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04/17/06 Tip of the Week. Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance: Tip 9 - Monitoring and controlling.

April 17, 2006

Continually review the execution of your program plans with all relevant parties. In addition to the SOX PMO team, be sure to include your public company accounting firm as well as any other ourside consultants. Like any other project, use your monitoring... Read more...

Release = Provisioning?

April 17, 2006

I am wondering if there is really no such thing as a Release Management system, and in fact the actual industry term is a Provisioning System. These are moving from just OS and patch management into the application layer. Thoughts? -ctb Read More →

SAP has ERP for IT offering

April 14, 2006

See here. What's Oracle's move going to be? Purchase Mercury? -ctb Read More →

A Co-host is born

April 14, 2006

Well, he’s been around a while. Have a new co-host to join my insanity - Lee! I’ll let him post his own blog and introduce himself.  While we work out all the details, I’m continuing my research on equipment and still waiting for Audition... Read more...

Introduction to EVM - The Toppings

April 11, 2006

Until now, we have been talking about the key values related to a task. But what about work packages? Let us assume the following example:Since no resources are assigned to the Work Package, we can’t calculate AC, EV and PV directly. You can think of... Read more...

04/10/06 Tip of the Week. Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance: Tip 8 - Do not take on too much all at once.

April 10, 2006

Complying with SOX 404 is a daunting and time consuming task for most IT organizations. Prioritize and work on the processes and critical issues that, if not addressed, may lead to your company failing their 404 attestation. Some processes and best practices... Read more...

Shopping for Podcast Paraphernalia

April 9, 2006

In the last couple of days, I’ve been doing a lot of research on the hardware and software needed to produce a professional-sounding podcast.  Knowing myself the way I do, we can’t go out of the gate sounding like I’m talking into my... Read more...

Bringing all the ships in together

April 8, 2006

One of the most rewarding times in a project is bringing all the streams of work in together to hit that all-important final deadline. This is the true 'litmus test' for the whole team and is usually both exhausting and exhilarating at the same time.There... Read more...

Anatomy of a Podcast

April 8, 2006

Okay.  So here’s the thing. I don’t blog. I’ve never done a podcast. I don’t even like the sound of my own voice.  Why am I even entertaining the idea of creating a podcast? Because I like podcasts, I love project management,... Read more...

04/03/06 Tip of the Week. Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance: Tip 7 - Provide flexibility within structure.

April 3, 2006

Ensure that all business units have and follow standardized procedures for evaluating, documenting and implementing controls. Keep in mind that flexibility within structure will enable processes to not only vary from business to another, but to be optimized... Read more...

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