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Conference Paper Risk Management, Scheduling, Agile, Information Technology, Government 29 October 2013

Success with agile in a federal environment

By Garrison, Richard 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…

Article Agile, Scheduling, Information Technology June 2013

PM Network

A healthy hybrid

By Schupak, Amanda When the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced a mandatory update for the codes doctors and hospitals use to report and charge for patient services, it gave providers five years…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Work Breakdown Structures, Information Technology 23 October 2012

How to tame a gorilla program

By Uyttewaal, Eric | Rusnak, Al 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…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Estimating, Information Technology 22 October 2011

Project planning-- must it be a Sisyphean task?

By Brokman, Yaniv | Pilovsky, Yuval 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.…

Article Scheduling, Risk Management, Information Technology December 2010

PM Network

The project pipeline .

By Carneiro, Roberto Newton By using project management, organizations can not only meet aggressive deadlines and tight budgets but also achieve measurable outcomes and value-generating benefits. This article features the…

Article Requirements Management, Scheduling, Information Technology, Construction December 2010

PM Network

Healing a community

By Yovovich, Bozidar Large-scale construction projects, particularly those involving the realization of such complex structures as hospitals, require project managers to handle countless issues and manage nearly…

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…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Benefits Realization, Earned Value Management, Information Technology 12 May 2010

Accelerated implementation approach of project management processes in SMEs

By Cabezas Castillo, Luis | Amescua Seco, Antonio de | Vásquez B., Diana M. 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…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Information Technology 2007

Integration of the project management life cycle (PMLC) and the systems development life cycle (SDLC) in accelerated project efforts

By Flynn, Thomas A. 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…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Risk Management, Scope Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Information Technology 7 September 2000

Seminars & Symposium

Gaining matrixed areas’ commitment for effective Internet development

By Shapiro, Vicki 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…