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- Microsoft's WinMobile team: Big on futures, slow on deliverables
- Microsoft's WinMobile team: Big on futures, slow on deliverablesMicrosoft should not emulate appleIn my mind, Microsoft's way of having software that works on phones of different manufacturers, and being able to buy applications from different companies is the right way to do business. Apple achieves a lot trough hype and...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, application store, Microsoft Corp., WinMobile team, deliverable, mobile
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- TimeBox Manager (zip)
- TimeBox Manager is a windows application for managing a project or event where the timeboxing technique is in use. This technique ensures delivery on time and to a high quality by allowing scope changes during the timebox. The important thing about time boxing is that the dates are not flexible,...
- Tags: technique, deliverable, timebox manager, productivity
- Software downloads 2008-08-08
- Windows 7: Now a late 2009 deliverable (again)
- Windows 7: Now a late 2009 deliverable againI don't care about it. I stick with VistaI don't care about it. I stick with VistaRE: Windows 7: Now a late 2009 deliverable againThat will be nothing new, just think - another operating system delivered in beta status, with millions of people...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Well Let, Microsoft Windows 7, deliverable, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-05-28
- Old-school conferences R.I.P.
- Old-school conferences R.I.P.Time? I ahve a question.If no one knew when this was happening, how did you reserve a building? Most decent meeting facilities I know of need to be booked in advance.Concept OversellThis is a very interesting concept, but I think you rather oversold its ad hoc...
- Tags: Wiki, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, deliverable
- Discussion threads 2006-02-24
- Five steps for conducting an effective deliverable walkthrough
- A deliverable walkthrough can help ensure that a project is completed according to accepted standards, guidelines, and practices. Here are the steps for planning and conducting a successful walkthrough. Deliverables that require human knowledge and creativity--such as a business requirements report, program code, marketing campaigns, and research...
- Tags: Deliverable, Marketing Research, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Marketing, It Operations, It service Management, Management
- Download resources 2005-08-17
- The Role and Task of the System Architect
- The deliverables of a System Architect are stacks of paper, or the electronic equivalent, symbolized by the stack. Deliverables of a system architect consists of a stack of paper, the main deliverables of a System Architect. Quite often the System Architect does not even produce all deliverables mentioned here, but...
- Tags: Deliverable
- White papers 2000-09-10
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- Doubletake Customer Profile: Chickasaw Nation
- I recently had the chance to communicate with Rob Jacks, Chief Information Technology Officer for the Commerce Division of the Chickasaw Nation. The Commerce Division uses Double Take's data protection software and was willing to speak about their experiences with the technology. About Commerce Division...
- Tags: Data Center, Information Technology, Casino, Technology, Rob Jacks, Commerce Division, CNDC Core Competency, H/A, Data Centers, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Utility Computing, Games, Storage Management, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Personal Technology, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- Windows 7: Now a late 2009 deliverable (again)
- It sounds like Microsoft is aiming to get Windows 7 out earlier than it promised -- at least if you believe the company's CEO. During his fireside chat with Chairman Bill Gates at the D6 conference on May 27, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer acknowledged that Microsoft was...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
- 5 ways to prevent IT failure
- 5 ways to prevent IT failureIt's not governance itself...It's when governance (err...a "governance model") is a major piece or somehow viewed as a significant deliverable.I'll also point out that consistency across the portfolio is not necessarily a good thing. Many corporations consist of a large number of diverse businesses....
- Tags: Strategy, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-05-24
- More Citrix Synergy Announcements
- Many of Citrix's friends have been making announcements at Citrix's big party, Citrix Synergy. I've heard from appSense, Scalent Systems, and VMlogix about what they're doing with Citrix XenServer or Xen Desktop. I guess everyone is doing their best to gain the market's attention before Microsoft finally releases Hyper-V. ...
- Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-05-21
- Windows 'Fiji' beta testing has begun
- Speaking of Microsoft information lockdown, there's been no word in ages from Microsoft about "Fiji," the next version of Windows Media Center Edition. But that isn't because Fiji has evaporated. In fact, the Fiji beta began a few weeks ago, according to a few sources with whom...
- Tags: Media Center PC, Microsoft Corp., Tester, Fiji, Media Center PCs, Microsoft Windows, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
- 8 tips to avoid being an IT scapegoat
- 8 tips to avoid being an IT scapegoatProject Manager Usually Ends up "Holding the Bag"The project manager is often not the one who sets the mission. That is usually done several layers up the management chain. The project manager is often not in a position to question the mission either.With...
- Tags: Strategy, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-04-25
- Development Requirements Road Map: It's the Planning That Counts
- Shorten timelines, lower implementation costs, improve deliverable quality, and foster best practices by creating a logical road map that provides a framework for development project decision making. Advances in technology and software development have yielded powerful productivity tools intended to help shape a better future. However, without a well-planned blueprint...
- Tags: IBM Corp., Software Development, Tools & Techniques, Productivity, Development Tools, Software/Web Development, Management
- White papers 2008-04-22
- 'Requirements Critic' checks documents for problems
- Requirements Critic ("RC") is a joint project out of our Silicon Valley and Bangalore labs (time difference: An almost perfect 11.5 hours) that's looking for ways to aid the process of requirements development. Its current prototype is a Microsoft Word plug-in that acts sort of like a grammar checker-except it's...
- Tags: Requirement, Requirements Critic, Real Estate, Productivity, Business Operations, Ed Gottsman
- Blog posts 2008-03-10
- Microsoft seeks new Windows Media Center testers
- Microsoft is in the midst of a quest for new testers for some kind of new Windows Media Center product, which may or may not be connected to "Fiji," the next version of Windows Media Center Edition MCE. Late last week, Microsoft posted to its Connect private...
- Tags: Windows Media, Media Center PC, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Media Center, Survey, Tester, Fiji, MCE Tester Survey, Media Center PCs, Microsoft Windows, Digital Media, Marketing Research, Digital Music, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-01-29
- Don't be fooled: Windows 7 hasn't slipped to 2011
- This is just a quick post to help guide those who aren't used to Micro-speak. Contrary to many blog posts you may have read over the past day or so, Windows 7's due date has not slipped -- at least not yet. This is the exchange between...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-01-28
- Counting to (Windows) 7
- I've gotten lots of questions from Windows users this week about TG Daily's story that Microsoft is running early with Windows 7 and has delivered an early build to unnamed parties outside of the company. Here's what I know and don't. First off, Microsoft...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., TG Daily, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-01-18
- New IT project failure metrics: is Standish wrong?
- New IT project failure metrics: is Standish wrong?Failure ratesThis is great stuff, but there's a huge issue of methodology that the researchers apparently overlooked: By interviewing project managers, they automatically excluded all the projects that don't *have* PMs (and that's a lot of them). The projects that are run by...
- Tags: Standish, failure metric, New IT
- Discussion threads 2007-12-07
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) sued by Sydney Water over IT failure
- Sydney Water Australia is pursuing litigation against PricewaterhouseCoopers PwC over the failed Customer Information Billing System CIBS project. The core software was supplied by Severn Trent Systems STS in the UK. A recent report published by the New South Wales Audit Office, says: Sydney Water is...
- Tags: Project, Information Technology, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Matter, Sydney Water, Strategy, Corporate Governance, Tools & Techniques, Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2007-12-01
- Latest QuickTime bug leaves XP, Vista vulnerable
- Latest QuickTime bug leaves XP, Vista vulnerableRE: Latest QuickTime bug leaves XP, Vista vulnerableWhat doesn't open Windows to attack? ... the off button?The problem is...The problem is that Apple's OS, because of its pitiful marketshare, is not really battle-tested to the extent that an OS is that has...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple QuickTime, QuickTime Bug, Microsoft Windows XP, workstation, data execution prevention, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2007-11-26
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