Can an IT Project Really Get Universal Acceptance?
Seems so, at least at Seattle Children's Hospital, where VDI is welcomed by doctors, nurses. The importance of documenting clients' business objectives From day one, IT consultants should ask about and document clients' business objectives before suggesting fixes for the current solution. The Relationship Between IT Project Size and Failure A recording of this Web Short on is now available. It is about 20 minutes long, perfect for a mid afternoon coffee break. Invite a few friends over to your computer and start a discussion! Confessions from the PM of a chaotic project If you've ever had the misfortune of managing a project that spiraled out of control, you'll relate to this story. Read more Project Team Meeting Agenda TemplateNobody likes meetings, but without them your project will derail quickly. Use this agenda template to make sure you and your team are prepared to have a productive — and hopefully short — project meeting. Preparing for Requirements Gathering Before the sessions, understand the needs of the business you are trying to support. Virtualizing your way to better enterprise projects Virtualization can be about far more than retiring a few servers or making the background functioning of IT a bit more efficient. Read more PROJECT MANAGEMENT: THE LIE OF THE "THREE LEVERS" The three-level theory says that one can move any two of the levers (scope, timeline, or cost) and the other will move independently of the others. Patrick Gray disputes that assumption. What's the Status of the Program? With Microsoft Project Server 2007 and 2010 you can easily
create reports on the actual state of your program. But when senior management
asks, "What are the changes since our last meeting?" typically, you'll have to
look at the last report, find these changes, and create a new report. This
article describes a simple process for preparing a nice PowerPoint presentation
that can be updated dynamically for every reporting period...
Too Many Projects on Your Plate? It used to be that we would hear of people managing three or four projects at a time. Now we are hearing of people who are managing 10 to 15 at a time. Chances are, others might have even more. Sure it is a sign of the times; organizations having to do more with less. But, are organizations really doing that much more with less or are they deceiving themselves? What is the criterion for determining when someone is managing too many projects at one time? Read entire article and comment Why Projects Fail A what-not-to-do list could save your company a lot of time and money. READ MORE >> Assess the Damage Before Resurrecting a Failed Project Salvaging a failed project is never easy. The best approach for figuring where to start rebuilding is to understand what went wrong. Yes, You Can Quickly And Accurately Estimate Your Project There are simple project management tools that allow us to quickly and accurately estimate projects (or tasks) even when we don’t have a lot of time to make the estimate nor a lot of details on the effort. Surviving Fixed-Everything IT Projects Using fixed-price contracts for a contract may seem to limit risk, but it mostly costs more and produces less satisfactory results. ONE IN SIX IT PROJECTS HAVE 'OUT OF CONTROL' BUDGETS Major IT projects are put at risk by low probability but high impact problems, such as show-stoppers, which can put businesses and public sector organizations in jeopardy. Four Steps To Identifying And Managing Project Risks Some IT consultants overlook risk identification and management, especially on small engagements. Brad Egeland says this oversight could cost you future business. FIVE AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT MIGRATION TIPS Rick Freedman shares five tips for PMBOK, CMM-style shops considering agile migrations. He also recommends an agile PM book that he says is a must-read. LiquidPlanner 3.0 for Project Management LiquidPlanner 3.0 ($29 per member per month) brings scheduling down to earth. Rather than asking users to enter soft dates, Web- based LiquidPlanner lets project managers schedule by priority. Its rich feature set, impressive online file storage, advanced reporting, and unlimited projects enables participants to keep close tabs on every facet of their workflow. FIVE REASONS TO USE MINDGENIUS ON YOUR PROJECTS MindGenius software provides a better user experience for data capture, categorization, and export activities than other mind mapping tools, according to IT project expert Dr. Andrew Makar. Why Your Team Should Be Culturally Diverse What your staff really needs: A blend of flavors. Find out why and how teams with people from different cultures tackle problems and accomplish tasks effectively. 2 Leadership Takeaways From The Boehner-Obama Feud The President and House Speaker exemplified how a competition between two leaders can easily overshadow the team's goal. Find out how to avoid their mistakes. How to Build Influence as a Project Manager A big part of succeeding at that is in effectively building influence, often with team members who are not direct employees of the project manager Top 30 Project Management Tips – How To Really Manage A Project http://sachsinternational.com/wordpress/?p=361 Lessons learned in the Norming and Performing team development phases Once you master the first two stages in Bruce Tuckman's team development model, here are tips on effectively completing the Norming and Performing phases. Lessons Learned In The Forming And Storming Team Development Phases Andy Makar shares his simple strategies for effectively manage a project team in the first two phases of Bruce Tuckman's team development model, Forming and Storming. Project Managers' New Role As Social Facilitators Rick Freedman explores the project manager's new role in a collaborative environment. Learn about four key success factors for PMs as social facilitators. 5 SIGNS YOUR MEETINGS SUCK Are you guilty of using and abusing meetings? Five ways to know -- and how to stop. Agile Thinking – The Project Action Framework Agility depends on mastering a small set of techniques so well that you can remember them and use them in the heat of the moment when you really need them. As the saying goes, “It’s not what you know, but what you can remember when you need it that counts.” |
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Project Management News, Third Quarter 2011posted Jul 1, 2011 11:30 AM by Jack Doyle [ updated Sep 28, 2011 9:13 AM ] |