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EM.411 meeting Bryan Moser program management
Model based program management
Map and Territory
All models are wrong, some are useful
Models are maps
Tradespaces of plans
Risk is a good dimension to include
Or is risk included in cost?
GERT
Deterministic task durations
Probabilistic network flow
Boolean logic for network paths
Relatively unintuitive representation
Fly over
Projects and operations are different
Projects are unique
Waterfall is from the 70s
Born mostly from the Apollo program
Moser
Modern manufacturing is more dynamic and considerate of the individual than modern engineering
Cost, schedule, and scope at quality are outputs not inputs
Herbert Simon
Order without a planner
Top down thinking is still rampant