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whitepaper Microsoft Office System Webcast: Create Winning Business Proposals With Help From Work Essentials (Level 100)0000-00-00 Microsoft
  In this webcast, the presenter shares his four-step plan for managing the business proposal process, from the first client meeting to proposal acceptance. Whether the listener works as a consultant or as a sales and marketing professional, this webcast shows how the person can use proposals to build client relationships, and ultimately, the business.

Tags: Collaboration Tools		   
whitepaper MSDN Webcast: Architecture Overview of Office Project Server 2007 (Level 100)0000-00-00 Microsoft
  Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 has a new architecture, enabling the system and solution to provide new functionality and capabilities. This webcast provides an overview of the architecture of Project Server 2007, and looks at how the new system functions. The webcast also examines how Project Server 2007 differs from Microsoft Office Project Server 2003, and identifies where developer opportunities exist.

Tags: Application Development		   
whitepaper University Boosts Productivity by 40 Percent, Saving U.S.$66,000 Annually2006-09-14 Microsoft
  The University of Southern Mississippi is a research university with a student body of more than 14,000. The IT department was besieged with more requests than it could fulfill, resulting in incomplete projects and unhappy internal customers. Since implementing the Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management Solution, the IT staff is making better strategic decisions, completing more projects, and boosting staff productivity by 40 percent.   
whitepaper Bottom-Up Application Programming With Perl0000-00-00 O'Reilly Media
  A major UK bank wanted a Perl guru, but would settle for someone 'Who knew a bit about everything'. They wanted a fully configurable shopping-basket ordering system. While Perl may not have seemed the obvious choice for such a system, the existing system was already using it, and they wanted the existing functionality to be transferred to the new site. A consultant for Barclays Bank at their technology center in Cheshire, England, switched the project methodology to a derivative of Extreme Programming, and set about writing two major spike developments as proof of concept, interlinking with their existing proprietary work management tool, Siebel, and their Oracle-based HR database.

Tags: Methodology, Application Development		   
whitepaper Technology Consulting Group Gains Design Efficiencies With New Development Tools0000-00-00 Microsoft
  Fujitsu Consulting has been a leading provider of consulting services and technology-based business solutions for more than 30 years. Macroscope is Fujitsu's integrated suite of business and Information Technology (IT) methods designed to help companies implement and manage organizational change. Macroscope encapsulates more than 25 years of consulting experience. By combining Macroscope with the tools in Microsoft Visual Studio Team System, as well as Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System and Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Fujitsu is helping its customers transform their businesses and deliver business value faster at a lesser cost by providing proven, best-in-class business and IT methodology integrated with a leading-edge IT solution development environment.

Tags: Methodology, Collaboration Tools		   
whitepaper Increasing the Probability of Success With SOA - A Review of the Cordys@Work Implementation Methodology2006-09-01 IDG (International Data Group)
  This White Paper discusses Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) software vendor Cordys' implementation methodology. Cordys decided to develop such a methodology, named Cordys@Work, with the objective better to serve its customers and support its ecosystem of SI partners. This IDC White Paper describes the role that methodology plays in an SOA deployment in ensuring that the potential benefits of SOA are delivered in practice. It relates this general requirement to the Cordys@Work methodology, created by Cordys to assist its customers to derive maximum benefit from the Cordys products when used in a SOA deployment.

Tags: Methodology, Services, Service-Oriented Architecture		   
whitepaper Sportswear Company Saves U.S.$2 Million a Year With Calendar Management Solution2006-09-01 Microsoft
  From its headquarters in the Bavarian town of Herzogenaurach, the adidas Group coordinates the hundreds of processes involved in running a globally successful textile company. Employees at adidas must continually manage changing deadlines and priorities and quickly communicate updates worldwide. When the company expanded its operations, it recognised the need for an easy-to-use and effective calendar management system. Previously, employees had to transfer all timeline and event changes from Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003 to their Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 calendars - a time-consuming and error-prone process. With the help of Microsoft Certified Partner holert.com, adidas implemented Microsoft Office Project Server 2003, which transfers all project tasks into employees' Outlook 2003 calendars automatically.

Tags: Methodology, E-Mail Client		   
whitepaper Company Builds Integrated Platform, Boosting Productivity by Up to 50 Percent2006-09-01 Microsoft
  Intelligent Automation Corporation (IAC) supplies diagnostic products for helicopter and turbine engines. Seventy-five percent of the company's revenue - projected to be U.S.$11 million this fiscal year - comes from government contracts. From 1999 to 2003, the company's accounting application was sufficient to meet the government's strict project accounting and reporting requirements. However, as IAC began to expand its manufacturing operation, integrating manufacturing and accounting data presented many challenges. To overcome these issues, IAC, with the help of Advanced Solutions & Consulting Company, deployed Microsoft Dynamics SL and Microsoft Office Project Server. As a result, IAC has increased productivity by 10 to 50 percent, expanded manufacturing operations, enhanced employee accountability and communication, and provided a central repository of information.

Tags: Methodology		   
whitepaper Banrisul Uses IBM Rational Software to Achieve Significant Cost Savings by Reducing the Number of Labor Hours Required to Complete IT Projects2006-09-01 IBM
  The official bank for the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, Banrisul is dedicated to promoting the social and economic development of the state. To maintain business-critical systems, Banrisul had been relying on an outdated project methodology that ran on an IBM z/OS platform in distributed environments, leading to high labor costs and unpredictable project results. The bank wanted to boost its resource utilization capabilities by optimizing its oversight of numerous Information Technology (IT) projects and personnel resources. Leveraging IBM Rational software, Banrisul implemented a Project Management Office (PMO) solution that provides the access to internal processes and real-time visibility that it needs to fully utilize its IT resources and maintain the predictability of its projects.

Tags: Resources Mgmt., Methodology		   
whitepaper The Root of the Problem: Poor Requirements - Three Strategies for Addressing Three Types of Requirements Problems2006-09-01 Forrester Research
  The quality of software requirements is a limiting factor on the success of software development projects. And it's the rare IT organization that couldn't improve its requirements practices. When it comes to getting requirements right, companies struggle on two primary fronts: requirements definition and requirements management. But the market places a disproportionate emphasis on tools for requirements management. The real opportunity for improvement lies in requirements definition and in how different development methodologies treat changing requirements.

Tags: Methodology