tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151963932009-11-04T21:59:29.601-05:00The Latest Word in Project and Portfolio Management.Frank Mnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1947125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15196393.post-44937013462582408722009-11-04T21:54:00.007-05:002009-11-04T21:59:29.612-05:00

With its speed and frequency of product builds, agile projects can offer a more engaging stakeholder process through greater frequency of touch-points, faster incorporation of stakeholder feedback, and sustained engagement over the project lifecycle. ...... "Agile methods, by definition provide improved engagement for these stakeholders using two simple mechanisms: visibility and frequency of

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While every project should be managed well, there will be problems that require the project manager, a steering team, and a project portfolio oversight role to understand the truth about status and provide transparency to leadership. In this case, systemic cultural barriers makes governance even more challenging. ...... "A culture of over-optimism held sway, the committee found, and financial

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Creative application of mashup brings insight to integrated project engineering information. ...... "AMEC Paragon uses IBM Mashup Center as a way to unify all key project management information and take action on items all in one place. Paragon's mashup solution includes blending structured data with Enterprise Content Management and IBM FileNet content along with information from various SaaS

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Latest research from Forrester notes that next-generation project managers have adapted to flexible, agile methods. ...... "they need to be flexible and focused on business value; and they increasingly need to be familiar with Agile software development methodologies ... " ...Via ITBusiness: Project manager skills

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Leave high-level measures to the enterprise sustainability initiative and focus the IT organization on metrics that are in their path of control. ...... "To sustain focus and support for a green IT strategy, CIOs must select granular performance metrics that enable comparison and prioritisation, such as percentage of equipment entered into recycling programs and power usage efficiency (PUE) or

Frank Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15196393.post-48091184308421558142009-10-20T10:17:00.002-05:002009-10-20T10:27:24.813-05:00

Since we're called PMThink, I thought I'd pose ten questions to ponder. These aren't proposals but simply questions to get you thinking.Whether you are for, against, or indifferent to these issues, I encourage you to take the questions literally and think through them. You never know what ideas they may spur on...What if there were no project managers, and instead teams had to figure out how to

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Nice career move for technology project manager with financial and fraud experience ...... "Storch has a strong background in technology systems and project management, Khuzami said in a statement. He will help to make us more efficient and nimble, and permit us to put more of our investigators on the front lines to detect and stop fraud ... " ...Via New York Times: COO of SEC Enforcement

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Unit volume improvements provide a glimmer of positive improvement for the information technology market moving forward. Global PC shipments are up 2.3% year over year for the 3rd quarter of 2009. ...... "Global shipments totaled 78.1 million units in the July-September period, IDC said, with all regions except Japan either meeting or surpassing expectations. " ...Via Reuters: Global PC

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IBM leverages measurement tools from its Research Division to identify and implement energy savings opportunities in the cooling system of Toyota's California data center. Electricity provider, Southern California Edison, created a baseline and validated power demand decrease. ...... "IBM also piloted an extension of MMT which includes real-time sensors that are distributed in strategic

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Emerson's CIO shares insights into the company's application portfolio, enterprise architecture, and IT project philosophy. As he points out, the business case financials should show the cost of business involvement in the IT project, so that a more realistic ROI can be understood. ...... "People don't go and look at the real total cost of the IT project. Probably the biggest thing - and also

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CFO has skin in the game, vendor contract has penalty clauses, and oversight / steering team is asking questions. Positioned for success if executed well. ...... "Tuesday's hearing was the first for the Legislature's IT oversight committee since March 2008. " ...Via Forbes: CFO's $81M IT project

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A fair amount of the IT strategy is made up of the portfolio of discretionary investment projects that will drive business growth and/or efficiency. Rightsizing those projects with your team and delivering to your schedules will set the tone with executive leadership. There will be times when you have to push back and reframe the project to continue your track record of success. Don't miss

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For fans of my Managing the Gray Areas book, you may be interested in this free online course and discussion group from Harvard University. The course, Justice with Michael Sandel examines moral dilemmas and offers some amazing case studies, resources, and tools for opening your mind. I highly recommend this to anyone looking to increase their ability to manage difficult dilemmas and operate in

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Remember that saying about drinking from the firehose of information ... Well, you will be if the wrong firehouse is closed based on recommendations from your optimization program. ...... "Another FDNY IT project under development is designed to help the department determine whether it should relocate, and possibly consolidate, city firehouses to better accommodate New York's shifting

Frank Mnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15196393.post-65720304336783237782009-10-02T14:40:00.013-05:002009-10-02T16:14:06.793-05:00

... a familiar tune? It better not be on your iPod. ...Commerce Bank, a financial company known for a superior level of customer service, has experienced business impacts as information systems are integrated into its acquirer, TD Bank (Canada's Toronto-Dominion Bank), during the recent weekend conversion project. I may open up an account so I can get a copy of the lessons-learned report. ...

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Crowdsourcing, ideation, and design thinking about a challenging problem ...... "Living Climate Change is a place where the most defining challenge of our time is explored through design thinking. " ...Via Living Climate Change: Actionable Ideas

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Government technology organizations are learning (the hard way?) that experience matters. A project organization should have a mix of experience and skills, so that a pipeline of talent is being developed by more senior staff and there is adequate diversity of situational experience. ...... "The latest Lessons Learned report from the Office of Government Commerce focuses on experience from

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What projects, if implemented, will have the greatest impact on helping the most people? Google's project idea generation process has been organized into themes and voting its being used to prioritize the projects. Vote now through October 8. ...... "Project 10^100, a call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible. Your response was overwhelming. Thousands of people

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Building good innovation teams requires some insight into the behavior profiles of the potential resources, so that a balance of forces is created. A lack of balance could be a detriment to your desired success. ...... "Some people are very action oriented and driven, and their opposite is more of a planner and conceptualizer. Putting these two types of people together can help create great

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Did you ever collect / compile lessons-learned during project close-out or a major project phase completion and then not apply or not actually help the organization learn from them? It happens - don't beat yourself up about it. What we shouldn't do is solicit feedback from customers without taking the opportunity to connect back with the customer in a positive way. ...... "Gartner shows that

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Project managers perform the smell test on key measures of success and do not always accept the immediate answer without appropriate validation. Ultimately, the steering team is placing their trust in the project manager to execute on the plan, but also to understand the full business context and respond accordingly. Project managers that hone these skills are ideal candidates for future

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Over the last several years, I've been collaborating with some of the top organizational development and neuroscience experts in the world, all fellow members of The Creating WE Institute (the institute has 40 members and growing).We've been conducting research, holding workshops, and forming alliances with universities and other institutes, all so that we can harness the greatest ways to bring

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