Writing

Three books, and the articles written for this site, on development economics, project control and applied probability.

Books

Articles on this site

Project control

Project Management for Novel Work

Seventy years of software management methods, read as a sequence of answers to changing problems rather than as a march of progress.

Paper · May 2026

Development economics

Beyond the Iron Triangle

Fast, good, cheap, pick two is only a partial account. Scope, schedule and cost are better consolidated into a single project objective.

Article · May 2026

Applied probability

Risk Management vs. Risk Analysis

Quantitative against qualitative risk management, and why the analysis is worth nothing until it is joined to a management practice.

Article · April 2026