All Entries Tagged With: "project management"

Freelancers: Get Client Wow-Factor By Managing Expectations

Want to know a secret of how to make your clients say Wow!?
Is it about bells and whistles?
Do you do it by providing comb-bound booklets?
Or is it about *really cool* slide masters when you do a powerpoint presentation?

Who Needs Another Program Management Handbook…?

You’d be forgiven if you thought the last thing needed on the bookshelf is another Program Management handbook. If Program Management was an exact science, then why would we need so many books when one PM bible would do? The truth is, PM isn’t a science, although it isn’t an artform as such – it’s [...]

Do You Consider Business Readiness as an Afterthought?

You wouldn’t talk to someone who isn’t paying attention. Nor would you make a movie if you didn’t know who would watch it. So why do technology projects often deliver to a Business who isn’t ready to receive?
Business Readiness is a loose term which can mean the Business’s ability to take on what a project [...]

Projects Are About People, Not Technology (According To Elizabeth Harrin)

In a recent post on her blog, Elizabeth Harrin shares with us some research from Forrester which (in her words) reminds us that projects are about people, not technology.
Elizabeth Harrin is a blogger (a girl’s guide to project management) who won the ComputerWeekly 2008 IT Blog Awards in the Project Management category. Her post [...]

Ten REAL Reasons Why IT Projects Fail

Why do IT Projects fail? Project Managers reel out a million reasons and excuses. But in my years of working in projects, whatever the size or budget, there are 10 reasons why failed projects end up that way. (Maybe you know more? If you do, please share them!)
1. Too Many Parallel Activities into One Completion Date
Project [...]

Take the CIO Project and Portfolio Management Assessment

I found a tool offered by Computer Associates which gives CIOs the ability to assess their organization’s Project and Portfolio Management (PPM). CA says:

68% of IT organizations are underutilizing their project resources – how do you compare? Take this opportunity to gauge the maturity of your own IT organization’s Project and Portfolio Management process with [...]