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The Evolution of Project Management

The IIL Blog

Some military officers that were close to retirement viewed cost overruns as an opportunity. The Vice President for Engineering in an aerospace company attended a seminar I conducted. After the seminar was over, the vice president offered me a job in his firm stating: “We bid on numerous government contracts.

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My Experience With Growing A Developer Culture

Scrum.org

These teams were mostly focused on software development. These organizations were able to attract the smartest developers and create products customers loved. I’m simply going to share my perspective as a Scrum Master working closely with developers. Developers are encouraged to contribute to the wider community.

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Project Executing: A "How to" Guide

Project Pulse Journal

A project can't move to its closing stages if the deliverables don't meet the customer/client requirements and specifications. Closure Countdown : As the execution phase nears, transition to the closing phase. Closure Countdown As you approach the Closure Countdown, start preparing for the successful closing of the project.

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Decision Analysis - Ordinal and Cardinal Measures

Herding Cats

In our agile software development world, AHP is rarely found. I came to AHP through a seminar by Dr. James T. This decision model for software development projects addressed: performance, cost, time, and risk. Simulations should be run in environments that are as close to realistic as possible.

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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Nine Best Practices of Project Management , Software Program Managers Network (SPMN). Open Loop / Closed Loop Project Controls. Five Immutable Principles of Project Success , PMI Spring Seminar, 2021, Austin TX. Product & Process Development Kaizen , LPPDE, Denver, Colorado, April 21-23, 2008. Project Governance.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Project risk management: lessons learned from software development environment,” Young Hoon Kwak and Jim Stoddard,” Technovation , 24(11), pp. Wakshull, Proceedings of the Project Management Institute Annual Seminars & Symposium , November 1?10, Software Engineering Institute, January 1996. 255, April 2010.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. Software Engineering Institute, January 1996.