Library
-
Success with agile in a federal environment
Federal IT projects often run over budget and behind schedule, or fail to deliver promised functionality. Many projects use "grand design' approaches that aim to deliver functionality every few…
-
How to tame a gorilla program
This article discusses the scheduling of a new product development program at SanDisk, a major designer of Flash Storage products. The program had about 5,000 tasks broken down into eight…
-
Project planning-- must it be a Sisyphean task?
A typical technology development project is composed of, over the course of more than a year, thousands of activities including the work of dozens of engineers from a variety of disciplines.…
-
Single telecom provider for multinational companies
By teaming with wholesale global telecommunications companies (WGTC), multinational organizations (MNO) can not only keep up with the widely diverse and ever-changing demands involved in…
-
Accelerated implementation approach of project management processes in SMEs
It is often the small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) that can gain the most from implementing critical changes via projects. But many SMEs lack both the time and the money to invest in efforts…
-
Integration of the project management life cycle (PMLC) and the systems development life cycle (SDLC) in accelerated project efforts
In today's hyper-competitive global marketplace, accelerated project schedules are--increasingly--the expectation rather than the exception. This paper examines how project managers can integrate…
-
Seminars & Symposium
Gaining matrixed areas’ commitment for effective Internet development
How do you gain each matrixed area's commitment to the project plan for an internal Information Technology (IT) project? United Services Automobile Association (USAA) successfully designed and…
Advertisement