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IT project management and portfolio management
- July 21, 2005
21 Jul'05
Step 03: Clear goals and achievable, objective deliverables
Managing a successful IT Project isn't just a technical and organizational issue. It's about managing people. Poor communication, internal politics, poor teamwork, lack of management support and poor planning are the primary reasons that projects ...
- July 21, 2005
21 Jul'05
Step 01: Identify sponsors and stakeholders
Managing a successful IT project isn't just a technical and organizational issue. Here are the 12 keys to project management success.
- July 21, 2005
21 Jul'05
Step 05: Establish a methodology
Managing a successful IT Project isn't just a technical and organizational issue. It's about managing people. Poor communication, internal politics, poor teamwork, lack of management support and poor planning are the primary reasons that projects ...
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- July 21, 2005
21 Jul'05
Step 02: Get a champion in top management
Managing a successful IT Project is about managing people. Here are the twelve keys to project management success.
- July 21, 2005
21 Jul'05
Step 11: Keep your deliverables in mind
Managing a successful IT Project isn't just a technical and organizational issue. It's about managing people. Poor communication, internal politics, poor teamwork, lack of management support and poor planning are the primary reasons that projects ...
- July 05, 2005
05 Jul'05
Project expert: Four steps to success
One hospital's project implementation runs up against a hard deadline, leaving the testing phase incomplete. Another hospital's project is dropped in the face of massive organizational change. A county's project flounders after a shift in the ...
- June 29, 2005
29 Jun'05
Ultimate makeovers for project managers
IT management continues to ignore the needs of project managers -- learn more about them, and how to help them.
- June 14, 2005
14 Jun'05
New CIO role: Change warrior
In his monthly column, Jonathan Byrnes explains how more than ever before, the CIO's performance will shape the fate of the company.
- June 14, 2005
14 Jun'05
Champy: Get proactive about innovation
Executives' obsession with corporate growth and competition has produced a new interest in innovation.
- June 09, 2005
09 Jun'05
CIO to CEO: One man's journey
It doesn't happen often, but Hyundai Motor America picked a CIO with a knack for finance to drive a new spin-off business.
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- June 09, 2005
09 Jun'05
Creating your open source ERP strategy
IT expert Bernard Golden details the five essential steps to implementing an effective open source ERP strategy.
- June 08, 2005
08 Jun'05
CIO how-to: The art of developing direct reports
Most IT professionals want to develop new skills, do well and be rewarded with more pay and higher-level positions. Unfortunately, IT executives often don't do enough to help employees get there.
- June 07, 2005
07 Jun'05
Hot skills drive IT salaries up
Want to hire a VoIP expert? What about a certified IS auditor? Better get out the checkbook. See which IT skills are now commanding top dollar.
- May 26, 2005
26 May'05
Project Expert: Prepare your project managers for success
Recently, I was asked to mentor a newly promoted project manager who was having problems keeping his e-commerce project on track. I asked him to draw his project's organization chart. He began with an inverted pyramid, which he divided into five ...
- May 24, 2005
24 May'05
Bakery samples ERP flavors
When updating its stale IT system, Tasty Baking Co. weighed Oracle against SAP.