Chapter 5. Managing Project Risks

With so many really smart and methodical people on project teams, why are there still so many projects over budget and blowing schedules? It is hard to believe this is technology related because technologies have come and gone with little difference. In discussions with project teams as to why this is likely to have occurred given their best efforts, most of them attribute it either to unplanned events disrupting progress or planned events not going as planned. Although Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) does not eliminate these types of things from happening, MSF does offer a means to minimize their impact through proactive ...

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