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IT Project Management

View Available Dates and Locations IT projects are unique. In this course you'll learn the fundamentals and best practices of project management methodology as applied to IT initiatives. Learn typical pitfalls of IT projects and how to overcome them (managing the changing client requirements...

Tags: Schaumburg, Washington, Information Technology, IT Project Management, Chicago, Strategy, Project Management, Management, It Operations, It service Management

Training 2008-01-01

Develop an agile approach to IT project management

This sample chapter, taken from Agile Estimating and Planning, discusses the importance of agile teams to your organization. This sample chapter, taken from Agile Estimating and Planning, discusses the importance of agile teams to your organization. Learn about the three levels of planning encorporated by agile teams:...

Tags: Team, Information Technology, Prentice Hall Inc., IT Project Management, Team Management, Management

Book chapters 2006-04-28

Manufacturer Streamlines IT Project Management, Resource Allocation, and Scheduling

RHI is the world's leading manufacturer of high-grade ceramic products for high-temperature industrial processes. It has IT systems in place to support a range of business processes, including financial management, logistics, and production. These must be constantly upgraded and maintained, requiring the RHI IT team to manage a large number...

Tags: Information Technology, Manufacturer, Allocation, Microsoft Corp., IT Project Management, RHI, Financial Management, Supply Chain, Financial Accounting, Investment, Manufacturing, Financial Planning, Finance, Business Operations

Case studies 2006-03-01

When Bad Things Happen to Good Projects

It goes against human nature to always expect the worst. But with IT projects, pessimism - otherwise known as contingency planning - is the only way to keep small technology problems from becoming full-blown business disasters. IT project management has become high art while business contingency planning remains in the...

Tags: Contingency Planning, Information Technology, IT Project Management, International Data Group, Business Security, Project Management, Strategy, Business Operations, It Operations, It service Management, Management

White papers 2004-12-01

Global Educator to Use the 2007 Microsoft Office System to Help IT Project Management Become More Efficient and More Compliant

Career Education Corporation CEC is one of the world's largest on-campus and online providers of private, for-profit post-secondary education, with more than 80 campuses in five countries. Any subsequent updates made to documents related to the project must also be manually uploaded to the shared workspace. This often results in...

Tags: Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., IT Project Management, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Case studies

Microsoft Webcast: How the Microsoft EPM Solution Can Benefit Government IT Project Management Offices

Many government Information Technology IT organizations are turning to their project management offices PMOs to help them manage their work more effectively. This webcast explains how the Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management EPM Solution can support the PMO by streamlining and standardizing processes, encouraging better communication and collaboration, minimizing costs,...

Tags: Webcast, Information Technology, Benefit, Microsoft Corp., IT Project Management, Government, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Vertical Industries, Digital Media, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Webcasts

DB Systems GmbH Streamlines Operations and More Closely Aligns Services to Customer Requirements

DB Systems GmbH is a full-service IT provider that develops and manages innovative IT solutions for transportation, logistics, and central management processes. The company wanted to reduce costs by streamlining IT operations. The challenge was to improve efficiency in key areas, such IT project management and resources planning, by migrating...

Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., Information Technology, IT Project Management, DB Systems GmbH, Project Management, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management

Case studies

Additional Resources

Accenture gets deeper into the green IT services game

Need some outside perspective on the green status of your IT infrastructure? Accenture, which is one of Forrester Research's darlings when it comes to green IT services, has created a set of services called the Accenture Green Technology Suite that handle anything from basic green "maturity" assessments and modeling tools...

Tags: Game, Data Center, Accenture Ltd., Green IT, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-23

MindTouch Deki: Kilen Woods release

Today, MindTouch Deki releases Kilen Woodds, its latest and biggest release. In conversation with co-founder Aaron Fulkerson I learned that Deki is rapidly transforming itself from being a smart wiki into what Fulkerson calls the 'connecting tissue' between applications. Others might call it mashup environment, still others a means of...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Mashup, Aaron Fulkerson, Management Option, Wiki, Collaboration, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Databases, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs

Terry Childs's lawyer, Erin Crane, offered the court some insights into the Childs' motivations in changing SF's network passwords. She will argue today for a reduction in his $5 million bail, perhaps to something closer to the bail set for common murderers ($1 mil.) In her written...

Tags: Password, Network, Backup, Terry Childs, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Cisco acquires Pure Networks, home networking software

Cisco Systems has cable set-top boxes and your home along with the routers. Now it wants the software that puts your entire home network together. Cisco, which is determined to be a big consumer player as well as an enterprise behemoth, on Wednesday that it will buy...

Tags: Software, Pure Networks, Cisco Systems Inc., Home Networking, Networking, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Survey: Corporations hold out on Vista

Sixty percent of IT administrators have no plans to deploy Vista despite service pack 1, which fixed the operating systems problems, according to a survey of 1,100 IT managers. The survey, conducted by KACE, which makes systems management appliances, found that there are 10 percent more holdouts...

Tags: Operating System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Kace, Survey, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Marketing Research, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Virtual Iron Customer Profile: Goodell DeVries Leech & Dann, LLP

I had the chance to speak with Goodell DeVries Leech & Dann's David Roden, a few questions about their use of Virtual Iron's virtual server environment. Thanks for spending time with me, David! Here are my questions and David's answers: Who are you and what...

Tags: Virtual Iron, Server Virtualization, Disaster Recovery, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-07-23

News to know: Yahoo; VMware; Apple; DNS vulnerability

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Vulnerability disclosure gone awry: Understanding the DNS debacle RIM ships fix for BlackBerry code execution bug Dancho Danchev: Georgia President's web site under DDoS attack from Russian hackers 75% of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, DNS, Yahoo! Inc., Vulnerability, Dana Blankenhorn, Health Care, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., App Store, Banking, Vertical Industries, Domain Names, Benefits, Healthcare, Security, Financial Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Human Resources

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Cricut Projects Screen Saver (exe)

A wonderful collection of Cricut inspired scrapbooking projects from talented scrap addicts presented by http://BuyCricutCartridges.Com. If you wish to have your project and Website featured on this screensaver please visit http://BuyCricutCartridges.Com. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Screensaver, BuyCricutCartridges

Software downloads 2008-07-23

Vantage Giga (zip)

Suites large to enterprise organizations. Vantage Giga is a monitoring and reporting software that provides interactive reporting interfaces into key functions of Internet and network usage within organizations. Vantage can import and translate different types of log files, providing powerful, yet easy to use, drilldown analysis capabilities with a comprehensive...

Tags: Analysis, Organization, WebSpy, Vantage Giga, Internet

Software downloads 2008-07-23

Express Inventory (exe)

Express Inventory is professional stock management software for Windows that allows you to manage inventory in one or several locations. When installed with Express Invoice you can create purchase orders to be sent directly to a vendor. This free Inventory management software allows you to manage stock levels thought categories,...

Tags: Stock, Inventory, NCH Software, Investment, Finance

Software downloads 2008-07-23

Make the Move To Folder and Copy To Folder commands easily accessible

Two of the handiest file management tools in Windows Vista are the Copy To Folder and Move To Folder commands, which allow you to copy and move files or folders anywhere you want simply by selecting an item, a file or a folder, and then choosing the desired location from...

Tags: Folder, Greg Shultz, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software

Download resources 2008-07-23

VMWare looks ahead at Microsoft, year-end financials and morale

updated: VMWare, whose recent headlines have included an ousted CEO and a re-pricing of its employee stock options, reported second-quarter earnings of $92 million, or 23 cents per share, up from $52 million, or 16 cents per share, for the same quarter a year ago. Revenues were $456 million, an...

Tags: Revenue, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-07-22

Aren't the Nokia N800/N810 devices dead simple web tablets?

Aren't the Nokia N800/N810 devices dead simple web tablets?You're correct--This guy is 'reinventing the wheel'ntI suspect that the guy is talking about a free designThat makes the nokia the equivalent of solaris if someone said "we don't need linux, it's just another solaris".Of course these days, Solaris is no longer...

Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Nokia N800/N810, web tablet, Nokia Corp., Web

Discussion threads 2008-07-22