Explaining to departmental heads and the board where a project is at can be time consuming. However, the benefits can also be great. ZDNet Australia looks at some tips from local IT pros.
ING Australia has selected David Connaughton, a former IBM business process specialist, as its head of strategy and project management.
Three-quarters of the way through a massive consolidation and overhaul of its core business applications, dairy and juice giant National Foods has found that the most difficult parts of the project aren't related to technology, but to processes and the simple challenge of keeping skilled people on track.
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The South Australian government is moving to streamline its procurement processes for information and communications technology (ICT) to reduce the high opportunity cost of bidding for government contracts, especially for small to medium enterprises (SME)s.
In early October, Melbourne will get its own version of the StartupCamp project that saw three new technology start-ups launched last weekend.
Three new Australian technology start-ups, uTag, TrafficHawk.com.au and LinkViz, were conceived and launched over the weekend in a lightning initiative dubbed "Startup Camp Sydney".
If there's fibre running to the node down my street by the end of 2009, I'll eat my own shoes with mustard sauce.
Melbourne-based Web start-up 2Vouch yesterday launched the first public beta of what it dubs its "social recruiting platform".
Sometimes, a well-placed and well-timed letter can make all the difference. Other times, it can make no difference at all and even hurt your case. This week's missive by the Competitive Carriers' Coalition, I would suggest, falls into the latter category.
A product development process should add value, but your existing process could actually be hindering your developers and costing you money. See how revising your process can help focus your resources and efforts.
Explaining to departmental heads and the board where a project is at can be time consuming. However, the benefits can also be great. ZDNet Australia looks at some tips from local IT pros.
Warning of a potential risk is absolutely a valid use of the status reporting process—even if the risk ultimately does not materialise. See why bad news reporting is not only desirable but also vital.
Project 2002 Pro features a Portfolio Analyzer that gives you access to rich OLAP data via Microsoft Excel Pivot Table and Pivot Chart. Learn to build a resource usage view with an enterprise scope.
Business process outsourcing has much in common with its smaller sibling IT outsourcing, but there are still some lessons to be learned.
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.
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.
Project managing is difficult enough in the office, but trying to stay on top of things while you're on the road can be nearly impossible. FastTrack Schedule 7.0 and FastTrack Schedule 7.0 for Palm OS, offers compatible desktop and PDA project management applications, so you can create and monitor schedules wherever you go.
Google has rethought the Internet browser some of its basic underpinnings are quite novel but users will recognise some features as they exist in other, open-source browsers on the market today.
OpenOffice.org 2.4.0 is a free, open source alternative to Microsoft's Office application suite. It is fantastic if you need basic office applications such as a word processor or spreadsheet at no cost. However, large organisations and power users may be disappointed by its lack of features and support.
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