Posts from:Enterprise Project Management
Project and Portfolio Management
By: Collin Quiring IDC completed a study on Portfolio Management at the behest of CA. The study appears to have been about PPM (Project and Portfolio Management) and not specifically tied to software from CA. That said, they found many interesting... (more...)
Microsoft Project Server / Software as a Service / ROI / Benefits
By: Collin Quiring Why go with Software as a Service (SaaS) for Project Server? There are numerous reasons but here is a partial list of some of the items to think about, concentrating on the fact that SaaS for Microsoft Project Server is cost effective... (more...)
Microsoft Project – Calendars
By: Collin Quiring This is an attempt to help clarify the differences between calendar interactions in Microsoft Project. While there are very helpful “how to” files on www.microsoft.com/project on calendars I am often asked to explain how they... (more...)
Project Managers
By: Collin Quiring In a recent CIO magazine, there was an article titled “hot jobs” where the position of Project Manager was discussed. CIO magazine is about Information Management and Information Technology so it views the Project Manager through... (more...)
What is a Project?
BY: Collin Quiring For people that view “Project Management” to be a strict discipline used only in formal settings or for those that regard “Projects” as a “thing that companies do” I submit that projects are all around us and that we... (more...)
A Business Case
By: Collin Quiring How do you justify Project Management or Project Server in these tough times? While looking for a document recently that I wrote about this, I came up with these thoughts. Some business areas that are affected by Project Management... (more...)
A Whole Lot of Money!!!
By: Collin Quiring 12,000,000,000,000 According to the PMI institute, Twelve Trillion (yes, with a “T”), will be spent on projects in 2009. Wow, a Trillion here, a Trillion there, and before long this is real money! I wonder how many of those... (more...)
Costs of Open Source
By: Collin Quiring (Compared to SaaS and Direct Purchase) Open Source software is often an option viewed by a company as a cost effective method to purchase and use software. While the initial dollar savings of obtaining the software seems significant... (more...)
The Importance of Training – Two
By: Tanya Foster Remember that old School House Rock song… Knowledge is Power? How important is training in your organization? Is it one of those things that everyone needs, but no one really gets? Unfortunately times are tough these days and... (more...)
Top 5 Reasons Why I Like Microsoft Project 2007 Over 2003
By: Tanya Foster Lately I’ve been working in both Project 2003 and Project 2007 and it has really dawned on me that some of the new features in Project 2007 are really great, so I thought I would list them here. 1. Multilevel Undo Okay…... (more...)