Features

• Time to get Agile

  By David Braue | 13 December, 2010 08:00

  CIOs and project managers talk about Agile in the trenches - the good, the bad and the ugly.

• CRM Tips: The Fixed Price is Not Right

  By David Taber | 03 November, 2009 08:33

  Imagine a CRM consulting project with inadequately specified requirements, no clear internal project manager, and ill-defined success criteria. Your consultant bids it on a time and materials (T&M) basis. You're in a rush, no time for a detailed RFP - you know the consultant can do the job, but you need a budgetary number to get approval. We've all been through this drill: somebody brilliant suggests that this has to be fixed price, it'll be easier to get project approval and manage to conclusion that way. You know, just like it would be when buying servers.

• Cargo Cult Methodology: How Agile Can Go Terribly, Terribly Wrong

  By Charlie Martin | 26 August, 2008 10:11

  Agile methodologies seemed like a good idea to this software development team. But when the company doesn't sincerely accept the change in work style, the result is just a buzzword for "project hell"