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Conference Paper Strategy, PMO, Agile, Quality Management, Information Technology 22 October 2011

COTS project management strategy from a state government PMO perspective

By Douglas, Joyce We all work in environments in which government funding is stretched, program resources are syphoned, disparate applications are waiting on future funds for cycles to implement backlogged features,…

Conference Paper Quality Management, Innovation, Communications Management, Information Technology 10 May 2011

Project management use of cloud collaboration

By Dillon, Liam | Scanlon, Rory With projects, we are always drawing up plans and trying to carry them out, usually as part of a team, which ultimately delivers on project execution. This is the basic principle behind project…

Conference Paper Quality Management, Risk Management, Information Technology 12 October 2010

Resurrecting the program that perished

By Wilson, Peter 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…

Conference Paper Requirements Management, Quality Management, Information Technology, Construction 12 October 2010

My project should be compliant

By Rincon, Ivan Daniel Too often, project teams presume that the client's requirements are the primary factors they must comply with. But achieving actual compliance usually involves addressing and accommodating a variety…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Quality Management, Risk Management, Information Technology, Telecommunications 12 May 2010

Single telecom provider for multinational companies

By Abajo Bedmar, Mariano de | Gaspar Rebollo, Alejandro 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…

Article Quality Management, Information Technology September 2009

Project Management Journal

Evaluating the success in international sourcing of information technology projects

By Haried, Peter | Ramamurthy, Keshavamurthy This article investigates the differences across and the need to consider both the client and vendor perspective in evaluating international sourcing (offshoring) success and highlights the need for…

Article Quality Management, Strategy, Information Technology September 2009

PM Network

DHL Express, Bonn, Germany

By Fister Gale, Sarah Those companies that leverage the current economic downturn as an opportunity to streamline their operations are positioning themselves to outperform their competitors when the economy turns around…

Conference Paper Quality Management, Information Technology 19 October 2008

Balancing quality versus productivity

By Hammad, Mohammed A. | Al-Dabal, Nabil K. Energy provider Saudi Aramco is striving to become the world's premier energy supplier. To accomplish this, it is developing the large production facilities it requires and working to complete these…

Article Quality Management, Information Technology 1 September 2008

Project Management Journal

Six sigma and information systems project management

By Zhang, Weiyong | Xu, Xiaobo The evolution of information systems (IS) has driven the globalization of commerce. Through IS projects, companies can expand their operations and improve their performance. But realizing IS…

Conference Paper Quality Management, Information Technology 14 November 2007

Mini y micro proyectos

By Rincon, Ivan Daniel It is often through small projects that organizations can most effectively establish a project management mindset across their enterprise. This paper examines how small-to-mid-sized information…