Retro Your Portfolio Dashboard

June 15, 2008

Communicate with your stakeholders more effectively with a more targeted and less cluttered message. Read More →

Team Solving: The Under-Utilized Power

June 10, 2008

In attempting to solve problems, project managers too often overlook the best solution: the project team. This article outlines why the team has the best practical solutions--even when they may not be the best theoretical solutions. Read More →

Smart Assets

June 8, 2008

Having a readily accessible team of in-the-know people is like having a wild card in a hand of poker. The everyday cards have understandable value, but the wild card can be an almost invisible, fluid-like agent to be called upon as needed. Read More →

The Analytics of Energy

June 8, 2008

Applying data warehousing and analytics to current events, this writer uses some super-sleuthing analytics to try and get to the bottom of the supply and demand myths of the oil crisis. Read More →

Assessing Your IT Governance Maturity Level

June 8, 2008

Performing an assessment that yields meaningful and measurable results does not have to be difficult or complex; nor does it need to be labor intensive. The key is to create a set of maturity assessment criteria that compares the maturity level of IT... Read more...

Finding Your Theme

June 4, 2008

A key to sustaining employment and professional growth is finding ways to use the same skills in different jobs, and that requires looking at your skills in a broader way. Read More →

Worst Mistakes Job Seekers Make

June 4, 2008

A smart job-seeker thinks like a project manager and starts out with a plan. Here we focus on the top nine mistakes job seekers consistently make. Read More →

A Framework for Operational Governance

June 1, 2008

Rather than tread on tried ground with more on program governance, this writer wades once more into unchartered waters around something that is suddenly getting a lot more press with the focus on the Informational Technology Infrastructure Library: operational... Read more...

Data Storage: The Big Picture for 2008 and Beyond

June 1, 2008

More information to more organizations is creating a data overload that could overwhelm businesses in the next few years. What are IT professionals doing to manage the current situation and to prepare for the coming deluge? Read More →

In Charge of Change

June 1, 2008

There are many who try to embellish the formula for success, but to have true governance really requires directional leadership that has a razor-sharp focus. Read More →