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RationalPlan Project Viewer (dmg)

RationalPlan Project Viewer by Stand By Soft is a free project management software viewer, the perfect solution for anyone from project stakeholders to team workers to view your projects in detail. Usually project managers plan and control the projects from start to end and make the necessary changes. However, there...

Tags: Stakeholder, StandBySoft, Tools & Techniques, Project Management, Strategy, Management, It Operations, It service Management

Software downloads 2008-05-30

Adopting Agile Development, Part 3: The Role of Agile Stakeholders

Part 1 of this series introduced agile processes, the benefits of using them, and the requirements placed on the organization that uses them. Part 2 discusses how different types of organizations, such as start-ups, product companies, and small and large organizations, adapt to agile development. This paper discusses the different...

Tags: Stakeholder, Software Development, Development Tools, Benefits, Software/Web Development, Human Resources

White papers 2008-05-20

Business Process Analysis

View Available Dates and LocationsIn this course, you'll learn to model business processes as they are currently enacted, assess the quality of those business processes, and collaborate with the stakeholders to identify improvements. The course begins by teaching you the roles and responsibilities of the...

Tags: Business Process, Process Improvement, Stakeholder, Prepare, Draw, Operational Planning, Business Operations

Training 2008-01-01

Increase your software project's chances of success by practicing outside-in development

Outside-in software development is a way of thinking about building software that keeps your team's focus and energy on the people who will ultimately engage with and benefit from the product: the stakeholders. In this chapter download from Outside-in Software Development: A Practical Approach to Building Successful Stakeholder-based Products, learn...

Tags: Software, Stakeholder, IBM Corp., Outside-in Software Development, Tools & Techniques, Software Development, Business Structures, Management, Software/Web Development, Finance

Book chapters 2007-10-19

Keep stakeholders in the loop with this project status report template

Download this template to effectively communicate project status to stakeholders and keep everyone on the same page. This updated template, created by project management expert Tom Mochal, will enable you to keep stakeholders apprised of the current status of a project and will help ensure that there...

Tags: Stakeholder, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management

Tools & templates 2005-07-27

Project communications policy

Managing stakeholders' expectations throughout the life of an IT project is easier if you establish at the outset when and how you will communicate with your project's stakeholders. This sample Project Communications Policy from TechRepublic can help project managers lay the groundwork for successful communications by spelling out in advance...

Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Stakeholder, Strategy, Management

Download resources 2005-01-04

Set Up Methods for Communicating Project Information

Effective communication is always a top priority. When a project involves many stakeholders, one needs to make sure that the right information is communicated to the right people and that their feedback is taken under consideration. A project team communications plan helps to ensure that the projects will run smoothly...

Tags: Team, Communication, Stakeholder, Information, Team Management, Management

Webcasts

Additional Resources

Bad leadership causes failed IT [guest blogger]

Bad leadership causes failed IT [guest blogger]From the Obvious to the executionMuch of what you say is true, and as you point out much has been written on this subject, and very little changes.Having delivered some very successful projects myself, the biggest success factor is a clear delineation between, business,...

Tags: Strategy, Leadership, True Leadership, information technology, Bad leadership cause, Bad leadership, guest blogger

Discussion threads 2008-06-29

Defining and Valuing IT Services

Instantly save $400 off the standard course price when you register on TechRepublic or ZDNet! Offer ends August 22, 2008.View Available Dates and LocationsIT organizations struggle with business-IT alignment and business service management. Challenges are that IT organizations often cannot accurately define what they do, and IT may...

Tags: Information Technology, Challenges, ITIL, It Services, Strategy, Management

Training 2008-06-01

Research: 25 percent of web projects fail

Research: 25 percent of web projects failCICS and Web 2.0This is a great topic that could be expanded upon. For example if you compared a Customer Information Control System CICS project with a Web 2.0 project. Are the dynamics all that different? Are CICS project failure rates similar to Web...

Tags: Channel management, Strategy, stakeholder management, web project, information technology, Web, coder

Discussion threads 2008-05-28

Research: 25 percent of web projects fail

Over 30 percent of web development teams deliver projects late or over-budget, according to a survey commissioned by Ruby development shop, New Bamboo. These findings are consistent with studies of larger IT initiatives showing failure rates of 30%-70%. According to the report: ...

Tags: Web, Web Development, Web Project, Channel Management, Marketing, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-05-28

Run by Wall Street? A Cause or a Company?

Guest post: Anshu Sharma is author of Anshu's blog, which focuses on Software as a Service and the emerging SaaS Ecosystem. He is an Enterprise Irregular. In light of the Yahoo! - Microsoft fiasco, fellow bloggers Larry Dignan and Vinnie Mirchandani have been asking the question whether...

Tags: Shareholder, Yahoo! Inc., Vision, Wall, Management Team, Software As A Service (SaaS), Financial Accounting, Construction, Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Management, Anshu Sharma

Blog posts 2008-05-16

UK gov't releases transparent post-failure analysis

The UK Identity & Passport Service IPS has released an excellent post-implementation assessment report describing lessons learned from five key 2007 projects. In an unusually transparent move for any government agency, the report candidly examines each project's objectives, deliverables, and areas for improvement. ...

Tags: Project, Procurement, Analysis, IPS, Purchasing & Procurement, Government, Business Operations, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Does Larry Ellison have the best SaaS strategy?

Software as a service sounds deceptively simple: Host an application, charge folks monthly and customers come running because they don't have to implement software. The reality: SaaS is rocket science and few do it truly well. This perception vs. reality SaaS gap bonked me over the head...

Tags: Strategy, Software-as-a-service, NetSuite Inc., Larry Ellison, SaaS Trajectory, Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-13

Project management screw-up #5: Lacking the right sponsorship

For any project to succeed, it's crucial to get an appropriate level of sponsorship. This sample chapter from The Project Management Advisor: 18 Major Project Screw-ups, and How to Cut Them off at the Pass looks at characteristics of the ideal sponsor, why you might need a stakeholder steering committee,...

Tags: FT Press, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management

Book chapters 2008-05-13

Instrumenting social responsibility

As I'm sitting in an Orlando hotel idly flicking through RSS, I come across this guest post by Stacey Monk on Go Big Always. To cut a long story short: After all, I'm the perhaps crazy person who, after a trip to Africa last year, left a really successful...

Tags: SAP AG, Stacey Monk, EpicChange, Web 2.0, Corporate Social Responsibility, Internet, Leadership, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-05-02

Will eBay's Craigslist gambit backfire in the court of public opinion?

Updated: EBay has gone public with the details of its lawsuit against Craigslist and its two shareholders Craig Newmark and James Buckmaster. While suit details alleged self-dealing by Newmark and Buckmaster and a rift over eBay's Kijiji unit, which competes with Craigslist, it's worth pondering the motives--and perceptions--here. ...

Tags: Craigslist, eBay Inc., Newmark, Financial Accounting, Corporate Governance, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-01

Edelman on Sustainability Reporting: Call in the PR Pros

It's a conundrum every company faces when thinking about sustainability reporting - who reads this stuff anyway and do these reports actually assure anyone of anything? Sustainability reporting methodologies have grown up, for better or for worse, to ape financial reporting, replete with their own standards of assurance audit and...

Tags: Sustainability, Public Relations, Standards, Financial Reporting Methodology, Edelman, Assurance Standard, James Farrar

Blog posts 2008-04-02

Project Requirements

Instantly save $500 off the standard course price when you register on TechRepublic or ZDNet! Offer ends April 30, 2008.View Available Dates and LocationsProject failures-or significant cost and schedule overruns-are often caused by a poorly defined project scope. Improve your project management effectiveness by learning to define...

Tags: Requirement, Change Management, Productivity, Project Management, Leadership, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Management, It Operations, It service Management

Training 2008-04-01

Mining project requirements -- techniques to use before and after an interview

Conducting a good interview to gather project requirements can be a daunting task -- particularly if you are interviewing a stakeholder who holds a high position in the organization, or has a reputation for making people uncomfortable. Good preparation and good follow-up are critical factors in a successful interview. ...

Tags: Technique, Interview, Joe Goss, Productivity

Download resources 2008-03-20