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The Complete Glossary of 614 Project Management Terms

Workamajig

Actual dates are different from planned or estimated dates. Actual Effort: The actual effort spent to complete the activity, as opposed to the planned or estimated effort. Actual Expenditure: The actual expenditure spent to complete the activity, as opposed to the planned or estimated expenditure.

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Fighting Uncertainty in Organizations, Including Matrix Ones

Epicflow Blog

” Eli Schragenheim The lesson is: when you ask for a clear one-number estimation, without defining the level of common and expected uncertainty, then you either might face big surprises or face frequent occurrences, where the project/mission finished exactly on time. This is the “integration effect.”

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Fighting Uncertainty in Organizations, Including Matrix Ones

Epicflow Blog

” Eli Schragenheim The lesson is: when you ask for a clear one-number estimation, without defining the level of common and expected uncertainty, then you either might face big surprises or face frequent occurrences, where the project/mission finished exactly on time. This is the “integration effect.”

2016 52
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Overview of the PMBOK® Guide Seventh Edition – Lesson 3 Transcription

MPUG

In addition to that, as well as the PMI standards plus to lead the way for the immediate processes, the techniques when it comes to things like estimating or requirements management and things along those lines. When we look at the different sections here, what I like is that they talk about delivery cadence and they give a few examples.

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