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    The industry is demanding skills in project management, IT sales, security, .NET development, business process analysis and CRM/ERP, according to a three-month forecast by recruitment agency Hays IT.

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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.

  • Project mayhem

    Project management software won't turn you into a leader overnight, but the right tools can greatly assist the planning and smooth running of your projects.

  • Build a foundation for success for your distributed team

    Building and managing a far-flung team brings special leadership challenges. Some key strategies will keep your distributed team cohesive.

  • Dot-bombers fail to fill Australian vacancies

    A year or two ago, they were the darlings of the business world, but with the tech wreck still fresh in the minds of traditional corporate leaders, some dot-com entrepreneurs are finding themselves out in the cold.

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  • 10 tips to being a better IT manager

    It's easy for IT managers to get bogged down in day-to-day activities and lose sight of the bigger picture of leading their staff. Whether you're a seasoned pro, or new to the game, the following tips will help you effectively manage your team.

  • Centrelink lays off old project management ideas

    The sheer size and breadth of Centrelink's operations has always meant project management there is a Herculean effort. Taking a new approach to its people and project scheduling has improved the situation dramatically -- but change hasn't been easy.

  • New Year's resolutions for IT managers

    The new year represents an opportunity for IT managers to evaluate their accomplishments and sift through their less successful projects and relationships in an effort to get things moving in the right direction. IT consultant Shannon Kalvar offers some advice that will help you keep things on track in 2007.

  • Ignore IT change at your peril

    So many IT projects seem to go wrong but factoring in incremental pressures on infrastructure is the small thing that can make a big difference.

  • Who's at the wheel? Deploying business apps

    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.

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  • Why Microsoft Project Server?

    What's the big deal about Microsoft Project Server and Microsoft Project 2002 Pro? For starters, they allow you to access project information in one location and easily control and analyse the data.

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    Microsoft's suite of online tools is designed to help small businesses build and maintain a Web presence and manage projects, contacts, and tasks.

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 uncovered

    SQL Server 2005 has finally hit the market and brought with it significant new features and changes from previous versions. We'll explain the various editions of SQL Server 2005 take a look at the new management console.

  • What's new in MS Office Project Server 2003

    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.

  • Pigeons can push random buttons

    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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