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Summary of No Estimates Posts

After a contentious exchange on twitter about a contentious topic of managing complex adaptive systems - the other side of the exchange doesn't actually MANAGE Complex Systems - he just talks about non-actionable outcomes aspect of his theory of how... Read more →

The Free Puppies Syndrome

When Space and Defense crashed in the late 1970's in Southern California, I was fortunate to move to another domain and work for a person and his firm where I learned much about process safety management. I came there from... Read more →

Engineering Complex Systems

Complex Systems abound. How to engineer them is a challenging problem in any domain. In our Software Intensive System of Systems domain to complexities include all the moving parts and the people that interact with those moving parts. Here's a... Read more →

Quote of the Day

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. — Abraham Lincoln Read more →

Quote of the Day

The pursuit of operational effectiveness is seductive because it is concrete and actionable. Caught up in the race for operational effectiveness, many managers simply do not understand the need to have a strategy. – Dr. Michael E. Porter – Professor... Read more →

Compendium of Briefings, Papers, and Presentations

This web page contains presentations, formal briefings, papers, and workshops with the Principles, Processes, and Practices needed to increase the probability of project success in any domain, with any methods, or any tools With the previous summary in Compendium for... Read more →

Some Timeless Advice

Most of what we know today, apply today, was known by the Greeks, including these lessons † Lead from the front ‒ According to ancient Greeks, if you want your team members to give their 100%, then you will have... Read more →

Risk Management is Project Management for Adults - Tim Lister

Risk management deals with issues of uncertainty. Risk Management aims to reduce uncertainty by envisioning possible scenarios and making forecasts (estimates of future outcomes based on data or past performance) on the basis of what it is considered probable within... Read more →

Quote of the Day

Key to Success? Keep going till you get it right. Then keep going further till you can't get it wrong. Read more →