After Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard's announcement last week that Labor plans to turn every school in Australia digital, representatives of the country's IT industry are calling on the new government to establish a trade advisory group to assist in implementing its "education revolution".
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Ensuring timely rollouts within the project scope and budget, in addition to interacting with different organisational departments, can be a real challenge. But there are ways to ensure a successful deployment.
It's that ongoing dilemma: is certification the answer, or is industry experience what Australian IT departments really need?
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Much as you might want to rejoin the ranks of the gainfully employed, you would do well to carefully evaluate any offer you receive: Something might be rotten in the state of Denmark.
For managers who use already Microsoft Office XP, Project 2002 Standard will do nicely. But this software is far too involved for consumers and those in small offices, who would fare better with a spreadsheet.
With just over a year between the release of Project Server 2002 and Project Server 2003, you might doubt the value of the enhancements to the latest version. But the changes are based on specific requests from product users.
Commentary: Why does a well-designed user interface seem to drop off the list of priorities when new systems are created?
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