Project Management Humor: Verifying Requirements
November 30, 2007
Proof that you should always check the requirements before beginning project work: Things that make you go hmmm.. (and want to apparently scratch your head) This is related to my last amusing post "not my Job". posted by Raven at Raven's... Read more...
PM War Stories #9 - How having the right project sponsor can be the difference between success and failure in ERP projects
November 30, 2007
Download PMW_0009_Importance_of_Project_Sponsor.mp3(24.9MB) In many organizations, more often than not, project sponsors play a critical role in either derailing or keeping a project on track . Effectively understanding your sponsor’s objectives... Read more...
Sharepoint Logging Spy on CodePlex
November 30, 2007
New useful tool released on CodePlex: http://www.codeplex.com/sharepointloggingspy, it's a SharePoint utility that allows real time diagnostics of your SharePoint farm which I'm sure include and Project Server deployment! Please note it's still a beta... Read more...
Preview into WSS 3.0 SP1 and SharePoint Server Service Pack 1
November 30, 2007
It's all here: http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2007/11/29/preview-into-wss-3-0-sp1-and-sharepoint-server-2007-sp1.aspx More later on Project Server/Portfolio Server/Project Professional and Standard 2007... Read More →
Integrating systems measurement into your software & systems delivery process with the …
November 30, 2007
Integrating systems measurement into your software and systems delivery process with the RUP for PSM Plug-in from The Rational Edge: Rational thought leaders created the IBM Rational Unified Process for Practical Software and Systems Measurement (RUP... Read more...
Introducing the RUP plug-in for Model Driven Systems Development
November 30, 2007
from The Rational Edge: The Model-Driven Systems Development plug-in for the IBM Rational Unified Process (RUP) supports basic principles of systems engineering and MDSD. The RUP for MDSD plug-in will be of particular interest to the managers of a systems... Read more...
Cubicles and Sensory Integration
November 30, 2007
If you ended up here lured by the topic for this blog entry I hope you come away a bit more aware about yourself, your work environment and possibly one or more of your colleagues.Let me explain how I came upon this topic. First, as part of our Lean efforts,... Read more...
Project Entrepreneurs
November 30, 2007
We've all read the leadership dreck, the motivational gibberish about acting like an entrepreneur. I have had my fill of upbeat pep talks that tell readers to "behave like they are their own CEO." These writers would like to urge us to think creatively,... Read more...
Where next for transformational government?
November 30, 2007
I've been re-reading some information on Transformational Government as it's now two years since the original strategy was published back in November 2005. Amongst implementation and progress papers I found a really interesting one in the Work Foundation's... Read more...
Winner of Autographed Copy of “Surprise! Now You’re A Software Project Manager”
November 30, 2007
I received some great tips for the free book contest I posted about earlier this month. Folks were asked to submit Microsoft Windows style "Tip of th day" suggestions related to project management. Again, a lot of great project management... Read more...