Management Practice
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Sun banks its future on storage integration
News In post-acquisition mode, the vendor is looking to up the ante in the network-attached storage, storage software, and tape markets.
Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), Storage management, Data backup, disaster recovery, Storage software
HP sets stage for Web services
News Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina on Monday underscored the company's alliance with BEA Systems and detailed HP's latest Web services management initiatives.
SOA raises security worries
News Service-orientated architecture technologies could open up a security-based can of worms as they begin to move beyond the walls of individual businesses, warns analyst house.
Tags: Web services
Are your IT projects a house of cards?
Techguide Organizational cultures that prioritize business value over mechanical project execution, will prevent IT folks from spinning business benefits to get their project approved--and doomed for failure.
Tags: IT project management, Project management, Budgeting/cost control, Business Benefit, Card, appraisal, Michael Krigsman, Management Practice, Sommer, software
User stories: The starting point in agile development
Techguide Rick Freedman explains how user stories can help agile developers understand users' expectations. He also discusses the three Cs, user role modeling and epic stories.
Tags: IT project management, Software engineering/development, User Story, NEC Corp., Story, Detail, Development Effort, C, Information Technology, Human Resources Inc.
Six Sigma: Changing organizations for the better
Techguide The Six Sigma philosophy, implemented by companies such as GE and American Express, starts with a very simple and obvious idea: defects cost money. Find out more in this high-level overview.
Tags: Quality, Motorola Inc., Organization, TV, General Electric Co., Manufacturing, Japan, BPR, process improvement
Holistic management: The Seven S model
Techguide The Seven S guides managers to improve their strategic approach to the business. Get an overview of the framework and tips on how to apply it.
Tags: Strategic planning process, IT Governance, Project management, E-business, Organization, Workforce, Recruiting, Sales, Consulting, strategy
Get agile requirements by asking for user stories
Techguide Having trouble gathering agile requirements from a nontechnical client? Consider asking for user stories, which are simple and outline tasks users plan to do when they sit down at the keyboard.
Tags: IT project management, Project management, IT Professional, Rick, Environment, Use Case, job, technique, natural language, team
Keep management roles in a project separate
Techguide Clear separation of three distinct roles--project manager, technical manager and relationship manager--gives projects a better probability of success and client satisfaction.
Tags: IT project management, Project management, Project Manager, Engagement, Role, financial incentive, information technology, Project management, IT project management, Rick
Don't determine IT project rigor based on arbitrary project size classifications
Techguide Such classifications may suit the expectations of managers and salespeople, but they don't necessarily match the reality of on-the-ground project work, argues Rick Freedman.
Tags: IT project management, Project management, Project, project manager, Rick, data center, desktop, team, Project management, ESI
Don't mistake the map for the journey
Techguide Using innovative methods for projects doesn't have to mean abandoning benefits gained by applying structured project management techniques.
Tags: Project management, IT project management, Motorola Inc., Method, Project, project manager, Rick, compliance, knowledge, technique
Agile project management: Estimating the unknown
Techguide Rick Freedman explains why estimation in an agile environment is not as mysterious as many project managers think.
Tags: Project management, IT project management, NEC Corp., Feature, Project, Project Management Institute, Rick, Environment, Carnegie-Mellon University, technique
IBM adds consulting partners
News IBM seeks to create a network of specialized vendors to supplement IBM products in consulting engagements dealing with Web services and service-oriented architectures
Tags: Consulting
Green your IT using power management techniques
Techguide By following a disciplined path and measuring results using metrics, IT heads can make the greening of IT using power management techniques an exercise in financial success and corporate responsibility.
Tags: Data centers, Green IT, PG&E Corp., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Green Grid, Server, energy efficiency, power management, data center, technique
Businesses urged to harness staff Web 2.0 skills
News A Butler Group report claims employees' Web 2.0 know-how can boost workforce productivity and bring positive changes to businesses.
Tags: Web 2.0, Security, Butler Group, CIO, social networking, Silicon.com, network, Web 2.0, information management, workplace
