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Daptiv (formerly eProject) and CIO Magazine ask, Why does the Mid-Office Matter? An effective mid-office solution unlocks the value of intellectual property and hidden knowledge stored in mid-office business processes. Read this white paper to learn how the mid-office can be key to ratcheting up your organization’s competitive edge.

Implementing Formal Project Management: 9 Lessons Learned
Applying formal PM structure in an organization with no established PM processes can be challenging. This free white paper will help you learn from the lessons of others. Get it now.

Using the right tool gives project managers a distinct advantage when developing plans, schedules and communicating project status. This whitepaper outlines the advantages of using Microsoft Project 20007 instead of Microsoft Excel in project planning, scheduling and management.

This whitepaper highlights the key new features in Microsoft Office Project 2007 and describes how it is more powerful and easier to use as a project management tool. Learn about new tools such as "multi-level undo" or "show change highlighting" or "task drivers" and understand how these and other tools will increase your effectiveness as a project manager.

Four starting points for effective IT project and portfolio management:
According to a recent KPMG study, two-thirds of companies surveyed felt their program/project management practices are "in need of repair". This paper provides a step-by-step process to help you get started with a standardized project and portfolio management solution to increase the effectiveness of your IT projects

Today's business systems are not designed to plan, schedule, manage, audit and optimize work done in a flat world. This paper reviews the market dynamics that are creating our flat world, explores the new nature of work and introduces Project Workforce Management, a new breed of systems designed to manage people and projects in a flat world.

A Forrester Wave PPM Market Leader:
"The Forrester Wave: Project Portfolio Management Tools, Q4 2007" by Lewis Cardin is a comprehensive evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of over 14 Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) vendors across 95 criteria. This report highlights why CA is a leader and it is a must-read for anyone considering investing in a PPM solution. Download now.

Collaborating for Successful EVM: Five Fundamental Roles
Earned Value Management (EVM) is a way to gauge a project's performance while it is underway. It measures the value of work completed in terms of the original cost estimate -- or performance against plan. Learn how to make EVM work for your organization.

Business is growing increasingly dependent on the benefits technology provides—benefits such as greater efficiencies, greater savings and improved performance. Yet actually realizing business returns on technology investments requires that the processes involved be repeatable, enforceable and visible to all stakeholders. This need has given rise to IT governance—the digitizing and automating of processes to run IT like a business—with business goals in mind. Download this whitepaper to see how HP Software and Acquity Group bridge the gap between IT governance in theory and IT governance in action!

Protect your site with SSL from VeriSign to ensure your company and customers are secure. Learn how to get the strongest SSL encryption and increase customer confidence with Extended Validation (EV) SSL Certificates, which trigger the green address bar in high security browsers, allowing your customers to feel safe online.

Transitioning to Agile development? Re-define your role as the Agile Project Manager! Understand what changes project managers need to make as their development teams transition to Agile. Download the award winning whitepaper from Rally Software: A Project Manager's Survival Guide to Going Agile

This white paper explores the automation of document-intensive business processes and is designed to help C-level executives, as well as IT/ Project Managers learn, plan and evaluate automation of document processes to gain efficiency for improved profitability in today’s highly competitive business environment. This white paper offers information to help businesses effectively streamline business processes and reduce the costs of document management.

How to Offer the Strongest SSL Encryption
Learn all the facts about guaranteeing maximum SSL strength to every Web site visitor, regardless of browser type or operating system. Stronger encryption levels keep your business safe from online threats and allow your customers to feel safe transacting on your site.

Discover the benefits of placing a recognized trust mark on your Web site. In our white paper, "Internet Trust Marks: Building Confidence and Profit Online" you will learn how enhancing your site with a valued trust mark can increase customer confidence and in the end, boost your bottom line.

More White Papers

Identifying Requirements from BPI Documentation
- by Michael Wood (September 4, 2007)
In this installment on requirements, we will walk through the methodology for identifying IPOs, the functional data model and briefly address level of effort estimating.

Project Portfolio Management: Get a Grip (Again)
- by Gartner Research (March 1, 2005)
A lack of practices, tools and information to facilitate near-real-time control can frustrate project portfolio management. "Dashboard" processes enable IS organizations to deliver information tools for business processes in near real time.

Best Practices for Retaining Top Technical Talent in Service & Support
- by Thomas E. Lah, Executive Director, TPSA (March 13, 2008)
The concept of the virtual workplace is now well defined, as over the past decade companies have searched for ways increase the efficiency of knowledge workers and reduce expenditures on costly and underutilized office space.

Best Practices for Retaining Top Technical Talent in Service & Support
- by SSPA (February 5, 2008)
In a Professional Services or IT Consulting organization, it’s not just about providing excellent services to clients. It’s also about balancing costs, time and the expectations of clients and management while trying to drive more value. Is it possible to successfully achieve all of this?

Managing Scope Creep with Microsoft Office Project 2007
- by Keith Wilson (December 3, 2007)
It's not change so much as change control that affects the success of most projects. This white paper from Microsoft examines tips and techniques to communicate changes using functions of Microsoft Office Project 2007.

IT Investment Management: Portfolio Management Lessons Learned
- by META Group/Pacific Edge (August 7, 2003)
This white paper provides a discussion of the benefits of adopting portfolio management through customer testimonials and case study examples.



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How to Offer the Strongest SSL Encryption
Learn all the facts about guaranteeing maximum SSL strength to every Web site visitor, regardless of browser type or operating system. Stronger encryption levels keep your business safe from online threats and allow your customers to feel safe transacting on your site.

The Project Management Institute (PMI) is now accepting online applications for the new PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)SM credential. Potential candidates can receive 50% off the price of the examination, as well as be entered into one of four regional drawings for $1,000 (USD).



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