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Managing highly innovative projects and programs

February 19, 2006

An innovationTools article talks about managing highly innovative projects and programs. Innovation projects tend to start with loosely defined, sometimes even ambiguous objectives that become clearer as the project proceeds. The processes used are... Read more...

An essential library for IT governance

February 17, 2006

Looking over the books I've read recently - I can recommend all of the titles below personally as the core of a library on IT governance: ASL Foundation (2005). Application Services Library. 2005. http://www.aslfoundation.org/ IT Governance Institute.... Read more...

02/13/06 Tip of the Week. Managing PMO Processes: Tip 8 - Define the “as-is” state.

February 13, 2006

Quite often, it is helpful to first define the “as-is” state of a process before discussing and debating options to arrive at the “desired” state of the process. A clear understanding of the “as-is” state enables the... Read more...

A value chain approach to IT

February 13, 2006

One of the major sections in my book is the development of a unified process framework. The reader might well ask: with such breadth and depth available in COBIT, CMMI, and ITIL, why spend any time developing a new framework? As Jeff Kaplan notes in his... Read more...

GM and SEI standards activity re: outsourcing

February 11, 2006

Longtime followers of this blog may remember that GM CIO Ralph Szygenda's call for "ERP for IT" was the first introduction I had to the concept. He was particularly interested in standardized protocols for interacting with IT outsourcing suppliers.... Read more...

Dilbert on Project Management

February 11, 2006

I think I attended this review meeting.  Read More →

New P12 Blog

February 9, 2006

As some of you may know, I have moved onto a new position within Microsoft (over in the Mobile Devices group). I have had a great 6 years working on Project and am excited to see P12 on its way to being delivered to market. Go to: http://blogs.msdn.com/project/ for... Read more...

Joel Spolsky’s Great Design

February 8, 2006

Joel Spolsky has a new series of articles about great design.  On designing a trashcan: Ok, light, heavy, big, and small. What else. It should be closed on the top, so rubbish doesn't fly away in the wind. It should be open on the top, so it's... Read more...

02/06/06 Tip of the Week. Managing PMO Processes: Tip 7 - Recognition for process improvement.

February 6, 2006

How do you recognize project managers? Most of them are every good at what they do and it is expected that they will manage projects well. One approach that more and more PMOs are adopting is to provide incentives and recognition for process improvement... Read more...

Favorite Response to Project Confernce Demo

February 4, 2006

I thought that this was a funny story about the Project Conference. During Tuesday's keynote by our GM, Mike showed off multi-level undo in Project. Our VP was sitting in the audience and heard the person next to him gasp and say "Oh My God ..." The audience burst... Read more...

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