Organizational leaders must have a reason to launch projects. The Standish Group conducted a survey of IT companies, and the results concluded that only 34% of all projects are completed. In my consulting work, I’ve learned that most organizations are often well below that mark regarding their project success. My experience suggests that projects [...]
Project Management has been extremely useful in bringing changes in the current professional scenario. Project management knowledge is vital to organizations because all organizations need to be able to implement change and with the right approach towards projects organizations can achieve much more than they already do without wasting time and resources. India’s three major [...]
As the most common standards in the world for the discipline of Project Management, what are the commonalities and differences between the Project Management Institute’s “Project Management Body of Knowledge” (PMBOK) and the British government’s “Projects in Controlled Environments” (PRINCE2)? PRINCE2 is a series of Processes, Components and Techniques suitable for any size or subject [...]
Congratulations! You’ve been assigned your first project and your boss wants to see a project schedule at next week’s status meeting. Hearing of your new promotion, the PC support team has installed Microsoft Project on your desktop so you’re ready to start building a project schedule! Unfortunately, your Introduction to Microsoft Project training class isn’t [...]
IT places a major role in today’s world. E-commerce and various advances in IT have made significant impact on business operations. Most of the scholars defined IT as the capability offered by software, hardware and telecommunication networks to deliver data in any form to individuals and organizations. Most IT projects are categorized into the following [...]
Article by Paulita C. Lobrin Why do we have to plan and manage IT projects? Why bother at all considering the fact that many clients eventually accept whatever the resulting software may be? Why bother at all since time is precious in building the systems rather than planning [...]