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Project Failures

Are There Failures Or Just The Growth Opportunities?

January 5, 2010

It’s not so hard to beat your execution team for the failures they have caused.  So many organizations live in the past rather than getting the best from the present and building a luminous future. Some organizations stuck for years over something they did or a failure they’ve experienced.  Gloomy.  A business is a terrible [...]

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30 Random Things About Software Project Estimates

August 19, 2009

Check the history about how similar projects were estimated. Partial WBS is also an option. Sometimes Expert Opinion is the best answer. It should be based on the Solution Architecture. It should take bottom-up approach. Divide and rule. Make it modular. (Development) Language does matter. Offshore can reduce costs but not all the times. Make sure that what-if [...]

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Five Chronic Problems With Failed Projects And How To Overpower Them With Common Sense

July 29, 2009

Let’s realize it. Only 34 out of 100 projects succeed and 66 is a big number. Meaning, there is a lot of problem with projects and there is a huge need of good project management practices. Here are some of the chronic problems with most of the failed projects which have some common-sense solutions. Impractical [...]

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