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125 Project Management Buzzwords

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Continuous Improvement The ongoing effort to improve a project process, product, or service to achieve better results. Cost Estimation The process of estimating project costs is done by leveraging historical data, expert judgment, or quantitative models. Also known as continuous process improvement.

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

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Meaning to say creating value, organizational governance and systems, functions associated with projects, the project environment, and product management considerations all provide the context for how project management could be conducted. But do they hold the power and influence? And what are those dots?

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DDSTOP The Saga Continues

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We were one of the first users of eXtreme Programming, long before Scrum was around and presented that early work in 2003, " Making Agile Development Work in a Government Contracting Environment, Measuring velocity with Earned Value." . It's also a code word for bad project management. Conduct in-process reviews of projects.

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Estimating is a Learned Skill

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The Influence of Selection Bias on Effort Overruns in Software Development Projects,” Magne Jørgensen, Simula Research Laboratory & Institute of Informatics , University of Oslo. Story Point Estimating,” Richard Carlson, ALEA, Agile and Lean Associates, 2013. Could Social Factors Influence the Effort Software Estimation?”

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Software Estimating Resources

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What the Data Say About IT project Risk in the Public Sector,” Alexander Budzier and Bent Flyvbjerg, in Commonwealth Governance Handbook, 2012/2013: Democracy, development, and Public Administration, Commonwealth Secretariat, December 2012. Evaluating Project Decisions,” INTAVER Institute. 153, 2007 “Overspend?

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Risk Management Resources

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Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. How to Deal with Project Risk Management Effectively In Your Organization?,” Scale Project Management Is Risk Management, “Robert N. Maxime Le Bras, “Large?Scale 117, July 1998.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

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Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. Information about key project cost, (technical) performance and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. How to Deal with Project Risk Management Effectively In Your Organization?,”