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Article Scheduling, Estimating, Risk Management 1 December 2015
PM Network
The 20 - percent solution
By Smith, Ronald B. Most recently baselined project plans are inaccurate because they have unrealistic start dates, finish dates, work hours, costs and/or durations. Poor estimating during the planning phase is a big…
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Article Risk Management, Quality Management, Estimating October 2011
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Estimating errors
By Swanson, Sandra A. Many projects have a thin margin of error to begin with, and economic pressures only complicate matters. When high-profile blunders occur, those involved find themselves in the harsh glare of the…
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Article Risk Management, Program Management, Estimating May 2010
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Bolts from the blue
By Smart, Maya Payne At the core of practicing risk management is the essential truth that unforeseen events are unpredictable and therefore unknowable. Organizations can, however, establish a system that will enable…
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Article Risk Management, Estimating December 2000
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Contingency, risk and ensuring quality
By Mars, Lary A. Projects delays and cost overruns are not so much the result of bad estimates as they are due to an incomplete Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) that does not initially identify all the tasks involved.…
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Article Risk Management, Cost Management, Estimating September 2000
Project Management Journal
Modeling the cost of political risk in international construction projects
By Al-Tabtabai, Hashem M. | Alex, Alex P. This paper describes a neural network model that can provide assistance in predicting the additional increase in project cost, due to political risk source variables affecting a construction project…
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Article Quality Management, Risk Management, Estimating March 1994
Project Management Journal
Project budgeting
By Scotto, Marie A large number of the problems managers are facing in projects can be traced directly to the use of inappropriate budgeting and management techniques on project efforts. Although the engineering and…
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Article Risk Management, Estimating March 1985
Project Management Journal
Estimating project costs with regression and risk analysis
By Pentico, David W. Project managers use several types of models to develop project bids. But to develop a bid that does not underestimate project cost, project managers need to first understand the possible financial…
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Article Risk Management, Cost Management, Estimating September 1983
Project Management Quarterly
Project reserves
By Murray, John W. | Ramsaur, William F. Project cost estimators have traditionally included in their calculations contingency amounts to cover the unexpected expenses resulting from uncertain risks. But such an approach does not always…
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Article Risk Management, Estimating December 1978
Project Management Quarterly
Contingency
By Carrier, K. C. Traditionally, project contingencies were based on past projects. Only recently has the field introduced comprehensive statistical techniques to quantify the uncertainty of project estimates. This…
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