Before you launch into the nitty-gritty details of your project plan, such as scheduling and resourcing, you had better make sure the project is in alignment with business objectives. Does it fit in with the existing business and technical environments of the enterprise? Is it even feasible? Does the customer approve of the proposed solution? Have you defined the solution clearly so you can plan it efficiently? Check it against this list.
If you're just getting to know Siebel, this is a good place to start. This simple glossary of terms related to Seibel Enterprise Applications will give you a good foundation.
When implementing Siebel, you need to make sure your data conversion goes smoothly. Here is a detailed outline of tips to help you do just that.
Business reengineering is about change, but it is also about balance--balancing customer needs and operational performance to achieve business goals and objectives. Let this plan show you how to achieve balance on your BRE project.
Function points are a measure of the size of a software system. To convert function points into levels of effort, the productivity of the enterprise's development teams must be known or estimated. This three-for-one zipped deliverable includes a document explaining function point analysis, instructions on how to apply a function point analysis and a worksheet set up for an Albrecht function point analysis.
What are the business drivers for enterprise project portfolio management, what are the consolidation challenges and what is the solution?
Project managers usually tend to focus on the methodology for executing the technical part of the project. However, a good understanding of a practical SOA landscape and its associated challenges can help a technical PM make the SOA adoption on technology projects run even smoother.
We are connected on a global scale these days and--with few exceptions--everyone is competing to get the customer. As a result, we have all been tasked to embrace change or else someone will gladly take our place in the industry.
In the past decade four different areas of thought have developed to help address the changing picture of work and learning. This presentation covers them all in great depth and shows you how to put everything together in an enterprise learning system (ELS).
Gartner vice president and distinguished analyst Kraft Bell discusses how to take a strategy-aligned approach to enterprise change and overcome some of the constraints faced by organizations in these turbulent times.
Partnership will deliver enterprise project management solutions to the European marketplace.
From Gartner PPM Summit 2007
This keynote presentation by Kraft Bell, Vice President and Distinguished Analyst, addresses how a strategy-aligned approach to enterprise change can overcome the typical contraints on those endeavors.
Need help developing an IT strategic plan for an organization? Look no further than this project plan.
Collaboration software provider Daptiv predicts that the role of project management offices will expand into business strategy, social software will be used even more to engage project teams and stakeholders, and PPM systems will play a greater role as a business intelligence source.
The first step in scaling agile is to move from partial methods to a full-fledged, disciplined delivery process. The second step is to understand eight scaling factors and determine which are applicable to the range of complexities your project teams face. Here, agile thought leader Scott Ambler presents his scaling model.
Getting all of your contact information into a Siebel application can be long and tedious--or it can take about 20 minutes, if you know what you're doing. This document is specific to Siebel Enterprise Applications a CRM software developed by Siebel Systems. It outlines the steps and procedures to be followed while converting contact data from ACT to Siebel Enterprise Application.
Use this strategic plan to assess your enterprise's value streams and its readiness for change to center operations around those value streams. This retail example can be adapted to any business interested in doing a change assessment project.
This document outlines the Enterprise-wide Analysis, which describes the enterprise application package’s features and functions, analyses on its cost-benefit and risks, and the technical requirements to be supported.
Here’s our February 2011 roundup of the latest technology solutions for project leaders, teams and organizations, including social-based requirements management … security-focused PPM … enterprise-level Agile integration … software lifecycle management … and more.
Rally Software has extended its Agile ALM platform to meet the needs of global organizations with customization options, full traceability with build and source code, and corporate dashboards to create a single source of record for progress and quality.
Cloud computing offers cost savings, flexibility and speed of deployment that can be very tempting to all kinds of IT organizations, but don't forget about the risks inherent in turning over control of your data in the age of IT Governance and SOX compliance.
The cloud is moving in and taking over. What does this mean for the typical project manager? And as importantly, what does this mean for the organization considering moving its projects into the cloud? Clearly there are some benefits, but there are also some potential challenges. In this column, we examine both sides of the issue in an effort to bring some clarity to project management in the cloud.
It could have been a fad, but it looks like virtualization is here to stay, so now is a great time to get up to speed on what this term actually means--and what this technology means for you. Welcome to the world of virtualization. The tour starts here.
Value Stream Assessment (VSA) is an approach used to assess the strengths and weaknesses of an enterprise's value stream(s) for the express purpose of creating a value stream-driven solution. This Microsoft Project plan will help you do just that.
Improved deliverable! Who am I? Where do I fit in the scheme of things? These soul-searching philosophical questions can be answered by reading Schopenhauer or by looking at your enterprise's organization chart. Here's a typical project team structure chart for an interactive web development project, along with glossary pages of who does what.
Need help with project recovery? A whole new skill set and strategy is needed to recover an IT project from free fall. Here we provide practical recovery pointers on four project areas for failing IT projects, with a focus on software development for business applications.
“Cloud” sounds kind of ethereal, doesn’t it? Lofty in some ways, yet soft and comforting like a bed of heaven. With this new system direction, we’re supposed to let our concerns just float away. Not so fast...
A wide variety of technology solutions and services are available to help organizations implement, customize and improve their project portfolio management processes. Here is our April roundup of recent announcements from Daptiv, HP, Oracle, Planview and PowerSteering.
Agile vendors have done a good job providing project managers and product owners with planning and tracking tools. But the primary creators of project deliverables are software developers, and they have consistently been an afterthought. To scale across the enterprise, Agile work processes must embrace the individual contributors doing the actual work.
Once you have designed a distributed application, it must pass a thorough review by a committee of sponsors, user representatives, technical personnel and all other key stakeholders. Launching directly into development before the design of the system has been approved is a guarantee for rework down the road. Use this template to execute and report findings from the important critical design review.
As businesses enter the "new normal" era of economic uncertainty, program and portfolio management offices that remain tactically and administratively-focused will struggle. Successful PMOs in 2012 will move towards a strageic, holistic view that embraces agile methods and increases visibility for executives.
Cloud computing is coming, but not as soon as the hype might suggest. From security to reliability, there are a number of concerns that must be resolved before organizations will commit to full-scale adoption. Here are the top 10 barriers to enterprise cloud computing, and what it will take to make the trend a business reality.
CollabNet updates its TeamForge platform and ScrumWorks project management application, focusing on scaling agile to the enterprise through flexible reporting, ease of use and other enhancements.
A wide variety of technology solutions and services are available to help organizations implement, customize and improve their project portfolio management processes. Here is our August roundup of recent updates and announcements from CA, Daptiv, Innotas, Oracle Primavera, Planview, PowerSteering, Rally and others.
This presentation is the supporting document for this video. It walks you through turning strategic objectives into operational realities. It covers topics such as conditioning your organization for change, discovering enterprise requirements, developing actionable objectives, and driving enterprise-wide alignment, and ends with a few models and techniques that drive the process.
It’s time for Agile to get beyond the “small team in a single room with a whiteboard” and address the “full puzzle” — value creation across the enterprise. Here, Scott Ambler discusses the community’s challenges moving forward, including scaling to the enterprise, certification ethics and software development bias.
How do you determine the business value of CRM and perform a benefit scan as part of a value-based management approach? Learn by doing, of course! Use this case study example of Midas, Inc., a fictional enterprise that manufactures and markets investment goods, and play along at home as you work your way through the case study.
It's easy to get lost in the Cloud if you are unsure who the major players are out there. This overview will examine several Cloud frameworks and identify the who's who of the big-league Cloud riders.
Economic challenges have made the idea of Cloud Computing almost irresistable to cash-strapped CIOs, but what is the real cost of doing business in the Cloud, and what does that mean for IT Governance and standards?
Are you implementing the Siebel Enterprise Application in an organization? This Microsoft Project plan serves as a project guideline for customizing and implementing the Siebel package to address an organization's CRM requirements.
This document details the impact a proposed IT project or major service change will have on the current and planned infrastructure of an enterprise.
The criminalization of corporate fraud has America’s corporate community scrambling to find Web-based enterprise solutions that are SOX compliant. Accounting for financial reporting can only be facilitated with a suitable time and expense solution.
How can mature project business management practices and processes add value to the enterprise’s operations? While the answer may vary, one example lies in how project management roles and methods can improve the chances of successful development of products or services by an organization.
Getting all of your contact information into a Siebel application can be long and tedious--or it can take about 20 minutes, if you know what you're doing. This document is specific to Siebel Enterprise Applications. It outlines the steps and procedures to be followed while converting contact data from Goldmine to Siebel Enterprise Application.
When implementating a program or portfolio management solution, it is better to have 80 percent of the potential users of the system (adoption rate) using 20 percent of the system functionality, than to have 20 percent of the users exercising 80 percent of the system functionality.
In Part 1 of our review of trends and technologies that will impact the project manager in 2009, I described a period of financial tightness, energy dislocations, lessened globalization, and an increasingly unstable geo-political environment where small and medium-sized business will see growth because of their adaptability. I also anticipate increasing use of web mashups, digital convergence and unified communications, presence/video surveillance-based security, and collaborative technologies in economic activity.
With an integrated application lifecycle management solution, Rally Software addresses the challenges of transitioning to enterprise agile software development, with an emphasis on engaging communities of users and stakeholders.
When it comes to standardizing project management practices, PMOs are essential. If your organization doesn’t have a PMO, here are some ways to approach the concept. (And even if you do have a PMO, they will serve as important reminders!)
Given IT has played a significant role in business since the 1960s, it seems almost inconceivable that CIOs are still alignment challenged. Perhaps the challenge isn’t so much getting aligned but staying aligned given the pace and nature of change companies must cope with and adapt to in today’s global economies.
The basic premise for the New York state project management methodology is that there are two lifecycles in managing a software project: the Project Management Lifecycle and the System Development Lifecycle. This article briefly examines both cycles, worthy processes to follow for any organization seeking a quality PM solution.
