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Microeconomics and Risk Management in Decision Making for Software Development

Herding Cats

Take for example the deployment of an ERP system, the installation, and startup of a process control system, the release of a suite of embedded software controllers for a car, aircraft, petrochemical plant. A recent survey of 600 firms indicated that 35% of them had at least one "runaway' software project. Programmatic ?

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The Complete Glossary of 614 Project Management Terms

Workamajig

Bottleneck: In project management terms, a bottleneck is any constraint that restricts the movement of a process. With this approach, the project's cost and/or duration are calculated by adding the cost/duration of all its constituent activities. Bottom-up Estimating: Another term for Analytical Estimating.

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Overview of the PMBOK® Guide Seventh Edition – Lesson 3 Transcription

MPUG

Melanie: Jeff is currently the Training and Development Manager for Edwards Performance Solutions. As such, he oversees the production and maintenance of courses on project management, systems engineering, software development, business process improvement, and cyber security. Jeff, a big MPUG welcome back.

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