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Project Management, Performance Measures, and Statistical Decision Making

Herding Cats

I work in the Software Intensive System of Systems domains in Aerospace, Defense, Enterprise IT (both commercial and government) applying Agile, Earned Value Management, Productive Statistical Estimating (both parametric and Monte Carlo), Risk Management, and Root Cause Analysis with a variety of capabilities. Department of Energy.

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Software Intensive System of Systems

Herding Cats

Often, these systems can readily exchange only information and knowledge with one another, and not substantial quantities of physical mass or energy. The system of systems performs functions and carries out purposes that do not reside in any component system. Cost, Schedule, and these measures are tightly interconnected.

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Fallacy of the Day

Herding Cats

The technical measures are a set of attributes used to provide the supplier (developer) and the acquirer (customer) with insight into the progress of the definition and development of the technical solution, the ongoing assessment of the associated risks and issues, and the likelihood of meeting the critical objectives of the acquirer (customer).

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Software Intensive System of Systems

Herding Cats

Often, these systems can readily exchange only information and knowledge with one another, and not substantial quantities of physical mass or energy. The system of systems performs functions and carries out purposes that do not reside in any component system. Cost, Schedule, and these measures are tightly interconnected.

2001 28
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT BENCHMARKING, an excellence enabling instrument

International Institute for Learning

Gap can also exist for performance improvement expectations such as: Reduction in risk by a certain percentage, cost, or time. Improvement in estimating accuracy by a certain percentage or dollar value. But we view the transitioning risk template as proprietary knowledge not to be shared.”.

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Biases in Project Management and How to Remove Them

Herding Cats

There is always lots of complaining about the biases introduced into managing projects and making the estimates needed to make project decisions. Optimism bias - a cognitive bias that causes a person to believe that they are at a lesser risk of experiencing a negative event compared to others. Kirchler, D. Andersson, C. Sorensen, M.

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Biases in Project Management and How to Remove Them

Herding Cats

There is always lots of complaining about the biases introduced into managing projects and making the estimates needed to make project decisions. Optimism bias - a cognitive bias that causes a person to believe that they are at a lesser risk of experiencing a negative event compared to others. Kirchler, D. Andersson, C. Sorensen, M.