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6 Mistakes Companies are Making – and How to Avoid Them
When the economy slows, many businesses react
by retrenching and cutting costs in order to weather
the downturn. While such cost reduction is important,
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Want to know more about how agile affects project management? Get the Agile Project Manager white paper. Learn about the impact agile methodologies are having on the Project Management community and new ways to manage time, cost and scope.
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"Integrated Project Management" by Kovair, a popular paper at the gantthead PMXPO features resource management, what if analysis, cost estimation, process management, task allocations, tracking and time management. Capabilities include Gant Charts, Dashboards and Integrations. Download it now! |
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ROI study: Quantifying the Value of Investments in HP Agile Solutions
This paper provides examples of the ROI for HP’s Agile solution. It includes examples coupled with an explanation of the HP ROI approach which are intended to help business managers develop an ROI analysis that quantifies the business benefits of HP Agile in their environment.
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Clearing Your Path To Modern Applications and Business Agility
Application modernization and Agile in particular hold out the promise for making applications more responsive to business needs—that is, for better business agility. But true business success depends on Agile delivery and not just Agile development. Learn how organizations like yours are optimizing their productivity and modernizing their methodologies to make application development more efficient and effective. |
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A Primer on Just-in-Time ResourcingSM
Just-in-Time ResourcingSM (JITR) can offer significant advantages and immediate benefits to professional services agencies, consulting companies and other expanding technology firms needing improved resource planning. "Stop gap" and other measures can compound the problems in handling large scale fluctuations in labor sourcing and management. Find out how JITR addresses the need for optimal resource supply for growing businesses, and how to enable JITR through project workforce management software.
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Discover 11 secrets to spot a failing project - Learn 11 secrets that successful project managers use to fail-proof their projects. Find out about best practices for managing projects in your organization by downloading this FREE article: "How to Spot a Failing Project." CLICK HERE |
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The Role of Emotional Intelligence in Project Management Over the Next Five Years
- by Organization Acceleration (March 9, 2010)
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Research suggests that the bedrock of project success is a PM’s human competencies or soft skills such as communicating, listening, sensitivity, influencing and motivating. Which emotional intelligence tool should you concentrate on? What are the critical success factors required for effective project management over the next five years?
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Practical Tactics for Agile IT Release Management
- by David W. Larsen (December 1, 2009)
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This case study explains how an IT organization delivered a release management process and results that exceeded its management’s expectations--and provided a foundation for continued success.
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Zero Defects, Zero Deaths: Implementing OPM3 in Rural Healthcare Systems
- by Ann L. Lovejoy (October 5, 2009)
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Building capable project management systems in a rural hospital is about saving lives, which is the strategic purpose of a hospital. Fortunately, quality standards like OPM3 can help. But aligning a quality improvement initiative to the strategic priorities of one’s organization is no guarantee that stakeholders will provide their support.
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Identifying Requirements from BPI Documentation
- by Michael Wood (September 4, 2007)
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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.
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The History of OPM3
- by John Schlichter (September 14, 2009)
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In 1998 a project was chartered to develop an international standard for industry and government strictly through the grassroots efforts of unpaid volunteers. Their journey led to the development of the Organizational Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3), and this is their story.
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The Benefits of ITIL
- by Pink Elephant (February 2, 2009)
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This white paper strives to clarify and provide real examples of the benefits derived by adopting and implementing ITIL.
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