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Non-traditional cures to keep projects on schedule, on budget
Techguide Telling a client the project is late and running over budget is unpleasant and possibly humiliating. Two non-traditional methods for involving in-house personnel from the project's inception, can help keep things on track.
Tags: Project management, IT project management, Project, IT Manager, CIO, editor-in-chief, consultant, desktop, incentive, team
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
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Product Reviews Norton Ghost 2003
Tags: Norton Co., Acronis, Storage, USB, hard drive, DOS, Microsoft Windows, disk
Get a slipping project back on track
Techguide Plenty of things can derail a project plan--here are some practical techniques that can correct the direction of a project that’s losing ground.
Tags: IT project management, Project management, Activity, Project, Schedule, Deadline, Resource, project manager, Work, performance review
Mozilla: Firefox 3.6 won't be late
News The first beta of Firefox 3.6 may have crossed the finish line weeks late, but Mozilla says the final version should still be done this year.
Tags: Web browsers, Open Source, Wiki, Web Browser, motivation, Mozilla Corp., Beta, release candidate, Mozilla Firefox, proprietary software
eBay opens auction app for BlackBerry
News BlackBerry-maker RIM and eBay have joined forces to develop an official eBay application for BlackBerry auctioneers.
Tags: Mobile applications, BlackBerry, RIM BlackBerry, PayPal, RIM BlackBerry App World, App, Mobile applications, Smart Phone, eBay Inc., Conference
Confirm your Project Schedule is ready for EVM
Techguide This eight-step checklist will help you determine whether your Microsoft Project Schedule is ready for earned value management.
Tags: Work Breakdown Structure, Microsoft Project, project management, team
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
Keep IMAP e-mail messages locally using OfflineIMAP
Techguide Vincent Danen discusses the uses of OfflineIMAP for synchronizing local and remote IMAP mailboxes and providing a good method for backing up e-mail.
Tags: Open source, E-mail servers, Mailbox, Fedora Project, POP3, IMAP, OfflineIMAP, SSL, Backup, Tool
Judge sets February hearing for new Google Books deal
News Schedule is laid out for second round of final approval process as preliminary approval is given to revised deal submitted last Friday.
Tags: Copyright, Google Inc., U.S. Department Of Justice, Settlement, New York, Judge, researcher, U.S. District Court, agreement, Benefit
A Google model for mobile advertising?
Blogs The week is not over yet but it seems I've already exceeded my quota of interviews with IT executives. Most of them are ...
Corporate BlackBerrys to get Google Apps syncing
News If you've got a company-issued BlackBerry and your company subscribes to Google Apps, you could soon receive push e-mail and find global contacts on your phone.
Tags: Business applications, Mobile applications, Mobile platforms, BlackBerry, RIM BlackBerry, Archiving, Server, RIM Blackberry Enterprise Server, enterprise server, Google Apps
How to develop a better estimation matrix
Techguide An expert discusses effort estimation and shares his efforts to develop a better estimation matrix based on actual project data.
Tags: IT Management, IT budgeting, IT project management, Project management, Estimate, Estimation Matrix, C, Andrew Makar, Microsoft Corp., Information Technology
Firefox hopes to one-up IE with fast graphics
News Windows 7 features called Direct2D and DirectWrite will speed up Internet Explorer 9 performance. But Firefox hopes it might retool for the same benefit first.
Tags: Web browsers, Service level management, Google Inc., DirectWrite, Bas Schouten, Direct2D, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Graphics, Mozilla Corp.
Symbian: Regaining momentum?
News Growing interest in smartphones among consumers is likely the biggest driver of renewed interest in Symbian, whose software powers many of the devices.
Tags: Mobile platforms, Mobile applications, Applications and tools, Symbian Inc., Operating System, China Mobile Ltd., Phone, handset, mobile-phone software, Mobile applications
