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Analogous and Parametric Estimating

MPUG

can become an accurate estimating tool for top-down (Analogous) and bottom-up (Parametric) estimating. Unfortunately, the large majority of project managers estimate tasks with durations and update tasks by entering %-complete as reported by team members. Using a Schedule Template for Estimating. It’s not hard to do.

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Do We Need Risk Management in Agile Projects?

MPUG

In this article, we’re addressing a common question in modern project management: Do we need risk management in agile projects? Do agile projects have risks associated with them? And do we want to let those risks run wild without any effort to contain them? So, yes, of course, we need risk management in agile projects.

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Mastering Project Estimation: Simplified Techniques for Reliable Scheduling

MPUG

The solution, of course, is estimating. There is a whole science to estimation, and it would be possible to go very deeply into this. But before we start, let’s tackle the Estimation Elephant in the Room…. The estimation techniques they use are a deliberate trade-off between speed and accuracy.

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Webinar Recap: Analogous and Parametric Estimating Schedule Template

MPUG

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Oliver Gildersleeve’s Analogous and Parametric Estimating Schedule Template webinar being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. You may watch the live recording of this webinar at your convenience. My name is Kyle and I’ll be the moderator today.

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Is Schedule Risk Analysis Worth It?

MPUG

Many ‘Request for Proposal’ (RFP) documents require that a Schedule Risk Analysis (SRA) must be performed on the submission. Risk and Uncertainty. All too often, SRA is lumped into Risk Management. I prefer the term Risk and Uncertainty Management, because they are really two different disciplines. Introduction.

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How to Recover A Troubled Program

Rebel’s Guide to PM

His ‘Managing and Saving Programs in a Changing World’ webinar covers 5 steps for project recovery. Technical failure: this creates a program integration risk as what you are building might not sit in the organization’s architecture any longer. Ward started off by explaining what a ‘troubled program’ is.

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The Obsession with Commitment Matching Velocity

Scrum.org

Despite decades-long efforts of the whole agile community—books, blogs, conferences, webinars, videos, meetups; you name it—we are still confronted in many supposedly agile organizations with output-metric driven reporting systems. The Fine Line Between Risk Mitigation and Falling Back into Covering Your Butt. Related Posts.

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