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Implementing a Successful Help Desk
- by Michael Wood
(June 30, 2009)
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Don't make the mistake of thinking the key to a successful help desk is the right software. Yes, technology is important, but the real hurdle to get over is resistance to change. Here are some tips on getting users to embrace your help desk innovation.
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Making a Case for Agile Project Management
- by Bob Weinstein
(June 15, 2009)
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If ever there were an ideal time to make the leap from a traditional to an agile project management approach, it’s now. In this tense, uncertain, cost-cutting environment where CIOs are watching their bottom lines like hawks, the concept unfailingly proves successful.
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Looking at IT Governance Through the Clouds
- by Michael Wood
(June 9, 2009)
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Cloud computing offers cost savings, flexibility and speed of deployment that can be very tempting to all kinds of IT organizations, but don't forget about the risks inherent in turning over control of your data in the age of IT Governance and SOX compliance.
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Transforming the Culture with your PMO
- by John Schlichter
(June 9, 2009)
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From OPM Experts, LLC
Ask yourself what culture means, and you may find it difficult to state a clear and succinct definition, but it is likely that you can recall an organization in which you have worked that had a healthy culture, and just as likely that you may recall an organization that you would characterize as having an unhealthy culture. Why is that? Although culture is a many-faceted thing that may seem difficult to boil down into a sound bite, it is something that impacts everyone. The culture determines how people define themselves and their relationships with others, and greatly influences a person’s sense of self.
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Positioning for Recovery
- by Michael Wood
(May 12, 2009)
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Call us optimistic, but we want you to be prepared for the economic comeback that we're sure is just around the corner, or at least somewhere on the horizon. Sooner or later (we hope sooner), this recession is going to recede, and by planning for that now, you can be first in line when management starts handing out all that new funding.
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Agile Management: An Oxymoron?
- by Andy Jordan
(June 29, 2009)
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The smart project manager will be aware of agile development approaches--and be prepared to embrace them and adjust their PM approach accordingly. So let's try and bring some sanity to chickens and pigs...
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Is Agile Fragile?
- by Mike Donoghue
(June 29, 2009)
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Agility is a great process concept for small enterprise shops that have fewer resources and are obliged to keep their energies laser-focused. But for the larger organizations and their equally grand products, this development approach is problematic.
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Social Suicide (Part 1)
- by Bob Weinstein
(June 29, 2009)
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Like all fads, social networking has the masses excited with thoughtless abandon. But people are failing to consider that it has its shortcomings--and that there are serious and embarrassing repercussions if not executed properly.
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Tailored Project Management
- by Andy Jordan
(June 29, 2009)
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It's time to take control of things again and apply our skills and experience to alternative project management--and challenge our thinking beyond conventional norms.
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Agile Countdown
- by Mike Donoghue
(June 22, 2009)
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What's the right length for you? Establishing an appropriate iteration length in your agile development process is the first step to success.
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