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Interview with Microsoft’s Seth Patton

More from the Project Conference Seth Patton is the senior marketing director for Microsoft Project. I got thirty minutes alone with Seth at the Microsoft Project Conference 2009 show this afternoon. We discussed several topics impacting the PSA professional services automation and PPM...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., PPM, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-09-16

Microsoft’s Project 2010

The conference announcements so far... I just watched Microsoft executives demonstrate the upcoming Project 2010 product here in Phoenix at the Project Conference 2009. Here are my first blush comments/observations: 1) The product has matured significantly as a PPM solution....

Tags: Microsoft Corp., PPM, Portfolio Management Function, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-09-16

Sass? We're too busy making ERP work

Sass? We're too busy making ERP workDevil's TrianglesAs you point out, there is no conflict between Eric's triad of issues that influence project success/failure and my own Devil's Triangle.I think the primary difference is that Eric's issues are project management related, where I try to examine the underlying relationship dynamics...

Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Sass, PPM, ERP, project management

Discussion threads 2009-07-02

Kill your dead horse failures fast!

Kill your dead horse failures fast!Sound PPM is the solutionThis post highlights a fundamental problem when it comes to killing failed projects and not flogging those dead horses - inadequate Project and Portfolio Management PPM.PPM continues beyond the project investment decision. It is much more than just go/no-go.Approved investments should...

Tags: PPM, dead horse failure, horse failure

Discussion threads 2009-06-05

PPM for the custom development and SaaS world

PPM for the custom development and SaaS worldPlanningForceI saw your post.You have clearly explained about the features of a PPM product.Fortunately I saw a PPM product recently which meets your criteria.If you wish have a look at http://www,planningforce.com/

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, cloud computing, PPM, software-as-a-service

Discussion threads 2009-04-02

In a time of cutbacks, Planview unveils a whopper of a new release

[caption id="attachment_343" align="alignnone" width="330" caption="Enterprise 10 screen shots"][/caption]Planview’s Mega Announcement: Enterprise 10 Checking the news these days is often depressing with the words ‘cutbacks’ and ‘recession’ being in most headlines. What we hear too little of are words like ‘expansion’, ‘bigger’, ‘more’, etc. Planview...

Tags: Accounting, Financial, R&D, PlanView, PPM, StageGate Integration, Planview Enterprise 10, Research & Development, Financial Accounting, Operational Accounting, Business Operations, Finance, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-02-18

The new physics for IT shops: PPM

The new physics for IT shops: PPMgreat article, need more on to-scale PPM solutionsPPM is essential to operating and managing information services and technology needed for corporation and large enterprises.The HP PPM offering is definitely worth investigating.I totally agree with your article.However, I would like to see more of the...

Tags: information technology, PPM

Discussion threads 2009-02-16

The new physics for IT shops: PPM

What would Newton tell today's CIOs Sir Isaac Newton’s Second Law of Physics posits that Force is equal to Mass times Acceleration (F=M x A). While this factoid is something many of us learned in high school, it is one of those laws that is bedeviling...

Tags: Group, Information Technology, PPM, Mass, Strategy, Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-02-16

PPM & IT Management ??? is now finally the time?

PPM & IT Management ??? is now finally the time?Our customers are asking for project mgmt via SaaSService-now.com customers are asking for it, so we built it and delivered it in our Winter 2009 release. Service-now.com is IT service management at its core. However, numerous customer requests for project management...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, Project management, Strategy, Tools & Techniques, cloud computing, Service-now.com, PPM, information technology, IT administration

Discussion threads 2009-01-21

PPM & IT Management â€" is now finally the time?

Best Practice in IT Management - Has PPM's time come? PPM Project Portfolio Management software products have been around several years now. They are used by IT departments, project teams, program managers and others to both manage projects but also to constantly monitor and adjust one’s project...

Tags: IT Administration, Information Technology, PPM, Strategy, Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-01-20

SaaS competition in PPM and GRC heats up

SaaS competition in PPM and GRC heats upMetrisoft SaaS PlatformMetrisoft offers an Platform-as-a-Service PaaS for Microsoft ASP.NET. Supposedly this SaaS Platform reduces development time for custom ASP.NET SaaS applications by 25-50%. See http://www.metrisoft.com for more information.RE: SaaS competition in PPM and GRC heats upCompwuare Changepoint has been hosting for years...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), cloud computing, SaaS competition, software-as-a-service, SaaS Platform, GRC, PPM

Discussion threads 2008-11-20

SaaS competition in PPM and GRC heats up

More SaaS movement from a major software vendor CA yesterday announced the availability of two software as a service SaaS solutions. One is targeted for the IT management space while the other is oriented around governance. CA is taking its on-premise enterprise...

Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, Solution, Information Technology, On-demand, Computer Associates International Inc., PPM, GRC, Virtualization Technology, PPM Solution, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Tools & Techniques, Emerging Technologies, Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-11-17

Earned Value’s Ascendancy in PPM

Earned Value’s Ascendancy in PPMSaaS and EVM -- a powerful combinationBrian, This is an important and timely post. The core insight that you have championed is the importance of bringing financial and operational rigor to human capital driven businesses. Earned Value Management EVM, coupled with flexible and easy...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), PRODUCTIVITY, cloud computing, OpenAir Inc., software-as-a-service, Ascendancy, tool, PPM

Discussion threads 2008-10-24

Earned Value’s Ascendancy in PPM

EVM & PPM earning new respect In the last few weeks, several vendors have made material announcements involving Earned Value EV. Earned Value or Earned Value Management EVM is a key concept in project management. The roots of this date back to the 1960s in...

Tags: NetSuite Inc., Computer Associates International Inc., PPM, Individual Step, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Software As A Service (SaaS), Government, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Emerging Technologies, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-10-23

Oracle, Primavera and competitors in the PPM space

Oracle, Primavera and competitors in the PPM spaceGreat postThanks for a really informative post raising issues that buyers should find extremely helpful.

Tags: Primavera, PPM, Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-19

Oracle catches another minnow; Buys Primavera

Oracle said Wednesday that it is acquiring Primavera Software, which makes project portfolio management software. The purchase of Primavera--terms weren't disclosed statement--highlights how Oracle is content to acquire smaller firms instead of big bang purchases like BEA at the moment. On Oct. 1, Oracle...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Project Portfolio Management, PPM, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-08

Brown rice, white rice, now GREEN rice

A major rice grower in California is looking to sell green rice. "Green" as in solar-powered. Of course, like all crops, rice needs sun to grow and ripen. Now Far West Rice, Inc. of Cypress, California, is going to harvest, mill, store, move and bag rice using...

Tags: California, Plant, PPM, Government, Food & Beverage, Telecom & Utilities, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-06-17

Reducing IT failures with project portfolio management

Reducing IT failures with project portfolio managementHP PPMI can not disagree with your article, but good PPM starts with good SCCM and from what I can tell, HP can't claim having this as well.RE: Reducing IT failures with project portfolio managementFundamentally allocation and forecasting of resources, investment planning and governance...

Tags: Project management, Tools & Techniques, Reducing IT failure, project portfolio management, PPM

Discussion threads 2008-03-05

Additional Resources

ToyViewer 5.02 (Mac)

ToyViewer is an image viewer, which was developed originally on NeXTstep and then OPENSTEP. Currently it is for Mac OS X Cocoa. ToyViewer has simple editing functions and filter services to other applications. If ToyViewer is installed in your Mac, you can see image files in PCX, PPM, Sun Raster,...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Ogihara Corp., ToyViewer, Desktops, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-03

Batch It Pro 4.07 (Windows)

Batch It Pro is an automated Batch Imaging Editor which allows you to resize, rename, rotate, create thumbnail galleries, add captions and more. It is a must-have tool for webmasters and digital photographers alike. It Load JPEG, JPEG 2000, BMP, TIFF, PCX, PNG, TGA, PBM, PGM, PPM, GIF, VDA, ICB,...

Tags: JPEG, Microsoft Windows, TIFF, iRedSoft Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-02