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Deliver on client expectations by building a comprehensive quality plan

Poor quality management can lead to rework, customer dissatisfaction, higher costs, and missed deadlines. This template will help you avoid those problems by defining expectations and forging a solid plan to satisfy or exceed them. Many projects fall short of client expectations because the project manager didn't...

Tags: Expectation, Project Manager, Quality Plan, Quality, Business Operations

Tools & templates 2005-09-09

Project Quality Planning

Every project should have a quality plan. In reality, very few do. This white paper will provide a common sense approach, and give you the basic tools you need to put together a quality plan. Producing a quality plan is not complex. It involves identifying all the deliverables at the...

Tags: Quality Plan, Productivity

White papers 2005-06-27

Additional Resources

Inside India's CAPTCHA solving economy

No CAPTCHA can survive a human that's receiving financial incentives for solving it, and with an army of low-waged human CAPTCHA solvers officially in the business of "data processing" while earning a mere $2 for solving a thousand CAPTCHA's, I'm already starting to see evidence of consolidation between India's major...

Tags: CAPTCHA, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-08-29

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Speed up Vista installation via thumb drive

It's Labor Day weekend. Have you given your computer a fresh Windows install for the holiday? (If you're the kind of guy or gal who's into periodically wiping your hard drive, this tip's for you.) The How-To Geek over at Lifehacker recently posted a...

Tags: Hard Drive, Microsoft Windows Vista, USB Flash Drive, Microsoft Windows, Flash Memory, Operating Systems, Software, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-08-29

Novell: Quietly developing some momentum

Novell's fiscal third quarter was notable for reasons beyond Linux sales and its core product line. Novell's most recent quarter was the sixth consecutive one that topped expectations. That consistency may mark the days where Novell becomes something more than an afterthought. Now it's no coincidence that...

Tags: Novell Inc., Linux, Operational Accounting, Operating Systems, Open Source, UNIX, Software, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-29

Comcast takes broadband cap plunge; Other carriers likely to follow

Comcast takes broadband cap plunge; Other carriers likely to followHmm, I wonder how long it will take the torrent abusers...... to reach that cap and get kicked? Not talking about the ones who get movies and software and games all illegally but the ones who serve this stuff up?...

Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, Corporate communications, Comcast Corp., broadband cap, broadband, stat

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

What SaaS can teach us about customer service

What SaaS can teach us about customer serviceGood Advice!As someone actively engaged in the software as a service industry, I can confirm that Archie Black's advice is spot on. I work for PayCycle, an online payroll company that embodies the SaaS model. Our customers don't make distinctions between...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), cloud computing, Product marketing, customer service, software-as-a-service, customer satisfaction

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

62% of salaried Americans happy with their medical and retirement benefits

When asked whether this is a bad time to find a quality job, 65% of Americans said it was, matching the level of the 2001 recession, according to Rutgers University’s John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development. With unemployment at 5.7%, the highest level since 2004, and weekly unemployment claims...

Tags: Credit Card, Benefit, Worker, Sales Channel, Sales, AM

Blog posts 2008-08-28

We can change your cells and cure your diabetes

We can change your cells and cure your diabetesWe can change your cells and cure your diabetesThat's cool that they are one step closer to curing diabetes. I'm curious to see what the raw food dieters have to say comparing this technique verses going raw.http://www.rawfor30days.com/http://www.truthpublishing.com/haltdiabetes_p/yprint-cat21267.htmIf either one really does...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Food & Beverage, raw food, diabete, virus, cell wall, cell, food

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

Dell's second quarter: Another milepost in the turnaround tale

Dell's second quarter: Another milepost in the turnaround taleSurprized - Dell is a garbage companyThat's all they make - GARBAGE....It'll be interesting to see how they can cut costs further as their quality is already below the bargain basement junk.OK, Larry, I have to askHow can something be "expected to...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., better-than-expected

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

SaaS market will 'collapse' in two years

Lawson's CEO, Harry Debes says SaaS is the third attempt at "on demand" in his lifetime and predicts it will take the same path as the first two--to oblivion. Lawson's CEO, Harry Debes, doesn't believe in software-as-a-service SaaS. ...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Software as a service, SaaS, software, Lawson, Asia, Victoria Ho, ZDNet Asia

News items 2008-08-28

Live Webcast: Enterprise Search Architectures of the Future

Businesses today increasingly recognize the benefits of universal search, the ability to search all corporate content sources from a single secure search box. Many enterprises have heavily invested in developing content management systems and their associated processes. These systems and portals hold valuable information; however, lack of quality search...

Tags: Google Inc., Enterprise Search, Webcast, Benefits, Search, Human Resources

Webcasts 2008-08-28

ScopeBox (dmg)

Across the industry, there is a wave of change from single-use hardware solutions to software-based solutions running on standard personal computers. ScopeBox capitalizes on this trend by allowing users to replace expensive hardware devices with a single, low-cost, flexible software application. ScopeBox recreates every major video quality assurance tool in...

Tags: Software, QA, Hardware, Divergent Media, ScopeBox, Tools & Techniques, Corporate Communications, Management, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-08-28

AudioProc Demo (exe)

AudioProc is a high quality audio dynamics processor intended to achieve a competitive 'on the air' sound signature resembling that of modern audio broadcast processors used by major market FM radio stations. AudioProc can normalize the volume and spectral balance of played material and provide a more consistent listening experience....

Tags: Audio, Clay Hellman, AudioProc, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2008-08-28

Samsung LN52A530

Although CNET did not review the 50-inch Samsung LN50A530, we did review the 46-inch Samsung LN46A550. Judging from their spec sheets, the two Samsung flat-panel LCDs are basically identical but for screen size, panel luminance, and the exclusion of a flash USB port, so we expect the review of the...

Tags: Monitors & displays, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung LN46A550

Product reviews 2008-08-27

Samsung LN46A530

Although CNET did not review the 46-inch Samsung LN46A530, we did review the 46-inch Samsung LN46A550. Judging from their spec sheets, the two Samsung flat-panel LCDs are basically identical but for panel luminance and the exclusion of a flash USB port, so we expect the review of the 46-incher to...

Tags: Monitors & displays, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung LN46A550

Product reviews 2008-08-27

Samsung LN40A530

Although CNET did not review the 40-inch Samsung LN40A530, we did review the 46-inch Samsung LN46A550. Judging from their spec sheets, the two Samsung flat-panel LCDs are basically identical but for screen size, panel luminance, and the exclusion of a flash USB port, so we expect the review of the...

Tags: Monitors & displays, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung LN46A550

Product reviews 2008-08-27

Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 vs. Firefox 3.0.1

Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 vs. Firefox 3.0.1All part of the MS plan to keep browsers dumbded down. If we had reallygood browsers, how would they get people to use MS proprietary solutions for rich internet applications.RE: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 vs. Firefox 3.0.1The title says Firefox 3.0.1The graph...

Tags: Web browsers, Scripting languages, Quality, Adrian, Firefox 3.0.1, Mozilla Firefox, JavaScript, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2, Internet Explorer 8 Beta, Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

Just-announced Nikon D90 vs. just-reduced Canon EOS 40D

Just-announced Nikon D90 vs. just-reduced Canon EOS 40DComparing the Wrong ThingsYou don't buy a body like this for the camera only. You buy into a system. I.e., what you should be comparing in particular if you're in the market is the lenses you may buy, not the body. Your decision...

Tags: Nikon Corp., Canon Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

MediaMax / The Linkup: When the cloud fails

MediaMax / The Linkup: When the cloud failsMore to blameShame on the customers who selected this vendor. When evaluating vendors in the cloud, your RFP should identify exactly how these companies secure, backup, and process your data. I fear that poorly run IT shops like this one will...

Tags: cloud computing, MediaMax, Linkup

Discussion threads 2008-08-27