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The Structure of Management
- by Carey W. Adams, Praveen Gupta and Charlie Wilson
An excellent guide to the roles and responsibilities of Six Sigma.

Clash of the Software Development Process Methodologies
- by Jennifer Glen
Do you fall into the category so common among project management professionals--the mildly obsessive compulsive, control freak species? Fear not. Learn from the experiences of this writer, whose nay-sayer attitude was (slightly) changed as her organization evaluated a new methodology.

Process Is 'In'
- by Andre Leclerc
This year's trends are focused on a whole new kind of business process engineering.

Processed to Death? Increase your Projects' Success, One Process at a Time
- by Donna Boyette
The key to successful project management is not necessarily an abundance of process. While we all know that process is important, you must also recognize that which processes you implement and how you implement them is just as important to your overall success.

Process Improvement in a Vacuum
- by Michael R. Wood
Running a process improvement project with little or no knowledge of the legacy systems gives a whole new meaning to "creative thinking." Here's how one team got over this hurdle to achieve breakthrough results

Project Management Methodology--The Key To Becoming a Successful Project Manager
- by Stephen B. Page, MBA, PMP
If your organization can't meet a deadline or beat a budget, then you need a repeatable project management methodology to maintain better control.

Methodology: Cure-All or Curse?
- by Sandra Roth
A methodology can bring order and focus to a project, creating a logical path from beginning to middle to end. But it also imposes a lot of structure, inhibiting creativity and obstructing good problem-solving. Methodologies can also be time-consuming and paper-intensive, potentially distracting resources from project tasks. So is methodology really all it's cracked up to be?



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