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Baselines and Variances

by Luc K. Richard January 9, 2006

Want to be more efficient in your role as project manager? Get some help in calculating the schedule and cost variance of your project.

Best Practices for Application Integration

by Tad VanderVorste September 22, 2014

Application integration is the process of exchanging data between two or more business/application systems. Integration between software applications presents a unique set of challenges. The author describes seven best practices that can be applied to any integration effort, large or small, to improve delivery results.

Building a Better Post-Process

by Michael Wood December 1, 2008

The post-implemenation review wants to understand whether the project delivered the value promised in a way that was socially and economically acceptable--and that the value was worth the effort. This article will explore each of the review's questions in detail--and the approaches required to help create a better PIR process.

Building Bridges: The Integration of Acquired Companies

by Nancy Kramer March 21, 2011

There are many aspects to the successful integration of acquired companies. This paper suggests considerations and approaches to establishing the stakeholder connections. The optimal situation is for the project manager to be part of the main acquisition integration team; this article focuses on this scenario, with a separate set of suggestions for other scenarios.