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- Managing Time and Materials Contracts- The key is to managing T&M contracts is to understand the cost drivers of that contingent labor, and keep them under control. Continue reading
- Roles and Responsibilities- Effectively communicating roles and responsibilities can ensure the timeliness and quality of the deliverables. Continue reading
- The Healthcare.gov Story Continues- There are definitely lessons to be learned from the Healthcare.gov open enrollment roll-out. But not necessarily the lessons we're hearing. Continue reading
- The Iron Triangle is Now a Buckyball- The old "iron triangle" - scope, schedule, and budget - is now a Buckyball. Continue reading
- An Improved Calculated Status Indicator for MS Project- Update to a previous post on how to add a calculated stoplight-style status indicator to MS Project. Continue reading
- The Three “Ins” That Are Putting Our Projects Behind Schedule- Call them the three “ins;” indecision, inactivity, and indifference. Each takes a toll on one or more tasks, adding delays and uncertainty, forcing re-work, or otherwise stretching the schedule. Continue reading
- There’s More to a Design Than Requirements- There is more to a design than requirements - there are constraints, and compromises, and an operating environment, and a support model. Continue reading
- Good Status Meetings and Bad Status Meetings- A recent survey found that only 30% of IT workers feel status meetings help; 40% feel they are a waste of time. So how do we get everyone to attend, anyway? Continue reading
- Integrating Product Development and Project Management- Workday's approach to mixed project management metaphors for product development and implementation projects is unique and highly successful. Continue reading
- Conference Calls Across Time Zones- If your team and stakeholders are spread out enough to worry about time zones, add a column to your contacts list that includes the UTC and DST information. Continue reading