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Information Technology Risk Management

Herding Cats

So if you're not using Risk Management and associated estimates, you're not managing the project as a adult. Information Technology Risk Management from Glen Alleman. Information Technology Estimating Quality. Estimating is Risk Management. Related articles. IT Risk Management.

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What Is an IT Budget? IT Budgeting Basics (Template Included)

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Information technology (IT) runs most businesses. Managing information costs and managing information security for those costs are part of making an IT budget. But those forecasts are estimates and to ensure that you keep to your IT budget, monitoring and tracking costs is imperative.

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How to Manage Auditability (and other non-functional, non-technical requirements)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Requirements associated with each of them may be a consideration for your next information technology project. Make identifying the sources for these requirements part of your planning process, and ensure that your project budget and labor estimates reflect the level of effort required. Auditability.

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Cost Estimating Assessment Criteria

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Here are the guidelines for a credible cost estimate (GAO-16-620). Details calculations performed and estimating methodology used. Estimate should lack bias; be neither overly conservative nor optimist. Regular updates cost estimate to reflect significant changes. Estimating techniques used appropriately.

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IT Financial Management (ITFM) Best Practices

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Information technology (IT) has found its way into almost every aspect of our lives, both professionally and personally. It should include estimates on decentralized IT spending as well as shadow IT, that is IT used without knowledge of the IT department. This spending can come from anywhere in the business that has IT costs.

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Estimating Accuracy Mathematics

Herding Cats

In the estimating business, like many things in project management, there is confusion about principles, practices, and processes. A good estimation approach should provide estimates that are within 25% of the actual results, 75% of the time. But the Mean Relative Error of the estimate is with within 25%.

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Project Manager Job Description (with free copy+paste examples!)

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While communication is key to address changes and make sure everyone is doing what they need to do, the project manager must also define, schedule and accurately estimate the task duration to develop and maintain a realistic project schedule. Three or more years project management experience in information technology I.T.