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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…
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Managing risks in complex projects
Although there are a number of risk management standards and guides available to a large number of industries and specialized professions, many engineering project and program managers continue to…
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IT project management capabilities enhancement in contingent employment context
This paper summarises the doctoral research of the author. As an IT project management veteran, the author is concerned how organisations can retain knowledge and experience generated from IT…
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Flexible project management
To implement software development initiatives, IT project managers often adopt agile techniques and methods. The IT industry's success in using agile has encouraged project managers working in…
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Putting brakes on a rocket
As an established leader within the semiconductor and computing industry, Intel must continuously develop new products that enable it to stay ahead of its competitors. To do so, however, its…
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Resurrecting the program that perished
When a project or a program begins to fail, many organizations are too quick to terminate the initiative before exploring possible ways to save it from failure. This paper examines a case study…
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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…
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Risk management does (not) contribute to project success
Information technology (IT) projects are notorious for failing to meet expected targets. To improve IT project performance, many organizations are integrating risk management practices and…
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360 degree RISK management model
Implementing a software project involves managing many types of risk factors--technology, people, processes, environment. Unfortunately, the software industry lacks a general model for managing each…
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Out of the woodwork--the continuing challenges of bringing control to a troubled project
Responding too late to a troubled project can not only cause project failure but also drive up project cost, which could result--in the worst case scenario--in an organization's financial ruin. This…
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