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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. Wilson, Proceedings of the 1990 Winter Simulation Conference, IEEE. “On

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Estimating is a Learned Skill

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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. Information Technology and Computer Science , 2012, 8, 43–50. Rizwan Jameel Qureshi, I.J.,

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Risk Management Resources

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Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. Turof, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering , 400, 2018. “A Erdem Arikan, 20 th Annual ARCOM Conference , 1?3 Risk management with Bowtie diagrams,” I.

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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. Information about key project cost, (technical) performance and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. Erdem Arikan, 20 th Annual ARCOM Conference , 1?3 Panaitescu, M.

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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

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Information about key project cost, performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. Outlining a Model Integrating Risk Management and Agile Software Development,” Jaana Nyfjord and Mira Kajko-Mattsson, 34th Euromicro Conference Software Engineering and Advanced Applications.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

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Here's a collection of presentations, briefings, papers, essays, book content used to increase the Probability of Project Success (PoPS) I've written and applied over my career in the software-intensive system of systems and other domains. The following material comes from conferences, workshop, materials developed for clients.

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DDSTOP The Saga Continues

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2] "A Guide to Deal with Uncertainties in Software Project Management," International Journal of Computer Science & Information Technology (IJCSIT), Vol. link] Price Systems Cost Estimating. link] Capers Jones Cost Estimating tools and processes. Risk Management is how Adults Manage Projects.