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Public Infrastructure: Project Management as a Key Success Factor

Inloox

External influences. If this had been the case earlier, the building would have been completed in 2014 already. The costs, initially estimated at 190 million euros, have now risen to 332 million euros and are expected to keep increasing. Intentional miscalculation. Lack of uniformity in implementation. Lack of risk management.

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In-Depth: How Easily Biases Distort What We Believe (In The Workplace)

Scrum.org

Initially coined by cognitive psychologist Lee Ross (1977), it happens when people underestimate the influence of the situation on the behavior of others while overestimating the influence of their personal traits and beliefs (Berry, 2015). When teams estimate work, hearing an initial estimate is likely to “anchor” further estimates.

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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Integrated Master Plan: The Foundation of Program Success , College of Performance Management, May 21, 2014. Big Data Meets Earned Value Management , ICEAA 2015 Professional Development & Traning Workshop , June 10-13, 2014. Using Technical Performance Measures to Inform Earned Value Management , IPM 2014.

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Making the Move from Business Analyst to Product Owner

International Institute for Learning

New items are added to the backlog by the product owner as they are identified and placed in the backlog according to the product owner’s estimate of their priority. Business analysts generally rely on their communication skills: negotiation, mediation, influence, and networking to get things done rather than authority.

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The 23 Best Project Management Books For Upgrading Your Career in 2020

Planio

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion. However, while this book covers basics like estimating and planning projects, where it shines is in covering the soft skills of project management. Published date: 2014. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion. Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity.

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Industry, Product, and Technical Knowledge: What Makes a Project Manager an Expert?

Epicflow Blog

As stated in PMI’s Pulse of the Profession® (2014) , inadequate project requirements are the cause of project failure in 37% of organizations. PMs can use this knowledge to estimate the time needed for accomplishing tasks, order them, and allocate resources adequately. People won’t take you seriously if you don’t understand them.

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Part II: A Simplified Approach to Determine IT Project Complexity

PM Times

“For instance, large-scale engineering and construction projects are considered to be complicated projects, but they may not necessarily be complex projects (provided that the interactions with and the influences of the environment are trivial or rather predictable). 2014; Lessard et al., & Sense, A., 2015; Dunovic et al.,

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