2015 Pulse of the Profession: Capturing the Value of Project Management

The 2015 PMI Pulse report reveals that organizations are returning to the basics of project, program and portfolio management. By focusing on the fundamental aspects of developing a culture of project management, cultivating talent and defining processes, organizations will capture value and gain competitive advantage.

7 Secrets the Healthiest Project-Driven Organizations Know That You May Not

Some people have to live with the complexities of a project-driven organization without the tools they need. Or do they? Could this be you? Is your world fashioned by a combination of these nine irritating scenarios that make you want to pull your hair out? This e-book provides some help.

A Method for Assessment of Scope Variance in IT Projects

In project management science, the triple constraints of scope, schedule and cost are used to quantify a project. But quantification of scope has been challenging—and not been implemented effectively. This white paper proposes a method for assessment, tracking and reporting of project scope in information technology projects that are executed using waterfall, V-model or agile/kanban.

A Tale of Two Companies

Do you understand the value of planning and training? This White Paper uncovers the different approaches to each stage of the PM software implementation process by telling the stories of two organizations who chose different paths.

Agile Project Management with Formal Requirements and Test Case Management

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This paper presents a hybrid process model that supports a product development team developing a product with an iterative, incremental and agile development process, such as Scrum.

Application Development and Management in the Programmers' Playground

This paper describes a set of tools that enables application developers to debug and design distributed applications from existing "off-the-shelf" components, make new application components available on the Internet through a "launcher" service, and more.

Balanced Scorecard for Project Management Portfolio Optimization

In order for companies to survive and excel in today’s global environment, the corporate IT portfolio-planning function needs to plan IT initiatives strategically. Organizations must efficiently measure criteria that will enhance the performance of the overall strategies of their business.

Beginning at the End: Requirements Gathering Lessons from a Flowchart Junkie

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With over 70% of project failures being attributed to requirements gathering, why are we still using the same techniques and expecting different results? Requirements need to be discovered before they can be "gathered"--and this requires a robust approach to analyzing the business needs.

Benchmarking and Best Practices Primer

This white paper summarizes and benchmarks the best practices in the field of multi-project management.

Benchmarking the Information Systems Function

The Who, What, Why, When and How of Benchmarking.