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Successful Project Management Is Critical!
Jan 2008
Project Management is of fast growing importance to organisations whether large or small because it deals effectively with the management of change. As a small business owner you know that your...
Provided by contentdig.com
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Effective Project Management With Six Sigma
Jan 2008
Many companies are searching for a system that would enable them to achieve this goal. They are even seen to be combining systems like Total Quality Management, Total Quality Control and Six...
Provided by contentdig.com
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BPM And Project Management
May 2007
This paper focuses on one single aspect of Business Process Management - what skills are required of Project Managers responsible for managing a Business Process Redesign Project. Specifically, we...
Provided by Value Chain Group
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Business Analysis: A Guide To Better Business Requirements
Nov 2007
This paper presents ten business analysis guidelines, representing best practices from successful projects. In the world of business, some projects gain management support and fly, making an...
Provided by Data Administration Newsletter
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Risky Business!: Risk Management For Localization Project Managers
Jan 2008
Risk management is the means by which uncertainty is systematically managed in order to increase the likelihood of meeting project objectives. Although risk management is one of the most important...
Provided by TranslationDirectory.com
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Load Balancing and Data Locality in Adaptive Hierarchical N-Body Methods: Barnes-Hut, Fast Multipole, and Radiosity
Oct 2007
Hierarchical N-body methods, which are based on a fundamental insight into the nature of many physical processes, are increasingly being used to solve large-scale problems in a variety of...
Provided by Stanford University
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Efficient Use of Memory Bandwidth to Improve Network Processor Throughput
Jan 2008
This paper considers the efficiency of packet buffers used in packet switches built using Network Processors (NPs). Packet buffers are typically implemented using DRAM, which provides plentiful...
Provided by Purdue University (Krannert)
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Whitepapers
Manage Projects More Efficiently Using Online Meetings
Jan 2012
Whether your business is a medium-sized organisation or a large conglomerate, projects are a part of your everyday work. Changing tasks, flexible working groups and the participation of external...
Provided by Citrix Online
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Whitepapers
Business Analytics ROI assessment tool for midsize companies- Aberdeen Research Tool
Jan 2012
In a challenging market, how can you ensure your midsize business has the competitive edge? Get your free detailed assessment and ROI report to see how your company's business analysis abilities...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
DataClarity, See how a dashboard framework with pre-built content can streamline development and deployment of performance dashboards
Jan 2012
See how a dashboard framework with pre-built content can streamline development and deployment of performance dashboards.
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Case Study - Socialbomb
Feb 2012
Socialbomb builds applications that integrate with its clients' social platforms to create innovative, well-maintained, successful online campaigns. Unfortunately, many of the company's online...
Provided by Riverbed
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Whitepapers
Building a Clear and Socially Connected Enterprise: Next Step in Customer Relationships
Mar 2012
To survive ongoing economic uncertainty, financial services firms must recognize that consumers have formed new social relationships with their banks, insurers, and each other through the Internet...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
Ardent Partners CPO Rising 2011 - Performance, Risk and Information - The State of Supplier Management
Mar 2012
Read this report from procurement analyst firm Ardent Partners to learn the nuances of supplier Information Management, supplier performance management, and supplier risk management. Hear how each...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
The Strategic Supplier Mandate: Three Principles to Deliver Transparency Across the Supply Base
Mar 2012
Read this article to learn about the three supplier management initiatives that have become mandates for market-leading procurement organizations. Learn how effectively deploying supplier...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
IT Cost-Saving Initiatives: Change Processes and Maximize Resources
Apr 2012
Every new technology must add value to the business and reduce operating expenses. Fortunately, savings can be found everywhere if you are willing to accept that nothing is out of bounds. Three...
Provided by SkillSoft
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White Papers
New IT Change Management Cloud Service a "Game Changer" Says EMA Analyst
Apr 2012
Learn why Enterprise Management Associates analyst Dennis Drogseth calls ITinvolve for Change Management™ a breath of fresh air in humanizing change management and streamlining collaboration...
Provided by ITinvolve, Inc.
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Whitepapers
The Business Value of Adopting Advanced Support Tools and Utilities
Apr 2012
What are the difficulties associated with supporting advanced technology in complex and heterogeneous IT environments? Learn what IDC suggests enterprises should evaluate when considering support...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Telecom Contract Negotiations: 6 Critical Provisions to Avoid
May 2012
Negotiating an enterprise telecom contract can be a daunting task. Most companies focus on language around new pricing for current services, improved SLAs, ordering or deployment timeframes,...
Provided by Cass Information Systems
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Whitepapers
Learn how Coca-Cola Hellenic is transforming IT with our ERP solution
Jul 2012
Ride the wave as Coca-Cola Hellenic transforms its entire IT environment by rolling out powerful and integrated SAP applications to mobilize its business processes and provide a sustainable...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
Rack Powering Options for High Density
Jan 2013
Alternatives for providing electrical power to high density racks in Data Centers and Network Rooms are explained and compared. Issues addressed include quantity of feeds, single-phase vs....
Provided by APC by Schneider Electric
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White Papers
Successful Project Management Is Critical
Jul 2008
Project Management is of fast growing importance to organisations whether large or small because it deals effectively with the management of change. As a small business owner you know that your...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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Ten Tips For Running Successful Projects
Oct 2008
Why do so many projects fail? Researchers regularly conduct studies to find out the leading causes of project failure. Some of the studies are in the public domain. This paper explains some of the...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Project Management Tips: Plan To Work And Work To Plan
Dec 2008
The key to successful project management is carefully planning the project beforehand, and controlling the execution of the work to ensure your desired results. You can't overestimate the...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Advocating The Six Sigma System For Project Management
May 2008
It is no wonder that Six Sigma has become the latest craze in most of the business organizations that want to eliminate the defects in their products and services and bring about an improvement in...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
How To Avoid Project Failure Through Project Planning And Effective Project Recovery
May 2008
Project failure is preventable with good project planning based on a well-constructed deliverables-based Work Breakdown Structure and proper controls. However, once a project starts to fail, there...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Business Project Management Explained
Jan 2008
What is a business project management? How many times you were working on something so big, so huge that you needed a way to manage all that work? That's why you need a project management. The...
Provided by HELIUM
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White Papers
Critical Chain Project Management Explained
Jan 2008
Traditional project management practice expounds the project scheduling based on effort estimation against each individual project activity / task. The tasks are then sequenced based on the...
Provided by HELIUM
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White Papers
Projectization And Essentials Of Project Management For Non-Project Managers
Jan 2008
Professional Project Management is becoming more pervasive, much like "Electrification" did during the era of proliferation of electricity. "Projectization" is occurring throughout the workforce...
Provided by ABC Article Directory
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White Papers
Five Key Features Of Project Management Software
Jan 2008
Success of your business nowadays depends on a variety of factors, and having very good management project software may well be one of them. That is because competition is fierce, and time and...
Provided by ABC Article Directory
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White Papers
Eliminating The Greatest Weakness Of Project Management
Jan 2008
The greatest weakness in the project management method is that there is no easy means to track what is happening in terms of what people are actually doing. People do actions (sometimes called...
Provided by ABC Article Directory
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White Papers
The Importance Of Communication In Project Management
Jan 2009
If project staff do not know what their tasks are, or how to accomplish them, then the entire project will grind to a halt. If you do not know what the project staff are (not) doing then you will...
Provided by Project Smart
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White Papers
The Ideal Project Manager Specification
Jan 2009
This paper provides the ideal project manager specification including general requirements they must meet along with the 'Hard Skills', the 'Soft Skills', the attitudes and the behaviours that we...
Provided by Project Smart
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White Papers
The Seven Deadly Myths Of Earned Value Methods In Project Management
Jan 2009
After decades of using and teaching Earned Value Management techniques, we have seen a lot of misinformation about Earned Value, and the advent of the Internet has only made the problem worse....
Provided by Project Smart
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White Papers
Avoiding Project Management Pitfalls
Jan 2009
Have you ever successfully planned a birthday party, a wedding, a charity event? If so, aside from any embarrassing moments that may have occurred, chances are you've got a handle on the basic...
Provided by Project Smart
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White Papers
Project Managers: The Value Of Understanding Technology
Jan 2009
Many project managers are extremely successful in their role by simply managing a project plan and checking off tasks as they become "100% complete." They're able to manage teams, create budgets,...
Provided by Project Smart
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White Papers
Balancing Project Management Process With Project Delivery
Dec 2008
Project management processes provide organisation and guidance on the steps to follow during the life of your project, but they can be a roadblock if the process becomes more important than the...
Provided by Project Smart
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White Papers
Project Portfolio Management: Managing The Project Pipeline
Dec 2008
For most service departments the demand for new projects will occasionally outweigh the department's capacity to do them. Whether it's due to financial constraints or skills being completely...
Provided by Project Smart
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White Papers
Considerations Before Soliciting Input For Your Content Management
Dec 2008
When you manage a new project to streamline an organisation's website or to develop a new website, you must gather input from many people inside the organisation. First, think about your direction...
Provided by Project Smart
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White Papers
Project Communications: How To Keep Your Team Engaged And Informed
Nov 2008
Communications are a critical deliverable of every successful project and a key project management soft-skill. You may not have thought of communications as an actual project deliverable, but it...
Provided by Project Smart
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White Papers
Factors That Influence Project Management In Package Implementation Projects And Bespoke Projects
Nov 2008
Business requirements are solved either by building a new system or by buying a readily available product or by a combination of both. The 'Build vs Buy' decision is made by the stakeholders after...
Provided by Project Smart
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White Papers
Project Management Screw-Up 6 - The Team Didn't Gel
Jan 2009
A well-structured project team means each team member understands their role in making the project successful. Each project team member knows what they need to contribute to the project, when they...
Provided by Leading on the Edge International
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Five Simple Strategies To Unify Your Project Teams
Jan 2009
Project screw-ups mean wasted time and money and can irreparably damage your relationship with business partners if they perceive that you are at fault - in any way. Key to any successful project...
Provided by Leading on the Edge International
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How Could This Happen? Avoid Project Screw-Ups For You And Your Business Partner
Jan 2009
In a nutshell, implementing best practices are the main things that are expected all project managers to do. They are applicable on all projects big or small. Project management is not rocket...
Provided by Leading on the Edge International
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Tips To A More Effective Project Management
Jan 2009
A project schedule is only effective when it is able to help you know that everything is on track and that you're going to be able to complete the work on time. When your activities are at too...
Provided by Interaction Media Group
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Project Management Screw-Up 4 - We Didn't Do A Good Project Schedule
Jan 2009
Effective Requirements Management is an integral part of successful project management as it ensures that the final deliverable meets the original customer outcome as detailed in the documented...
Provided by Leading on the Edge International
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White Papers
Tips For Capturing Project Requirements
Jan 2009
Project Management is defined as the planning, organisation, and management of, teams, resources, communications, risks and issues to deliver an agreed scope of work, to an agreed quality, within...
Provided by Project Management Gems
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White Papers
The Inter-Relationship Of Time, Cost, Scope And Quality In Project Management
Feb 2007
Project scheduling is a key aspect of project management as it covers the planning of what is to be done, when it is to be done, and who is to do it. Project Scheduling is a key control activity...
Provided by Project Management Gems
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White Papers
Project Management Escalation Process
Jan 2009
The quality of the project solution is often defined as "Fitness for purpose". This is a measure of the successful outcome of the project, and is often directly related to the effectiveness of...
Provided by Project Management Gems
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White Papers
Quality Management Within Project Management
Mar 2007
The project schedule is the key to time management and should form the basis of the resource planning and financial planning for the project. To manage a project of any significance it is...
Provided by Project Management Gems
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White Papers
Project Time Management
Jun 2007
Alignment of Project/Program Planning to the Strategic Plans of the organisation is very important as a planning goal. However, alignment with the Strategic Plan does not ensure the optimal...
Provided by Project Management Gems
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White Papers
Project Management Rules Of Engagement
Mar 2007
Project management is recognised as a critical input to successful development or delivery of products or initiatives. It is recognised that project management is a profession with significant...
Provided by Project Management Gems
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White Papers
Organisation Structure - Impact On Project Management
Mar 2007
Project Management success on the other hand is delivering a project to the agreed Scope, Time, Cost and Quality, while maintaining a satisfactory customer relationship and not burning out the...
Provided by Project Management Gems
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White Papers
What Constitutes A Project Failure?
May 2007
If you fall behind on your project schedule it is almost certain that you will blow your project budget as well. The mere fact that you carry project overheads for longer will mean that there will...
Provided by Project Management Gems
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White Papers
What Is A Successful Project?
Jan 2008
It is important to understand that Requirements Management is not something which only happens at the beginning of the project, but is an ongoing process over the life of the project, linking and...
Provided by Project Management Gems
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White Papers
Project Requirements Management
Apr 2008
One of the most common failures of project management is the failure to notice or act on the early signs of a project in trouble. The sponsor role is absolutely crucial to achieving a successful...
Provided by Project Management Gems
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White Papers
Warning Indicators Of A Project In Trouble
Oct 2007
Since philosophies and methodologies tend to grow and evolve there will be more and more tools and ways of doing things. The nimble nature of the web is going to make it easier for companies to...
Provided by Project Management Gems
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White Papers
Future Of Project Management Software: Intervals
Jan 2009
If properly scaled, project management processes can be implemented in fast moving Small/Medium Enterprises (SMEs). What is required is strong support from senior management, enough time for the...
Provided by PMToolbox.com
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Putting Into Place Project Management Processes For SMEs (Small/Medium Businesses)
Jan 2009
This paper provides reasons why projects generally run into trouble. Rescuing a project is sometimes like starting a new one - you have to assess the extent of the damage, review all aspects of...
Provided by ProjectMinds
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White Papers
Rescuing Projects In Crisis - Project Turnaround Pointers
Jan 2009
High-quality information has become a recognized asset that no enterprise can do without. Nonetheless, many - if not most - organizations still suffer from an inability to exploit information in a...
Provided by ProjectMinds
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White Papers
How To Effectively Execute Projects
Oct 2008
Many business intelligence projects consider themselves successful if they simply get deployed into production. As the industry matures, more structure, consistency and a repeatable process for...
Provided by SourceMedia
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White Papers
Five Key Elements To Process Improvement Project Success
Nov 2008
A scope filter, although simple to develop can be a powerful tool for negotiating the requirements of a project. The scope filter should never be used in a vacuum; it is a team effort to determine...
Provided by allpm.com
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White Papers
Use A Scope Filter To Negotiate Your Project Requirements
Jan 2009
As a stakeholder, you are incredibly important to the decisions that get made early on in a project. Your knowledge of what it will really take to get the whole job done is critical. It's...
Provided by allpm.com
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White Papers
Maximizing Your Project Influence
Jan 2009
Most project managers are used to a project plan that has a series of tasks laid out for the entire project, listing task durations, responsibility assignments, and dependencies. Plans are...
Provided by Emprend
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White Papers
What Does An Agile Project Plan Look Like?
Jan 2009
As you can see, there are several differences between Traditional projects and true Agile projects that - from a project management perspective - can best be summed up by the concept of self...
Provided by Emprend
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White Papers
Questions From The Field
Jan 2009
While Projects deserve appropriate attention, they weigh down the spirit when taken too seriously. Projects need a hearty component of fun and adventure and perspective. Every Project Manager...
Provided by Emprend
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White Papers
The Project Is Life!
Jan 2009
Project managers agree to ride projects that buck wildly and dangerously while barely holding on with one hand. They agree to the terms of the game: ride something that's darn near impossible to...
Provided by Emprend
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White Papers
Project Manager Vs. Tombstone
Jan 2009
As with anything new, there are a lot of mythconceptions out there as to just what the new thing is. Extreme project management is no exception. Some people "Get it" while others mythconstrue it....
Provided by Emprend
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White Papers
Traditional Project Management Vs. Extreme Project Management An Apples And Cumquats Comparison
Jan 2009
More and more projects are characterized by a combination of high speed, high change, high uncertainty, while at the same time requiring integration of numerous subprojects. One project management...
Provided by Doug DeCarlo Group
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White Papers
Mega Trends In Project Management: Ions To Keep Your Eye On
Jan 2009
Failure to plan and schedule the eXtreme project before rushing ahead and just doing it will quickly send the venture into chaos. But overplanning the project will not only waste valuable time;...
Provided by Doug DeCarlo Group
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White Papers
The Flexible Project Model: The Speculate Cycle
Jan 2009
People often have the mistaken notion that the difference between traditional and eXtreme project management is an argument about planning versus not planning. That's far from the truth. Both...
Provided by Doug DeCarlo Group
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White Papers
The Flexible Project Model: The Visionate Cycle
Jan 2009
In order to deliver results in the challenging circumstances typical of many business environments, project leaders must be absolutely committed to the success of their projects and leading their...
Provided by Doug DeCarlo Group
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White Papers
Fearless Project Leadership
Jan 2009
Sometimes projects are late before they even start because they should have been started months sooner. Once they are finally started, teams can be loath to spend the time required to properly...
Provided by Wiefling Consulting
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White Papers
Why Schedules Are Always Late And What To Do About It - Timeline Risk Analysis For Predictable Project
Jan 2009
Project teams today are composed of an amazing array of people from different cultures, people who may be sitting offices halfway around the world from one another, with diverse native languages...
Provided by Wiefling Consulting
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White Papers
Lost In Translation - Crossing Cultural Gaps In Project Management
Jan 2009
Projects need risk thresholds. Normally, however, they remain unspoken. They're unspoken out of a fear of sharing information that others might take advantage of. They're unspoken because some...
Provided by Wiefling Consulting
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White Papers
Setting The Thresholds
Jan 2009
Project organizations regularly wrestle with the notion of whether to build or buy templates to suit their organization. In some cases, they come to locations like this one to borrow templates and...
Provided by Pritchard Management Associates
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White Papers
Under Construction: Template Development For Project Managers
Jan 2009
Most sales are actually done by providing evidence that the product or service being offered fills a need. One of the critical needs in any organization is the need for clear communication. This...
Provided by Pritchard Management Associates
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White Papers
Building Management Support For Project Management
Jan 2009
Project Planning is more than the beginning, the middle, and the end of a project. It is defining a goal and implementing that goal to a successful end. Project planning is important if you don't...
Provided by Pritchard Management Associates
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White Papers
Project Planning: What The Experts Do
Feb 2009
Project management is the job of organizing, coordinating and managing various tasks and resources in order to successfully complete a project. A project by definition lasts for a specific period...
Provided by Bright Hub
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White Papers
Common Challenges Project Managers Face And Tips For Solving Them
Jan 2009
One of the most significant problems businesses have in implementing project management initiatives is the breakdown between the corporate strategy and the project teams. Looking at the number of...
Provided by Boston University Corporate Education Center
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White Papers
Successfully Implementing Effective Project Management Initiatives
Jan 2009
Executives nowadays are demanding to see the monetary value that project management training programs bring to the organization. This means they need to see a dollar value placed on the benefits...
Provided by Boston University Corporate Education Center
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Whitepapers
IT Cost-Saving Initiatives: Change Processes and Maximize Resources
Apr 2012
Every new technology must add value to the business and reduce operating expenses. Fortunately, savings can be found everywhere if you are willing to accept that nothing is out of bounds. Three...
Provided by SkillSoft
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White Papers
Learn How the IT Director at a US Federal Agency Manages IT Changes
Apr 2012
Among its initial IT users, this Federal agency calls the experience with new ITinvolve for Change Management™ love at first sight. Learn why its IT Director says, "Before we were introduced to...
Provided by ITinvolve, Inc.
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White Papers
New IT Change Management Cloud Service a "Game Changer" Says EMA Analyst
Apr 2012
Learn why Enterprise Management Associates analyst Dennis Drogseth calls ITinvolve for Change Management™ a breath of fresh air in humanizing change management and streamlining collaboration...
Provided by ITinvolve, Inc.
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Whitepapers
The Business Value of Adopting Advanced Support Tools and Utilities
Apr 2012
What are the difficulties associated with supporting advanced technology in complex and heterogeneous IT environments? Learn what IDC suggests enterprises should evaluate when considering support...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
2012 Endpoint Security Best Practices Survey
May 2012
The Symantec 2012 Endpoint Security Best Practices Survey reveals that organizations employing best practices are enjoying dramatically better outcomes when it comes to endpoint protection, and...
Provided by Symantec
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Whitepapers
Telecom Contract Negotiations: 6 Critical Provisions to Avoid
May 2012
Negotiating an enterprise telecom contract can be a daunting task. Most companies focus on language around new pricing for current services, improved SLAs, ordering or deployment timeframes,...
Provided by Cass Information Systems
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Whitepapers
Learn how Coca-Cola Hellenic is transforming IT with our ERP solution
Jul 2012
Ride the wave as Coca-Cola Hellenic transforms its entire IT environment by rolling out powerful and integrated SAP applications to mobilize its business processes and provide a sustainable...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
Post-Migration Best Practices: Exchange Environment Operation
Jul 2012
Best Practices for Microsoft Exchange Post-Migration Operations In this white paper, discover best practices - straight from Industry experts Nelson Ruest and Danielle Ruest - to help you have a...
Provided by Quest Software, now a part of Dell
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Whitepapers
Making Enterprises More Agile and Competitive
Jul 2012
Business processes, when not fully optimized, result in value leakages. This leads to suboptimal financial and operational performance making enterprises reactive and less competitive. This paper...
Provided by Genpact
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Whitepapers
Managing Social Content - to maximize value and minimize risk
Jan 2011
The business application of social technologies, both within the enterprise, and with customers, suppliers and partners, has created a new paradigm of interaction and contribution, and is creating...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Rack Powering Options for High Density
Jan 2013
Alternatives for providing electrical power to high density racks in Data Centers and Network Rooms are explained and compared. Issues addressed include quantity of feeds, single-phase vs....
Provided by APC by Schneider Electric
-
White Papers
Successful Project Management Is Critical
Jul 2008
Project Management is of fast growing importance to organisations whether large or small because it deals effectively with the management of change. As a small business owner you know that your...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
-
White Papers
Ten Tips For Running Successful Projects
Oct 2008
Why do so many projects fail? Researchers regularly conduct studies to find out the leading causes of project failure. Some of the studies are in the public domain. This paper explains some of the...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
-
White Papers
Project Management Tips: Plan To Work And Work To Plan
Dec 2008
The key to successful project management is carefully planning the project beforehand, and controlling the execution of the work to ensure your desired results. You can't overestimate the...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
-
White Papers
Advocating The Six Sigma System For Project Management
May 2008
It is no wonder that Six Sigma has become the latest craze in most of the business organizations that want to eliminate the defects in their products and services and bring about an improvement in...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
-
White Papers
How To Avoid Project Failure Through Project Planning And Effective Project Recovery
May 2008
Project failure is preventable with good project planning based on a well-constructed deliverables-based Work Breakdown Structure and proper controls. However, once a project starts to fail, there...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
-
White Papers
Business Project Management Explained
Jan 2008
What is a business project management? How many times you were working on something so big, so huge that you needed a way to manage all that work? That's why you need a project management. The...
Provided by HELIUM
-
White Papers
Critical Chain Project Management Explained
Jan 2008
Traditional project management practice expounds the project scheduling based on effort estimation against each individual project activity / task. The tasks are then sequenced based on the...
Provided by HELIUM
-
White Papers
Projectization And Essentials Of Project Management For Non-Project Managers
Jan 2008
Professional Project Management is becoming more pervasive, much like "Electrification" did during the era of proliferation of electricity. "Projectization" is occurring throughout the workforce...
Provided by ABC Article Directory
-
White Papers
Five Key Features Of Project Management Software
Jan 2008
Success of your business nowadays depends on a variety of factors, and having very good management project software may well be one of them. That is because competition is fierce, and time and...
Provided by ABC Article Directory
-
White Papers
Eliminating The Greatest Weakness Of Project Management
Jan 2008
The greatest weakness in the project management method is that there is no easy means to track what is happening in terms of what people are actually doing. People do actions (sometimes called...
Provided by ABC Article Directory
-
White Papers
The Importance Of Communication In Project Management
Jan 2009
If project staff do not know what their tasks are, or how to accomplish them, then the entire project will grind to a halt. If you do not know what the project staff are (not) doing then you will...
Provided by Project Smart
-
White Papers
The Ideal Project Manager Specification
Jan 2009
This paper provides the ideal project manager specification including general requirements they must meet along with the 'Hard Skills', the 'Soft Skills', the attitudes and the behaviours that we...
Provided by Project Smart
-
White Papers
The Seven Deadly Myths Of Earned Value Methods In Project Management
Jan 2009
After decades of using and teaching Earned Value Management techniques, we have seen a lot of misinformation about Earned Value, and the advent of the Internet has only made the problem worse....
Provided by Project Smart
-
White Papers
Avoiding Project Management Pitfalls
Jan 2009
Have you ever successfully planned a birthday party, a wedding, a charity event? If so, aside from any embarrassing moments that may have occurred, chances are you've got a handle on the basic...
Provided by Project Smart
-
White Papers
Project Managers: The Value Of Understanding Technology
Jan 2009
Many project managers are extremely successful in their role by simply managing a project plan and checking off tasks as they become "100% complete." They're able to manage teams, create budgets,...
Provided by Project Smart
-
White Papers
Balancing Project Management Process With Project Delivery
Dec 2008
Project management processes provide organisation and guidance on the steps to follow during the life of your project, but they can be a roadblock if the process becomes more important than the...
Provided by Project Smart
-
White Papers
Project Portfolio Management: Managing The Project Pipeline
Dec 2008
For most service departments the demand for new projects will occasionally outweigh the department's capacity to do them. Whether it's due to financial constraints or skills being completely...
Provided by Project Smart
-
White Papers
Considerations Before Soliciting Input For Your Content Management
Dec 2008
When you manage a new project to streamline an organisation's website or to develop a new website, you must gather input from many people inside the organisation. First, think about your direction...
Provided by Project Smart
-
White Papers
Project Communications: How To Keep Your Team Engaged And Informed
Nov 2008
Communications are a critical deliverable of every successful project and a key project management soft-skill. You may not have thought of communications as an actual project deliverable, but it...
Provided by Project Smart
-
White Papers
Factors That Influence Project Management In Package Implementation Projects And Bespoke Projects
Nov 2008
Business requirements are solved either by building a new system or by buying a readily available product or by a combination of both. The 'Build vs Buy' decision is made by the stakeholders after...
Provided by Project Smart
-
White Papers
10 Rules Of Highly Successful Project Management
Sep 2008
A successful project manager is one who can envision the entire project from start to finish, and have the prowess to realise this vision. To keep pace with business and IT, project managers need...
Provided by Project Smart
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White Papers
Getting Work Done: The Human Side Of Project Management
Jul 2008
Project management is defined as the art and science of getting work done with the active co-operation of individuals and organisations who are directly or indirectly involved with the project....
Provided by Project Smart
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White Papers
The Hardest Word In The Project Management Vocabulary
Jul 2008
For project managers "No" is often the toughest word in the English language to deploy. We often prefer the classic PM strategy of "Yes, but..." as the softer, kinder, gentler alternative. "No"...
Provided by Pritchard Management Associates
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White Papers
The 3 P's Of PPProject Management
Jul 2008
This paper explains about Presentation, Planning and Processing; the three cornerstones of project management. Project management is an immense field and one which changes from industry to...
Provided by Project Smart
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White Papers
Successful Projects Are Led Not Managed
Jun 2008
More and more in nowadays' environment Project Managers are being judged on how well they operate within, and adhere, to standard practices and disciplines. This is all very well, but let us stand...
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The Blending Of Traditional And Agile Project Management
May 2007
Traditional project management involves very disciplined and deliberate planning and control methods. With this approach, distinct project life cycle phases are easily recognisable. Tasks are...
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The Simplified Project Management Process
May 2008
One of the challenges of explaining project management to people who are unfamiliar with the approach, is that descriptions are often either so high-level as to be meaningless, or so detailed that...
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Project Management Models, Certifications And The Pyramids
May 2008
All projects are really about change. Let's take one great project of all time: the pyramids of Egypt. Imagine a sweltering desert with miles of sand, snakes, and other scenes from an Indiana...
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The Top Five Project Management Traits To Master "The How"
Apr 2008
In project management, we tend to focus on the method. And there is no shortage of methods (Six Sigma, Scrum, Waterfall). The method is the what of project management and is often at the core of...
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