One of the most common requests I get in the project and portfolio mangement software industry is to help find…
Project management is only one challenge in managing a project with multiple projects. Everything we do for one project, we must consider among many. Which projects should get priority, which projects should get resources first, which projects are prerequisites for other projects. How do executives determine the priorities among projects and what happens when they won’t?
The Microsof Office Project Support blog is reporting an issue that has appeared for users of Project Server 2007, Service…
After some time thinking about it, I’m changing the look and feel of the front page of the blog. Originally…
You’d think that project management professionals within an organization would be the biggest asset in an enterprise project management deployment. Surprisingly, it’s not always so. Sometimes knowing how it used to work is a barrier to seeing the latest in methodology, technology and best practices.
I’ve been in a lot of corporate meetings lately discussing various aspects of delivering an “integrated” project management environment. Don’t…
Are you baselining? I know, it sounds like some drug-related crime, doesn’t it? It’s actually one of the most fundamental…
I’ve written at different times in this column about the impact of the web on enterprise project management systems. Until…
For those looking for the latest news on Microsoft Project and Project Server, there’s probably no better place than the…
I’ve had a few wonderful opportunities lately to talk to high-tech CIOs about what costs them the most time. I…
More and more these days as I visit project management offices across the country, I end up talking about scorecarding…
Commercial tools are not the only ones available for managing projects but do you have all the facts when you choose an open source tool for project management? Both commerical and open source tools may be a part of your pm environment but make sure you understand the total cost of ownership either way.
We tend to talk about project management systems as an end unto themselves but what help is there for automating or improving project manager’s soft skills? There’s lots. From training to aids and enablement systems, project managers should be aware of what can help them be a good leader, a good negotiator, a good collaborator and a good communicator.
So many people approach me to ask if the EPM system they saw in some demonstration last week will fix their enterprise project management challenges. “Do you have a PMO?” I always ask. The challenge of implementing an EPM system successfully comes with some presumed prerequisites. I’ve listed several in this article.
Here at HMS we’ve decided to publish a brand new blog that’s specific to our TimeControl timesheet software. The TimeControl…