost, schedule, and technical performance Estimates. Related articles.

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Risk Management Resources

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Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. Use of Benefits of Tools for Project Risk Management,” T. 255, April 2010. 920, November 2004. Raz and E. “A

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

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Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Information about key project cost, (technical) performance and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program.

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Software Estimating Resources

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Effort Distribution to Estimate Cost in Small to Medium Software Development Project with Use Case Points,” Putu Linda Primandari and Sholiq, The Third Information Systems International Conference, Procedia Computer Science, 72, pp. 229 “How Should We Estimate Agile Software Development Projects and What Data Do We Need?”