A short case study about the importance of using appropriate tools, such as Gantt charts, when managing time sensitive projects. Having run 15 months late on completion of a construction project, a building company incurred extensive penalty charges, which eventually led to its closure.
A project brief describes what needs to be done. The project plan explains how you are going to do it. The business case gives the reasons why.
When choosing a development life cycle, don’t just trust your feelings. Decide based on factors that really matter. Which life cycle will work best for your project?
Good communication is vital to the success of your project.
Many project teams have faced the time when they need to make a major decision. Should one try to custom build a solution or buy an off-the-shelf product and customise it?
The success of a business relationship between a company and an outsource vendor depends on how well the delivery team implements projects on-time and on-budget. But while these three items present only the quantitative facet of this relationship, the dedication and professionalism of the outsource team sometimes tell a different story
Business requirements are solved either by building a new system or by buying a readily available product or by a combination of both. The ‘Build vs Buy’ decision is made by the stakeholders after weighing various parameters
Some days IT executives earn their salaries and then some: multiple deadlines for simultaneous projects, staff with different skills, competing schedules and priorities, and multiple unforeseen variables. What’s the best way to allocate resources across projects?