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Beware of the Unintended Consequences of Incentive Plans.

Scrum.org

More examples of poorly aligned incentives that contributed to the boom then bust financial crisis of 2008-2009: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac using their implicit government backing to take on significant mortgage risk with little capital backing.

Planning 209
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Getting to Know the PMBOK Guide 7th Edition

The IIL Blog

This section presents information on Data Gathering and Analysis Methods, Estimating Methods. She has received several awards, including the PMI Fellow Award in 2018 and PMI’s Distinguished Contribution Award in 2009. In the Sixth Edition of the PMBOK ® Guide, content on tailoring was addressed at the front of each Knowledge Area.

2009 148
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The Growth of Value-Driven Project Management

International Institute for Learning

In 2009, IIL sponsored a global webinar entitled “Value-Driven Project Management”, where we discussed IIL’s predictions on what the future of project management might look like. Senior management wanted a one-size-fits-all methodology for these projects so that governance by senior management would be relatively painless and standardized.

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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.

2003 46
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Episode 185 – Redefining Project Success through Sustainable Project Management

Velociteach

in sustainable development and environment, and he has over 25 years of experience in various areas of project management including government, finance, consulting, manufacturing, and education. Each side of the pyramid is 767 ft long, it’s as tall as a 40 story building, and it has an estimated 2.5 Our guest is Dr. Joel Carboni.

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Fighting Uncertainty in Organizations, Including Matrix Ones

Epicflow Blog

” Eli Schragenheim The lesson is: when you ask for a clear one-number estimation, without defining the level of common and expected uncertainty, then you either might face big surprises or face frequent occurrences, where the project/mission finished exactly on time. 2] The TOC contribution to Healthcare , Eli Schragenheim (2016). [3]

2016 52
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What's Missing from the Agile Software Development Paradigm

Herding Cats

81-100, 2009. [4] Tiako, Information Science Reference, 2009. . Griffin, NASA Administrator [3] "The Art and Science of Systems Engineering," Michael Ryschkewitsch, Dawn Schaible, and Wiley Larson, Systems Research Forum , Vol. 4] One of my Masters is in Systems Management, University of Southern California. [5] 5] "What is Agile?",