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Three tactics for dealing with sub-par contractors
Techguide What do you do when a contractorr is not meeting your expectations? Tom Mochal offers some suggestions.
Tags: IT Management, IT project management, Project management
Use JAD sessions to reduce duration of group consensus
Techguide Project managers are always looking for ways to deliver results in a shorter timeframe. It's critical if you want to achieve the biggest business benefits on your projects.
Tags: Project management
Go green with quality management
Techguide As green becomes more routine within project management, it's possible in future it will make sense to establish "environmental management" as one of the foundational skills for project managers.
Tags: Project management, Green IT, Professional Development
Monitor project progress with micro-deliverables
Techguide Micro-deliverables allow you to effectively gauge the health of a project. Here are four simple rules to follow when planning for and using micro-deliverables.
Tags: IT project management, Project management, Project, Deliverable, Paul Glen, monitoring, black hole, IT administration, leader, monitor
Export project data for future effort estimation
Techguide Learn to tweak your estimation matrix even further by analyzing the project data from your Microsoft Project schedule.
Tags: IT Management, Business Strategies & Functions, Estimation Matrix, C, Andrew Makar, Microsoft Corp., Business Strategies & Functions, Deliverable, Tool, Gantt Chart
Microsoft-Nokia pact takes aim at RIM
News BlackBerry maker, not Google or Apple, is the main target of the new team effort. Also, mobile Office apps for Symbian could take until 2011.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), BlackBerry, Symbian, Windows Mobile, Cellular phones, Smart phones, Research In Motion Ltd., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Windows Mobile, phone
10 best practices for successful project management
Techguide The right mix of planning, monitoring and controlling can make the difference in completing a project on time, on budget, and with high quality results. Here are some guidelines to help.
Tags: Project management, IT project management, Exchange, CFO, Project, Risk, project manager, CIO, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Exchange Server
How to make Work Breakdown Structure easier
Techguide Almost all project schedules are built using a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
Tags: IT Management
Align project deliverables with objectives
Techguide Tom Mochal explains why it is important to recognize the connection between project objectives and deliverables.
Tags: Project management, IT project management, IT Management
Beware of when 'completed' activities aren't really completed
Techguide One of the primary responsibilities of a project manager is to assign work to team members and then monitor the work to see that it is completed on schedule.
Tags: IT Management, IT project management
Five tips for building a WBS
Techguide These techniques will save you time and rework on your next Work Breakdown Structure.
Tags: Project management, IT project management, Work Breakdown Structure, Activity, Plan, Tool, Summary Activity, technique, team, Project management
Five tips for building a Work Breakdown Structure
Techguide Tom Mochal shares techniques that will save you time and rework.
Tags: IT Management
Apply work breakdown structure techniques to organize a program
Techguide Most of have you have used a work breakdown structure (WBS) to break large units of work into the smaller activities. This "decomposition" can also be applied for structuring very large projects.
Tags: Project management
Minimize rework as a part of your quality management process
Techguide One of the responsibilities of a project manager is to put into place a quality management process that seeks to keep rework to a minimum.
Tags: IT Management
Find errors as early as possible in your project
Techguide Keep your projects in check by preventing as many errors as possible using sound processes.
Tags: IT Management, IT project management, Quality
