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Fundamentals

What are those "basics" that make or break your projects? Look for examples here!

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The Metrics Trap...And How to Avoid It
- by Christopher Koch
How to calculate IT spending as a percentage of overall revenue. Get smart about IT spending benchmarks.

Red Light, Green Light
- by Dr. Catherine Aczel Boivie
Case study ripped from the pages of Real Life 101: How Pacific Blue Cross's CIO used sound project management skills and the simple "traffic light report" to achieve business targets.

Balancing Scorecards with Reality
- by Susan H. Cramm
Let's face it: If you don't have a business-aligned IT strategy that allocates scarce resources and creates value, then you don't have the clarity of purpose necessary to use a balanced scorecard.

How to Create a Clear Project Plan
- by Elizabeth Larson, PMP and Richard Larson
This article is just so chock full of common sense project management advice, it's a keeper! Even if you think you know how to put together a project plan, refresh your memory.

Managing Virtual Project Teams
Now that project management has gone global, how do you manage a geographically-dispersed project management team without going postal?

Performance Management:: Find a Path to a Quick Win
- by The Performance Guys
Here's a look at a couple of companies that have had quick initial success with dashboard and scorecard performance management projects.

An Introduction to BPM & BPMS
- by David McGoveran
This article discusses important BPM principles and reviews some informal uses of business process management.

How to Put Together a Zero-Based Budget ( Template )
Use a zero-based budget (ZBB) to establish priorities and the bottom line for a changing project. Of course, we'll walk you through how to do this.

Help! I Can't Choose My Project Team!
You're a project manager who had little or no say-so about who would be on the project team. Now you're stuck with people who have been imposed upon you. What do you do?

Project Success Factors
What do you get if you strike the right balance among results, time, resources and customer satisfaction? Why, a successful project, of course!



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