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Project Management Journal
Practical Application and Empirical Evaluation of Reference Class Forecasting for Project Management
Traditionally, project managers produce cost and time forecasts by predicting the future course of specific events. In contrast, reference class forecasting (RCF) bypasses human judgment by basing…
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Project Management Journal
The role of induction and training in team effectiveness
Anecdotal evidence suggests that throughout project environments there are inadequate induction and training programs for project teams.Resultant issues include poor scope of works and a lack of…
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Project Management Journal
Effective sizing and content definition of work packages
The definition of a project's scope requires comprehensive specification of its work breakdown structure. An essential element of this is appropriate division of the project into manageable work…
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Project Management Journal
Scope management on an automotive tooling project
In response to the need to get new products to market faster, manufacturers have embraced program planning and management.Defining, maintaining, and communicating project scope for the production…
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Project Management Journal
Performance measurement in a changing scope environment
When working on fast-track projects, project managers must constantly balance change--both additions and deletions--to the project's scope of work. To effectively manage such a dynamic environment,…
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Project Management Journal
Scope management
Part one in a series of seven articles. Each article examines one of the seven project management functions outlined in PMI Project #121, PMI's effort to create a project management body of…
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Project Management Journal
Influence diagramming for analysis of project risks
The process of identifying and analyzing project risk plays a key role in negotiating contract terms, organizing project teams, and controlling project progress for the purpose of minimizing cost…
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