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Quote of the Day

"The totalitarian mass leaders based their propaganda on the correct psychological assumption that... one could make people believe the most fantastic statements one day, and trust that if the next day they were given irrefutable proof of their falsehood, they... Read more →

White Papers, Essays, and Journal Papers

White papers covering a wide range of topics while engaged in delivering outcomes. Ranging from software development, software and systems management, management of the project in several different domains, electronic document management, risk management, work breakdown structures, and science and... Read more →

Earned Value Management World Presentations

Earn value Management (EVM) is a project management technique for measuring project performance and process in an objective manner. EVM has the ability to combine measurements of scope, schedule, and cost in a single integrated system. It's notable for its... Read more →

IMP/IMS Conference Briefings, Training Materials & Master Classes

Building, deploying, and executing an IMP/IMS requires a change in the conventional paradigm of project planning and controls and the management processes. This chain starts by measuring progress as the completion of accomplishment criteria in the fulfillment of significant accomplishments.... Read more →

Managing Development of Complex System of Systems with Traditional and Agile Methods

The Immutable Principles of Project Success Leading on the Edge & Managing IT Departments - following the principles of Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition Project Breathalyzer - asking and answering the breathalyzer test questions every week keeps the project team, management,... Read more →

Risk Management - from Conference Briefings, Training Materials and Master Classes

Risk Management is essential for the success of any significant project. All project risl comes from uncertainty - Epistemic uncertanty which is the lack of knowledge, handled by buying knowledge to reduce the risk. And Aleatory uncertainty, which is a... Read more →

Quote of the Day

Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone. John Maynard Keynes Read more →

Agile Program Management Part 1 of 5 - Moving from Principles to Practice

The Hearding Cats News Letter has a 5 part series on Agile Program Management. Agile Program Management Part 1 of 5 - Moving from Principles to Practice Agile Program Management Part 2 of 5 - Details of Agile Program Management... Read more →