Thanks.  Yeah, there&#x27;s a fairly large number of formal management techniques, but like you said, they&#x27;re very rarely used.<p>PERT: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Program_evaluation_and_review_technique" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Program_evaluation_and_review_...</a><p>Barry Boehm&#x27;s recent work:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Incremental-Commitment-Spiral-Model-Principles&#x2F;dp&#x2F;0321808223" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Incremental-Commitment-Spiral-Model-Pr...</a>