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Kanban vs. Scrum: What’s the Difference?

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While scrum has been scaled to apply to bigger projects and organizations, its roots are in agile software development and has come to work seamlessly in that smaller, nimble environment. That hasn’t stopped practitioners from using scrum in varying industries, from retail logistics to event planning. First off, it’s that scrum master.

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What is Project Management

MPUG

In this stage, the project manager identifies how many people (often referred to as “resources”) and how much expense (“cost”) is involved in the project, as well as any other requirements that are necessary for completing the project. government began using it to manage complex defense projects.

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Risk Management Resources

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Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. Effective Risk Management 2 nd Edition , Edmund Conrow, AIAA, 2003. Risk Management Papers. “A

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. Making these decisions in the presence Uncertainty ?

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Unique Challenges for Large-Scale Solar Development Projects

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The last thing a project with that kind of funding and requirements needs is delayed that cause budgets to soar and timelines to drag. Projects start long before a shovel breaks ground. Then there are the logistics of delivery, construction and commissioning and finally the ongoing operation and maintenance (O&M). . .

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Software Estimating Resources

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Why Monte Carlo Simulations of Project Network can Mislead,” Terry Williams, Project Management Journal 35(3), pp. Monte Carlo Schedule Risk Analysis,” Intaver Institute, Inc. The Prediction of Success in Project Management – Predictive Project Analytics,” Jochen Fauser, Markus Schmidthuysen, and Benjamin Scheffold, BDU.

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Estimating is a Learned Skill

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Estimates, Uncertainty, and Risk,” Barbara Kitchenham and Stephen Linkman, University of Keele, IEEE Software , May / June, 1997, “Software Project Scheduling under Uncertainties,” Intaver Institute Inc. “A Software Project Cost and Schedule Estimating: Best Practices, William H. Chemuturi, J. Roetzheim, Prentice Hall.