Process > Intellectual Property

If you’re working in a project environment that produces intellectual rather than material outputs, Adaptive Case Management can be an effective approach to getting the most out of knowledge workers. It’s about reducing “process overload” and empowering team members to make real-time adjustments and decisions.

Having a readily accessible team of in-the-know people is like having a wild card in a hand of poker. The everyday cards have understandable value, but the wild card can be an almost invisible, fluid-like agent to be called upon as needed.

Given all of these choices in the offshore market and growing costs and labor instability in the Indian market, what factors should you consider when deciding where you should offshore to?

The Annenberg Innovation Lab at the University of Southern California is developing projects that address technological change in social media and communications. Three major projects in web research, digital entertainment and geolocation are underway.

An enterprising company that has the capacity to gather information from its employees as well as a process through which it can review the concepts presented by them has great opportunities. Are you harnessing the knowledge at your disposal?

Social media has become a mainstay for people and companies these days. However, not all social networking tools are prudent for use on projects--and in some cases can spell trouble. So which types of social media tools are best suited for inclusion in project communication plans?

Intellectual property asset management software accommodates intangible intellectual materials that can be utilized in numerous ways and are often surrounded by a host of legal, financial and regulatory issues. Yet the biggest challenges facing software adopters is getting the intellectual property into the system and keeping it organized, as well as proving its ROI to the suits upstairs.

The lawsuit claims CA systematically misappropriated technology and confidential and proprietary information from former Planview employees and used the acquired trade secrets to harm the company's business.

Used properly as a company communication tool, the act of blogging can be very effective. Improper use though can lead to disciplinary action including termination.

Outsourcing can come in many forms, and it is important to understand which type of outsourcing that maximizes the risk-value balance before selecting an approach.

Your company's intellectual property is its lifeblood. How a company treats its own confidential information goes a long way in creating a climate that supports or undermines confidentiality.

Offshore software development puts intellectual property at risk.

A primer of everything you need to know about intellectual property and its protection.

The state of the CIO is stagnant, according to the latest industry surveys. We've taken a look at what they say and boiled them down to the essential message for CIOs: align or die.

Social networking is becoming a powerful tool for savvy project managers, and leveraging social networking platforms can pay big dividends for your global project teams. Here are some considerations before adopting a social networking tool for your project, as well as an overview of some effective options to explore.

How do we get team members to a state of wanting to proactively pull work from a backlog of features at a high pace? If they are not there already (and many might be closer than you think), then it will likely require some coaching and a little team motivation.

Offshore outsourcing can help achieve a variety of business goals, but it is critical that senior management understand the many trade-offs. In creating a strategy to manage the offshore relationship, you must address these five major risks inherent in outsourced projects.

The challenge the triple constraint embodies is always the same: to optimize the relationship between the three attributes and thereby deliver the project on time, on budget and to the agreed scope of work. But once you look closer, a fourth one--quality--and its expression within the triple constraint quickly emerges.

Although the 71st anniversary of Operation Dynamo, which took place during the second World War, was celebrated earlier in the summer, we can still continue to celebrate its achievements in the extraordinary results that the use of "crowdsourcing" in projects can deliver.

Collaboration technology has come a long way in 15 years, from teleconferencing to e-mail to Web-based portals for project management and ego-stripping. But...

Most seasoned project managers have a treasure trove of lessons they have learned over the years. Some lessons came at the cost of failure, others with success. So take a stroll with me down memory lane as I use real projects from my personal experience as case studies for a few lessons learned.

This article looks at the issues facing project managers when contracting out for project resource, expertise or capability--or to mitigate project risk. And it takes a look at a project that shows how innovation is not just confined to technology but, by using the right kind of contract appropriate to the project's needs, can yield successful results in other ways.

You may think of capital solely as the financial backing for your venture (or those decorative tops of columns in front of "important" buildings). There is an even more important kind of capital--intellectual capital, and the root of that is knowledge.

To enhance performance and get a jump on their competitors, companies no longer need managers, they need leaders. Leadership has become a widely examined topic of academic research, especially within business schools. There is now a substantial body of research and literature on all aspects of leadership: what it is, how it influences the behavior of individuals and groups, and how it achieves its effects. Here we take a look at leadership competencies and project results.

The importance of innovation and its potential to deliver game-changing benefits are being realized by more and more organizations. However, most companies are struggling with establishing a systematic approach to innovation. This white paper indicates that companies need to take a more formal, rigorous approach to encouraging and managing innovation. This solution for innovation takes into account the people, processes, and technology aspects, and the related factors.

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In many ways, starting a new Project Portfolio Office is easier than inheriting a PPO that is already in process. However, the risk assessment process is essentially the same. Assessing risk of project delays and failures on the PPO basket of projects, at a minimum, should consider six areas. Find out what they are--and plenty more crucial risk management information--inside.

In organizations stifled by politics and power plays, project managers often become resigned to solving problems that don’t threaten the status quo. Better to cope than challenge the corporate order and jeopardize your job, the thinking goes. But putting your head in the sand can be a bigger risk.

Why do we go to extremes in defining leadership? Perhaps leadership is a bit of two worlds...or a quality an individual is born with in addition to qualities that are acquired or “made” during their career tenure.

In its broad scope and aggressive timescale, an unfinished medieval “balance sheet” remains an astonishing feat of public administration, the oldest U.K. public record in existence. With limited resources, teams undertook a massive canvassing effort and developed one of the first questionnaires to capture data.

Discussion on quality management has not evolved much since the mid-1990s. Within executive circles, the discussions are not about the importance of quality, but rather on what quality is, how it is achieved and how it can be measured. The issues surrounding quality seem focused on definition and approach rather than on need. What is quality? What does senior management expect from the quality process, and how do these expectations apply to IT? Read on...

Sourcing is a holistic strategy that defines how an organization sources a unit of work. Different pieces of work can be sourced in different ways, and there are a variety of criteria that can be used to make that sourcing choice. This article covers those criteria, and defines some of the key sourcing terms that have been thrown around the industry.

Many organizations rush to move their strategic planning efforts toward consensus, failing to realize that it should be a dynamic process that allows for adjustments and alternatives as conditions change. Here is a model for strategy creation that integrates perceptions, performance, purpose and process.

Investing in business improvements and a project portfolio management tool helped land development firm Abbey Road Group thrive despite the economic turmoil in real estate.

Since implementing MKS’s solution for application lifecycle management, Tundra Semiconductor has realized improved development consistency through automated process and real-time, geographically dispersed team communication and collaboration, plus greater accuracy and reproducibility of design configurations.

With the advent of globalization, distributed work teams and reduced travel, collaboration is almost always framed in terms of the Internet and a vast array of tools. But does Web-based collaboration yield the same innovation and creative breakthroughs that come from the old-fashioned way? This writer wonders...

As recent studies show, the value of IT certification inches up every year, proving that PMs and security experts are in great shape.

Ready for the big money security jobs for 2006? Here's some advice on how to get power, prestige and--if you're lucky--your own bodyguard.

In the New Economy, intellectual capital -- not physical or financial capital -- will be the king maker. So, the next time you walk into your bank (hopefully as a customer and not as a bank robber), go up to your investment advisor and say: "Forget the money. Show me your ideas!"

All too often, outsourcing is equated to offshore outsourcing. But it spans a much broader spectrum and includes any work or service performed by third parties for a company. So let’s look at outsourcing from both sides of the aisle, and explore the trade-offs. In doing so, a framework will be developed that you might find useful in evaluating the extent to which outsourcing is appropriate for your IT organization.

You don't have to reinvent the wheel--just keep the ones you have rolling. Make a Process Asset Library your best friend.

The top three agile methods are all about self-something, and these phrases provide a key to the unspoken core of agile development. And it's Crystal clear that self-awareness is crucial.

When Beijing-based I.T. United took on a data migration project for Texas-based Dell, systemized communication became a top priority to coordinate the work. To overcome geographic and time zone gaps, both sides needed to maintain parallel environments — and expectations. In the process, a long-term partnership has formed.