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whitepaper Choosing the Wrong Portfolio of Projects2006-12-14 01:00:24 Lee Merkhofer Consulting
  There are five major reasons that organizations choose the wrong projects - biases and errors in judgment, failure to establish an effective framework for project portfolio management, lack of the right metrics for valuing projects, inability to assess and value risk, and failure to identify project portfolios on the efficient frontier. As a consequence of these shortcomings, organizations underestimate the value derived from projects; conduct too many small, low-value projects; don't kill failing projects soon enough; unknowingly take on high-risk projects; make project choices based on political considerations not in the best interest of the enterprise; and use inefficient decision-making processes that discourage trust and honesty. Methods are available for overcoming the reasons organizations choose the wrong projects.   
whitepaper MessageLabs Intelligence: "Do you want spam with that spam?"2006-12-13 01:00:24 MessageLabs
  This report provides the latest threat trends for October 2006, to keep you informed regarding the ongoing fight against viruses, spam and other unwelcome content. October marks the beginning of the spam season this year in the run up to the holiday period, with MessageLabs seeing a sharp increase in levels this month, especially in the past few weeks. As predicted in the September/Q3 MessageLabs Intelligence report, spam is not going away. This increase is largely attributed to the huge rise in botnet activity over the past few weeks. There are two contributing factors compounding this issue...   
whitepaper Retail Store Execution: An Empirical Study2006-12-01 University of Pennsylvania
  This paper describes a methodology by which a retailer can identify action steps that are likely to increase sales and customer satisfaction and demonstrate the methodology using proprietary data from a large retailer with over 500 stores. The paper uses monthly store-level data on a number of operational variables including in-stock rate, store staffing level as measured by payroll and store employee turnover, together with customer responses to satisfaction surveys. The paper develops a nested three-stage econometric model to analyze the marginal effects of various execution levers on sales, customer satisfaction and the percentage of customers who answer 'Yes' to the question 'Did one find everything they were looking for?', which the paper terms customer perceived in-stock.   
whitepaper Measurement for Maturity and Process Improvement Using DataDrill EXPRESS2007-01-26 01:00:27 Distributive Software
  This white paper presents an overview of an effective measurement process, including guidance for implementing measurement within the CMMI, a popular process improvement framework. To help put the information here into action, the use of automated measurement tools is described using Distributive's DataDrill Express product as an example.   
whitepaper Interneer Case Study: The World Bank/PEER Consultants2006-11-02 01:00:17 Interneer
  The World Bank Group's mission is to fight poverty and improve the living standards of people in the developing world. The World Bank was seeking an engineering firm to commence infrastructure-strengthening construction projects in Grenada. PEER Consultants understood that this project required software capable of making all documents, written communications and assessments of project-related information accessible anywhere in the world through one central system.   
whitepaper Royal Canadian Mint Cuts Costs With 'Virtual' Coins Created With CATIA V5 and ENOVIA SmarTeam2006-10-20 01:00:16 IBM
  The Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) wanted to improve coin design and production processes to cut development time and costs. The RCM chose CATIA V5 and ENOVIA SmarTeam, including best practice methods for developing coins, associated tooling, and packaging. The RCM reduced development cycles and costs for new coins, while improving creativity, collaboration, and customer satisfaction.   
whitepaper Implement Project-Based Learning in Your Classroom2006-10-20 01:00:16 Microsoft
  Project-based learning can help students learn how to make thoughtful decisions, solve complex problems, and master current technologies and programs like Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 and Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 to build important skills for the future. This webcast shows what steps a person can take to incorporate project-based learning into the weekly lessons.   
whitepaper Develop and Pitch Project Proposals2006-10-20 01:00:16 Microsoft
  A management consultant's expertise can help potential clients increase revenues and improve efficiencies. But first, he must persuade them to hire him. He can do it because he has got the know-how - and this webcast shows the person how to use Microsoft Office OneNote and Microsoft Office Word to put together and present his winning proposal.   
whitepaper Develop and Present Project Plans, Scope, and Timeline2006-10-20 01:00:16 Microsoft
  Project managers must successfully administer their project plans on time and within budget. Most importantly, they must deliver a superior product to their clients. It's hard work, but one will find positive results easier to achieve when powerful tools like Microsoft Office Project and Microsoft Office Visio are used to pull it all together.   
whitepaper Michigan's Largest Health Benefits Plan Provider Doubles Development Capacity While Increasing on Time, on Budget Projects With IBM Rational2006-10-20 01:00:16 IBM
  Facing increased competition from for-profit health insurance companies, Michigan's largest health benefits plan provider sought to deliver new services to members, providers, and group agents. The company needed a proven development process supported by an integrated software development platform. The company implemented IBM Rational Unified Process, or RUP, and IBM Rational solutions for requirements management, visual modeling, and performance testing. Since adopting the IBM Rational Software Development Platform, the company's development team has doubled the number of projects it can complete in a year, while increasing the rate of delivering projects on time and on budget to 90 percent.