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whitepaper Increase Nationwide Rollout & Global Technology Deployment Service Efficiency2008-12-01 Concert Technologies
  When one has a technology rollout to deploy on a nationwide or global scale, service efficiency is critical. While missed deadlines and unbudgeted project costs are always a concern, they should never be a likely outcome. By understanding the details of the Rollout Services Model (the second part of the Technology Rollout System), one can avoid the potential nightmares of project implementation and ensure that the project is completed on time and within budget. This paper continues the effort of providing the critical information needed to evaluate a technology rollout company effectively and ensure that one is getting the most efficient and cost-effective implementation system for the technology deployment projects.

Tags: Project Management		   
whitepaper Application Lifecycle Management and Business Strategy2008-12-01 Microsoft
  Is building custom software a necessary evil, a process that's divorced from the really important parts of a business? In many organizations, how well a firm executes its business strategies is inextricably tied to how good it is at creating and running new applications.

Nearly every organization pursues strategies to differentiate it from its competitors. In most firms, custom applications play an essential role in providing this differentiation. Both the creation and operation of custom applications are accomplished through the process of application lifecycle management (ALM). It's clear that for a modern organization to be good at strategy—and thus at providing long-term profitability—it must also be good at ALM.

Tags: Software Development Tools, Software Development Tools, Software Development Tools, Enterprise Planning, IT Budgeting, Workflow Management, Project Management		   
whitepaper Application Lifecycle Management as a Business Process2008-12-01 Microsoft
  As business processes become more dependent on software, getting that software right gets ever more important. And because the most important software in an organization is typically developed in-house, doing this well has become a foundation for business success. This set of activities, known as application lifecycle management (ALM), is itself a critical business process. Any organization that creates custom software should take the ALM process at least as seriously as it does any other important business process. Being better than your competitors at creating custom software can provide a significant competitive advantage.

Tags: Software Development Tools, Software Development Tools, Internet and Web, Software Development Tools, Workflow Management, Project Management, IT Budgeting		   
whitepaper Tools for Team Development: Why Vendors are Finally Getting It Right2008-12-01 Microsoft
  Most software development is done by teams of people. Yet even though tools to support team-based development have been available for some time, they weren't always as useful as they might have been. Today, the vendors who create those tools have reached a consensus on what the real problem is, and they're providing tools to solve it. The result is team development tools that focus on the right thing: optimizing the end-to-end development process.

Tags: Office Suites, Enterprise Planning, E-commerce - E-Business, Project Management, Software Development Tools, Software Development Tools		   
whitepaper What is Application Lifecycle Management?2008-12-01 Microsoft
  Defining application lifecycle management (ALM) isn't easy. Different people (and different vendors) take quite different perspectives. Still, ALM is an important topic, and so understanding what it encompasses is also important.

It's common to equate ALM with the software development lifecycle (SDLC). Yet this simple approach is too limiting; ALM is much more than just SDLC. In fact, an application's lifecycle includes the entire time during which an organization is spending money on this asset, from the initial idea to the end of the application's life. To be both accurate and useful, our view of application lifecycle management should take an equally broad perspective. Anything else just isn't right.

Tags: Software Development Tools, Software Development Tools, Enterprise Planning, Software Development Tools, Workflow Management, Project Management, IT Budgeting, Project Management		   
whitepaper Microsoft Office System Webcast: Creating Custom Stakeholder Views in Project 2007 (Level 200)2008-11-19 Microsoft
  Creating project status reports for multiple stakeholders can be challenging since each stakeholder often requires different information in a different format. Microsoft Office Project 2007 has powerful communication tools that allow efficiently communicate with project team members, senior management, or project customers. The presenter of this webcast shows how to use the vast array of communication tools available to generate custom reports in the formats the stakeholders' desire, putting people in the communication driver's seat.   
whitepaper Adapting the Scrum Project Management Method for Geographically Separated Teams2008-11-18 IBM
  Scrum, an iterative, incremental process of software development that's commonly used with agile development, was originally developed by Ken Schwaber. It combines an iterative approach to development with other useful practices, including special meetings, a definition of roles, and specification of the artifacts. As originally developed, Scrum assumes that the project team is all working at the same location. Good communication and cooperation are main success factors of Scrum. However, in many software companies, the development and test teams work at different locations, making proper communication and cooperation more difficult.

Tags: Software Development Tools, Software Development Tools		   
whitepaper TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Office Project Server 2007: Workload Scenarios and Reference Architecture (Level 300)2008-11-12 Microsoft
  This webcast covers Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 workload scenarios and reference architecture to help to plan the deployment. The presenter discusses typical product operations broken out by user roles and explains how they affect performance. The presenter also presents typical reference architecture based on key capacity planning characteristics. This webcast is part of a series targeted at IT professionals.

Tags: Software Development Tools		   
whitepaper Optimizing Your Business for Dynamic Change2008-10-08 IBM
  WebSphere Dynamic Process Edition is a component within the overall IBM Business Process Management (BPM) Suite of solutions. It extends BPM to large-scale implementations with the ability to deal with vast combinations of data, channels and dependencies. This white paper from Bruce Silver Associates shows how this new process modeling simplifies complex environments and benefits the bottom line.

Tags: IT Infrastructure, Enterprise Planning, IT Budgeting, Project Management		   
whitepaper Why Project and Portfolio Management Matter More At Recession Time2008-11-10 PlanView
  IT departments scaling back on project work as the economy lurches toward a recession may be tempted to skimp on project management and portfolio management. But think twice: doing so could cost you far more - in projects gone awry and wasted resources. This CIO white paper outlines real-world examples of how companies are benefiting from portfolio management and why it matters more than ever to have it, especially during challenging economic times.

Tags: Business Functions, IT Budgeting, Workflow Management, Project Management, Project Management