Events
September 30, 2005
A nearly universal element of EPM (enterprise project management) deployments is the implementation of custom business processes. Each organization has their own methodology for proposing projects, asking for resources to fund or staff a project,... Read more...
Landed a book deal w/Elsevier
September 25, 2005
Longtime readers of this blog know that I started it with the goal of writing a book. Well, after two years, the strategy seems to have worked. I just inked a contract with science publisher Elsevier (via their Morgan Kaufmann subsidiary) to do just that.... Read more...
Q + A
September 24, 2005
I took a quick pass through comments on the blog this morning. Until Beta 1, I am going to focus on responding to platform/infrastructure questions and steer clear of feature questions. Is the PSI backward compatible? Will code written against the PDS... Read more...
Pragmatic view of Project management
September 24, 2005
Does a project charter need to be constructed for every project that is small and usually executed by the organization?Although a project is a unique endeavour there are in some organizations certain project types that are always executed (for example... Read more...
Demos On My Mind
September 22, 2005
I am back up for air! I just spent the past 7 days and about 100 hours (yes, it was an insane week) pulling together a demo for the P12 Airlift. The Airlift is an event for folks participating in our Technical Adoption Program for P12. You can consider... Read more...
The circular reasoning of Nicholas Carr
September 17, 2005
OK - this is a little belated - but I was reading some CIO magazine back issues, and came across this interview with Nicholas "IT Doesn't Matter" Carr. The light finally went on: the guy has a circular premise. - If it's in IT, it doesn't... Read more...
Convergence of Agile and Lean Six Sigma
September 6, 2005
So, I was studying up a little on Lean Six Sigma and started to think, "This sounds like an Agile take on Six Sigma." Sure enough, Poppendieck is already well down that road... -Charlie Read More →
The highest priority: aligning configuration management and portfolio management
September 3, 2005
What is the highest priority in enterprise IT? Increasing success in project management? Improving service levels? Aligning IT with business objectives? It’s dangerous to generalize, and any one of those priorities might be the primary goal... Read more...