Tag Archives: project management

Using prediction markets to support IT project management

Posted on February 28, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Via AS Using prediction markets to support IT project management

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Should Midas Oracle adopt this process for its next open project?

Posted on November 25, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

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Prediction markets or insider trading could reveal information hidden from upper management

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Michael Giberson

Larry Ribstein suggests that at least some of Boeingâ€™s troubles with the 787 might have been avoided if either insider trading was permitted in Boeingâ€™s stock or the company was operating internal prediction markets focused on project completion. The quotes … Continue reading →

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Here’s how businesses should use prediction markets to see what their futures may hold.

Posted on September 18, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Entepreneur.com in February 2007: [...] But [Consensus Point's David] Perry still recommends that prediction markets be used to answer high-value questions such as sales forecasts, ideal product features and future demand levels. [...] Chris Masse recommends that prediction markets be … Continue reading →

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Hansonâ€™s Market Scoring Rule Explained in Five Sentences, Why Betfair Gets So Little U.S. Press Coverage, and other Half-Baked Commentary by Michael Giberson

Posted on September 16, 2007 by Michael Giberson

[Chris Masse invited me to submit to an email interview. Iâ€™m responding here to Chrisâ€™s questions, rendered in italics below. I'm not sure that anyone other than Chris will be interested, and half-way through he may regret this idea himself. … Continue reading →

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FIRMWARE AND PREDICTION MARKETS: INKLING IS RIGHT.

Posted on April 27, 2007 by Guest Author

THE INKLING GUYS ARE RIGHT about the future of corporate prediction markets: We’ve always felt this how [corporate prediction markets] may evolve: Instead of [..] a standalone marketplace, we expect to be fully integrated instead with an ERP system like … Continue reading →

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Long-Term Applications Of Organizational Prediction Markets??

Posted on March 4, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Jed Christiansen has another interesting blog post out. He writes about corporate prediction markets being used for forecasting in matters of research and development (R&D), project management and product sale. Just a short thought, if I may. Prediction markets are … Continue reading →

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