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".
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.
A Project Management Office needs a methodology to carry out its tasks for your clients. Here's a look at your first steps to developing and supporting a project management methodology.
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A feasibility study differs from typical project management in that it's primarily designed to minimise risk instead of maximising resources.
Tis the season to be jolly, to give, to receive, to have a sherry or two and fall asleep in front of the telly. And, if you're a mobile network operator, it's definitely the season to share.
My interview with the government's ICT skills and professional development taskforce last week shed new light on what exactly is missing in the industry's skills shortage.
There is no technology skills crisis ... yet, according to a senior government technology official.
Every new essay by Paul Graham on startups is like a chapter of a Tolkien book, telling the long and winding story of how the powerless can change the face of the world through the simple action of believing in their own abilities.
The excitement of a new project must be irresistible to entrepreneurs.
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.
The future of the project management discipline hinges on the successful adoption of the philosophy of project portfolio management (PPM), a leading project management consultant has cautioned.
Project management methodology is not a blueprint for duplicating project success. Instead, it should be a clear set of guiding principles on which you base your actions.
Among the five most common project management mistakes, inadequate definition and planning tops the list. Builder.com tells you how to avoid this pitfall.
Builder.com offers tips on how to adopt a stealth project management technique that can help your project succeed in a disorganised corporate environment.
Redmond-based group project manager of Microsoft Office, Gray Knowlton, told ZDNet Australia that OOXML provides higher levels of security. "One of the benefits we have with the OpenOffice XML formats is that we know when we read and write and document because we have an XML based representation of what's in that content -- we know what should and should not be there," he said.
Primavera latest has joined the high ranks of project management software by ensuring that SureTrak follows Windows 95 and 98 conventions. Most users will find the software more operable and responsive than its previous version.
Microsoft's suite of online tools is designed to help small businesses build and maintain a Web presence and manage projects, contacts, and tasks.
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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.
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