• Think Tank: An elevator pitch for your project

  By Hemant Kogekar | 07 February, 2012 12:02

  When you are a project owner, manager or a sponsor you are often asked what the project is about. It is important because bosses, employees, customers, and partners all need to ‘buy-in’ and become excited about your idea. They will form an initial impression in three minutes or less. This first impression is the lens through which everything else is viewed.

• Continuous delivery — the next step in agile management

  By Rebecca Merrett | 06 February, 2012 10:53

  Continuous delivery is a fairly new concept in agile management. It is designed to speed up the project delivery process so that businesses can stay ahead of the competition.

• Paul Glen: The 'Low Affect' Effect

  By Paul Glen | 23 January, 2012 22:11

  In my exploration of the differences between technical and business people, nothing surprised me more than this: Business people tend to think that we don't care about anything. One of their biggest complaints is that we don't share their passion for the business. When-ever I hear this, I have an immediate, visceral reaction of outrage: "How could you possibly think I don't care about anything? I work like a dog to try to turn your visions into reality!"

• Q&A: Teachers Credit Union CIO, David Chapman

  By Rebecca Merrett | 23 January, 2012 10:06

  Chapman talks about his part in the credit union’s move to Teachers Mutual Bank and his role as CIO.

• CA Technologies revises Clarity interface

  By Joab Jackson | 19 January, 2012 03:29

  CA Technologies has updated its CA Clarity Project Portfolio Management (PPM) software with a new user interface, one that the company hopes will appeal to a broader set of business users.

• Project management methodologies

  By CIO Staff | 04 October, 2011 15:12

  Project Management Methodologies are a series of different processes designed to assist project managers and those overseeing or involved with projects

• 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.

• An IT department's crucial role in a new product launch

  By Kim S. Nash | 22 July, 2010 07:01

  In late 2008, Monsanto licensed a seed coating that helps corn, soybean and other seeds fight insects and disease during the tricky germination stage. By early 2009, company scientists had finished work on that cocktail of fungicides and insecticides, dubbed Acceleron, and the company wanted to get the coating to market in time for the 2010 planting season. "We were going after that opportunity very aggressively. If we don't hit season, that opportunity is another 12 months away," says CIO Shirley Cunningham.

• Desktop Virtualization: Comparing Options Frustrates IT

  By Kevin Fogarty | 04 May, 2010 04:55

  Virtual desktops-once the most rigid, least friendly way to put applications in front of end users-have become a hot topic by promising to deliver the security and easy maintenance that was always desktop virtualization's strength. The trouble: Desktop virtualization now comes in so many varieties that even vendors confuse terms referring to the flavors.

• Advice for Evaluating CRM Cloud Platforms

  By David Taber | 04 May, 2010 02:07

  A day doesn't go by without headlines about cloud computing, virtualization, and the next computing platform. No doubt these computing models are important, but when it comes to CRM - what's important about cloud computing? And how should platforms be evaluated for CRM applications?

• Inside Project Managers' Paychecks: Salary Survey Results

  By Meridith Levinson | 27 April, 2010 06:05

  Despite the global recession, historic unemployment and massive corporate budget cuts, U.S. project managers are largely optimistic about their salaries in 2010, according to data from the Project Management Institute's (PMI) recently released 2009 Project Management Salary Survey.

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