Project management
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Microsoft releases Sure Step 2012
A couple of days ago, at a Sure Step 2010 training at Sundsgården, Helsingborg, Sweden, while students were preparing to take the exam, one of the students…
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Sure Step in action: business process change
Service Providers (or colloquially partners) often refrain from undertaking organization or process changes during implementation projects of Microsoft…
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My new career path – independent consultant
It’s official now, and it’s time I announce it here: after two years at Microsoft I’ve decided to take the helm of my career and venture into the realm of…
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Do you need contingency reserve?
If projects were completely predictable, there would be no need for risk management. Everything could be planned and executed according to plan. However, we…
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What’s a project plan?
Project plan. A fancy term we all like to use. But believe it or not, most of us don’t even know what a project plan really is. I don’t know why, how and when…
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Hollywood Secrets of Project Management Success: a review of a sort
Take that project you are currently running, and imagine, just for a second, that it came with only 3% budget overrun. Most of people in software industry…
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Disruptive nature of ERP projects
Many project management authorities assert that from project management stance all projects are equal. I dare saying that some projects are more equal than…
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Is an ERP implementation project just a project?
“Software projects are no different from other projects”. This statement is being repeated over and over at project management courses and seminars, even…
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How you should learn from Sure Step
Prescriptive methodologies, such as Sure Step, are double-edged swords. They are aimed at increasing repeatability, consistency, traceability, manageability…
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How to prevent failure: project education
According to Standish Group, top causes of failed IT project are these: lack of end-user engagement, unclear specification, changes in scope, lack of…