Article: How To Keep Big IT Projects On Track
June 26, 2007
Computer World has an interesting article on successfully managing large IT projects: Great Expectations: How To Keep Big IT Projects On TrackAn otherwise perfect project may go down as a failure if it's not what users anticipated. Here's how to prevent... Read more...
06/25/07 Tip of the Week. SharePoint: Tip 1 - Understand how SharePoint fits into your PMO.
June 25, 2007
SharePoint is a Microsoft offering that provides the server infrastructure to support needs that information workers have such as collaboration, document storage, and the ability to inform others and to be informed by others. While understanding the technology... Read more...
More on value chains: Stabell & Fjeldstad
June 25, 2007
Finally, I have in hand a paper with some theoretical clarity regarding value chains, networks, and shops. That paper is Stabell & Fjeldstad, "Configuring Value for Competitive Advantage: On Chains, Shops, and Networks." (I am not sure how... Read more...
Point 12 - Deming in Project Management
June 24, 2007
Enable Pride of Workmanship Deming claimed that the sense of having helped other people is the most significant motivator and source of job satisfaction. It is one of the biggest enablers for pride of workmanship. Of the projects you have worked on,... Read more...
Point 12 - Deming in Project Management
June 24, 2007
Enable Pride of Workmanship Deming claimed that the sense of having helped other people is the most significant motivator and source of job satisfaction. It is one of the biggest enablers for pride of workmanship. Of the projects you have worked on,... Read more...
Latest Carnival of the Agilists is up
June 23, 2007
The latest Carnival of the Agilists is up.If you haven't seen of these before, it's a collection of links to essays, blog entries and resources on various topics from some of the best minds in the Agile software development community.The editor rotates,... Read more...
35: Keep It Simple
June 22, 2007
The simple truth is that some people get caught up in drama, intrigue and the excitement of new ideas. They fail to observe what is going on around them, so they don’t see how things happen. They confuse the people around them and there is a loss of... Read more...
How to ensure your project succeeds
June 22, 2007
Anyone who has been involved in any project, knows that the probability of failure is more than the probability of success. Depending on which source you refer, about 30% of projects are canceled before completion, 88% exceeds deadlines or both, average... Read more...
Time Management - A different angle
June 21, 2007
I just read an interesting blog entry on time management (http://projectmagazine.com/content/view/246/59/). The author took a somewhat different approach to helpful hints. He listed the following four time management issues instead of the typical suspects... Read more...
Time Management: Increase productivity & stay organization with a solid, realistic to-do list
June 21, 2007
Journyx Project Mangement Blog refers us to a useful article at PROJECTMagazine discussing the Top Four Time Managament issues. Think you know what the big four time management issues are? I have to say, I was a bit surprised: Talk with most anyone... Read more...