The broad project management sector has been seeking ways to reorient itself to meet client demands in an increasingly mercurial and fluid world. A related challenge is determining what metrics should ...

Regardless of how a software development project was contracted (fixed price, time and materials, etc.) or how it was managed from a methodology point of view (Agile, Waterfall, Prince2, …), by the ...

Engineering firms have always measured success based on specific project metrics such as reducing project delays and delivering on budget and time. These metrics are essential in project management, ...

Projects are the backbone of the way you do business. Isn’t it time that you step up their analysis? After all, doing so is really the only way you can set concrete goals, ensure predictability, and ...

It can be tempting to think of technology solely in terms of the answer to the question, “Does it work?” But a tech product or initiative can’t just “work”; it must work well, and across multiple ...

At Global Crossing, CIO Dan Wagner wants IT managers and staff to attend a total of 500 sales calls in 2006 in support of the company's back-from-the-brink emphasis on business growth. Dan Drawbaugh, ...

Every time there is an industry-wide adoption of a new capability or technology, metrics soon follow. Some 50-plus new metrics, which always lag the business initiatives in practice, are typically ...

A true understanding of project management is as important a skill for tech leaders as any coding language. Tech professionals new to a company’s leadership team may come from a position in which they ...