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Understanding the 8 Functions Associated with Project Management

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Provide visibility into project progress data and market feedback to guide decision-making. Provide Resources and Direction Allocate resources effectively to support operations, tasks, and activities throughout the project phases and achieve targets for project costs and the whole project scope.

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Microeconomics and Risk Management in Decision Making for Software Development

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A recent survey of 600 firms indicated that 35% of them had at least one "runaway' software project. Research clearly shows the root causes of most software projects cost and schedule overruns and technical shortfalls comes from poor risk management. Project manager) Losoi, H., Laitonen, J. and Ylilammi, K., Lorell, M.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

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Five Immutable Principles of Project Success - There are many (possibly too many) methods for successfully managing a project. But each method needs to be based on 5 Immutable principles to be successful, no matter the domain or context, PMI Spring Seminar , 2012, Austin TX. College of Performance Management , November 2013.

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DDSTOP The Saga Continues

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Reducible Technical Risk - is the impact on a project, system, or entire infrastructure when the outcomes from engineering development do not work as expected, do not provide the needed technical performance, or create higher than the planned risk to the performance of the system. . Developing the estimate without contractor influence.

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DDSTOP The Saga Continues

Herding Cats

Reducible Technical Risk - is the impact on a project, system, or entire infrastructure when the outcomes from engineering development do not work as expected, do not provide the needed technical performance, or create higher than the planned risk to the performance of the system. . Developing the estimate without contractor influence.

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DDSTOP The Saga Continues

Herding Cats

Reducible Technical Risk - is the impact on a project, system, or entire infrastructure when the outcomes from engineering development do not work as expected, do not provide the needed technical performance, or create higher than the planned risk to the performance of the system. . Developing the estimate without contractor influence.

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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. Causes of Risk Taking by Project Managers,” Michel N. Wakshull, Proceedings of the Project Management Institute Annual Seminars & Symposium , November 1?10, Dorofee, et.