Project

Project Management Approach “Most projects fail, because the Project Manager either cannot or does not execute effectively”. The last thing that should be suggested is that we have a large group of seasoned Professionals out there managing our projects, that don’t know what they are doing. In today’s climate, most have studied and work towards … Read more

One of the things we see repeatedly across our customer base is the baseline attempt to manage portfolios using spreadsheets. It can be any kind of portfolio – Operational Excellence, NPD, M&A, or Capital Projects. The natural first step in many organizations is to throw a list of projects into a spreadsheet and then try … Read more

Projects fail. It’s well known that more than 50% of all projects fail to some degree or another. With three key project success determiners out there, on time delivery, on budget delivery, and customer satisfaction, dropping the ball on any one of those usually means project failure to some degree. And sometimes projects fail due … Read more

One of the biggest challenges buyers of Project Portfolio Management (PPM) solutions face is identifying the right balance between functionality and usability to meet their specific needs. For many organizations, it comes down to aligning their vision of PPM with what already exists in the marketplace. Although there are many debates about what a PPM … Read more

Project Life Cycle Management At the beginning of the 20th century, automobiles were expensive, complicated, hand-made machines that were unaffordable to the average American. Henry Ford didn’t invent the automobile, but he was determined to build something simple, reliable, and affordable – something the average American worker could buy. The result of this goal were … Read more

Professional Services Automation For the past decade, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems have been utilized in large enterprises worldwide. Intended to streamline and manage manufacturing and distribution business processes in areas of products and parts planning and purchasing, inventory, order tracking, HR, accounting, and supplier interaction, ERP systems have been found to be costly to … Read more

Most organization face challenges while managing projects, which are one of the most complex, investment heavy and extremely critical. Managing them with utmost care and diligence is critical for any organization. Any delay in executing these projects can cost heavily to both the managements, of implementing organization & that of sponsoring organization. Therefore, implementing a … Read more

Automated Timesheet Management Software The discussion to institute any automated system within an organization should revolve around some return on investment. A change in a system of any kind whether it is automated or not implies some effort, some cost, and some expenditure of energy and resources. These costs could be hard costs such as … Read more

Adoption of Project Management Software This blog is about the need to support software adoption by creating a system “tipping point”, to use a term Malcolm Gladwell made well known. This approach accompanies our other emphasis on supporting software adoption by creating a business case that addresses the two questions of “Why?” and “What’s in … Read more

Planning in Project Management Project planning, a two-word phrase that spans everything from doing “it in your head” to complex gantt and mind map plans. With, all that variability, there’s a lot consistency as well, including the fact that project plans can get stale and out-of-date quickly after inception. So, here’s a quick blog on … Read more