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Why Identifying as a Project Business is Critical For Success

The Lazy Project Manager

Project Businesses need to govern their business activities in the same way traditional industries have. Prior to founding ADEACA, Daniel was a principal architect of Axapta at Damgaard Data, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2002 for $1.6B Lehmann would acknowledge and support through his Project Business Foundation [link].

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When projects go wrong and it's the worst possible moment

Susanne Madsen

Just consider the most important techniques we use as project managers: we define scope, analyse requirements, plan and estimate work, add contingency, manage risks, track changes and check the quality. When the bridge was reopened in 2002 it had cost an additional £5million ponds. It’s a way to control the unknown.

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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Project Governance. Agile Software Development for Government Software Intensive System of Systems (SISoS) , Boulder Agile Meetup, 27 July 2016. How to Develop Credible Cost & Schedule Estimate. Estimating and Reporting Physical Percent Complete on Agile Projects , DHS Cost Analysis Stakeholder Working Group, June 26, 2017.

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Project Manager or Project Leader? What’s the Difference?

Online PM Courses

The New Leaders – 2002 with Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee (US|UK). Relies on governance, hierarchies and controls. Other leadership roles include: Setting up a governance structure. Articles you might like include: What is Project Governance? What has Project Governance Ever Done for Us? Governance.

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Reading List for the Cone of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

The primary purpose of software estimation is not to predict a project’s outcome; it is to determine whether a project’s targets are realistic enough to allow the project to be controlled to meet them ? The difficulty of accurate size estimation is compounded especially at the time of inception when very little information is available.

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Questioning Agile Dogma

Leading Agile

When I first learned about Agile methods in 2002, the principles seemed to offer an ideal solution to many organizational issues common at the time. How can the same principle be a good idea in 2002 and a bad idea in 2019? Regarding Governance: Some potentially significant changes may be needed. What has changed?

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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

What happens if you shift focus from "accurate estimation" to "reliably shipping by a date"? . If your project has no uncertainty, there is no need to estimate. All estimates have precision and accuracy. Deciding how much precision and accuracy is needed for a credible estimate is critical to the success of that decision.

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