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The Agile Project Manager by VersionOne Inc.
This white paper will explore the impact agile development methodologies are having on the Project Management community, what new skills are required, and what the Project Manager can do to ease the...
Agile Development: A Manager's Roadmap for Success by VersionOne Inc.
white paper presents the key characteristics of successful agile managers as they introduce and scale agile methods. Learn what agile managers can do to help their teams and organizations...
On-demand vs. on-premise project portfolio management: Weighing your options by Innotas
discussion on the various implementation options for PPM for IT, including on-demand (or SaaS) and on-premise. Our expert will help you weigh the options for both in terms of implementation time...
5 Levels of Agile Planning: From Enterprise Product Vision to Team Stand-up by Rally Software Development Corp.
Existing agile methods often focus on small, single-team projects, overlooking the broader impact of large programs...
The Top 3 Cost-Cutting Mistakes CIOs Make And How to Avoid Them by Rally Software Development Corp.
The current economic downturn has resulted in contraction of IT Department budgets and a mandate to allocate resources to only the most critical projects, then execute flawlessly. In...
How to Approach IPTV Solution Integration - A Framework on Lessons Learned by Alcatel-Lucent
34;golden thread" that ties together all deployment lifecycle phases for maximum efficiency and consistency, making IPTV deployments and enhancements predictable, reliable and...
A Guide To Building a Business Case for Self-Service Appointment Scheduling by TimeTrade Systems
costs associated with legacy methods of taking appointments, particularly paper-based methods and live-agent call centers.

This document is designed for a project leader or business consultant...
On Demand and Enterprise CRM Integration: An Alternative Approach to Integrating CRM Applications by Cicero Inc.
This paper examines an alternative approach to CRM integration, Desktop Integration, and explores the advantages desktop integration has over more traditional approaches. As...
Five Myths of Agile Development by VersionOne Inc.
with agile development. Explore what agile development is in reality, what it is not, and the true benefits of transitioning to agile methods in your organization. As with any...
Introduction to Requirements - The Critical Details That Make or Break a Project by Global Knowledge
44; the concept of requirements engineering and the process for gathering requirements. Every project an organization undertakes has requirements. It doesn't matter if it's building hardware...
A Metadata Management Strategy Checklist: What Metadata Really Matters? by Pervasive Software
Metadata is the essential blueprint for what data a company has, what it means and where they can get it. Without clear accessible metadata, an enterprise could have all the data...
How Manufacturers Can Use Project ERP to Weather Tough Times by IFS
how an organization can Survive poor economic conditions with strategic thinking and use of Project ERP by managing a downturn like a variance in a project. This paper deals with the benefits that...
Accelerated Process Development and Execution in Large IP Service and Network Migration Programs by Alcatel-Lucent
The lessons from this whitepaper are applicable to a wide array of IP transformation programs and technically complex change management projects. Migrating customers to next-generation IP...
Source Code Analysis in an Agile World by Klocwork
free as possible. To keep pace with ever-increasing customer demands on software functionality and time-to-market expectations, software developers have had to evolve the way they develop code...
The Dashboard Blues (and Reds & Yellows & Greens): How to Work with Visual Performance Indicators by AtTask
Download this paper to learn how to build an effective dashboard and reporting system that will be based on accurate computation of schedule (and cost) status,...
Increasing Business Agility by SAP America Inc
to a September 2006 benchmarking survey conducted by the Americas' SAP Users' Group (ASUG) and SAP on governance, risk, and compliance (GRC ), most organizations today have a reactive approach...
Making the Business Case for BPM: A Benefits Checklist by Lombardi Software
from BPM as well as concrete examples of value. It also compares the use of BPM to alternative approaches for driving process improvement. For several years running, improving Business Process...
Managing Risk an Integrated Approach by Global Knowledge
44; it requires an integrated approach. As you plan, execute, monitor, and control the other project management processes, complete the risk processes concurrently. Take this easy and straightforward...
Start Specifically, Expand Progressively: An Evolutionary Approach to Improving Customer Acquisition and Loyalty by SAP America Inc
in as little as three to four months. At first sight these two requirements, superior service and lower cost of sales, may seem to conflict. But, in fact, they are mutually compatible because, by...
What is Virtualization? by Dell and VMware
every new software application required a new server. This added costs to every project and deployment took days to weeks. This also drove server sprawl. Watch this demo for an animated...
Smarter system development: a systems engineering trade study to support green initiatives with model-driven development by IBM
approach allows you to perform trade studies before development or implementation begins and saves time, money, and development headaches. Read on to learn more. Trade studies are an...
Dell's SMART Approach to Workload Automation by BMC Software, Inc
discusses why Dell chose BMC's CONTROL-M when they embarked on a broad initiative to integrate and upgrade its IT services to better satisfy business needs. A short time ago, Dell, like many other...
eBook - Email Archiving: Planning, Policies and Product Selection - Chapter 1: Email-Archiving Project Roadmap by SearchExchange
of email archiving from start to finish in this e-book, “Email Archiving: Planning, policies and product selection.” Each chapter of this e-book will guide IT managers through the...
Genius Project4Domino (GP4D) by Genius Inside
2008 Lotus Award Winner, Genius Project4Domino is a web and IBM Lotus Domino based project management solution that fulfils all crucial project management needs: planning, document management...
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How project management methods can improve software
Software project management takes knowledge, patience, skill and a lot of courage. The articles, tips, definitions and expert advice in this learning guide have been carefully selected... More...
Jun 8, 2007
Project management advances stress collaboration on projects by Michelle Davidson, Site Editor
You have used the term "Project Management 2.0". Can you explain what this is and why it came about?

Andrew McAfee, an associate professor at Harvard Business School, coined the term Enterprise 2.0 and... More...
Apr 4, 2008
Project management tools and strategies: Team building and managing basics
PMs will should find helpful information here.

Article: How to build a team: Software project management blogger Pawel Brodzinski has tapped into his years of experience as a PM and created a nontraditional list of qualities a team leader should possess.

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Feb 19, 2008
Agile tools for Agile development by Jack Vaughan, Managing Editor
these newly evolving tools are several directly pegged at supporting a new type of project management.

Some tool types, particularly, have become linked with Agile development. According to Carey Schwaber, senior analyst at Forrester Research, Agile... More...

Jan 2, 2008
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