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Biases in Project Management and How to Remove Them

Herding Cats

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. Managerial Finance - the branch of finance that concerns itself with the managerial significance of finance techniques. These principles originate in: . A final Thought .

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Biases in Project Management and How to Remove Them

Herding Cats

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. Managerial Finance - the branch of finance that concerns itself with the managerial significance of finance techniques. These principles originate in: . A final Thought .

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Start with Principles, Not Personal Anecdotes

Herding Cats

We can estimate the total cost, total duration, and the probability that all the Features will be delivered on the program we are working for the US Government. Or ANY software project for that matter. In a forecast, the assumptions represent expectations of actual future events. Estimates have precision and accuracy.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Taxonomy-Based Risk Identification,” Marvin Carr, Suresh Konda, Ira Monarch, Carlo Ulrich, and Clay Walker, Technical Report, CMU/SEI-93-TR-6, Software Engineering Institute, June 1993. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. Software Engineering Institute, January 1996. De Meyer, C. Loch, and M.

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How to Estimate Any Software Problem

Herding Cats

Let's put aside for the moment the missing principles of managerial finance, probabilistic decision making, microeconomics of decision making, Real Options, Bayesian decision networks, and other decision making processes used in modern business when spending other people's money. Governance drives processes in Agile at Scale.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Taxonomy-Based Risk Identification,” Marvin Carr, Suresh Konda, Ira Monarch, Carlo Ulrich, and Clay Walker, Technical Report, CMU/SEI-93-TR-6, Software Engineering Institute, June 1993. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. Software Engineering Institute, January 1996. De Meyer, C. Loch, and M.

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9 Best Practices for Recruiting Developers With Skills Tests

Teamweek

To find talented developers , recruiters often turn to niche job boards, developer communities, social media platforms, tech events, and employee referrals. What’s the problem with recruiting software developers? To make matters worse, top-notch software engineers know their worth and often expect handsome salaries.