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ALSO CALLED: Enterprise Project Management, IT Project Management DEFINITION: Project management is a methodical approach to planning and guiding project processes from start to finish. According to the Project Management Institute, the processes are guided through five stages: initiation, planning, executing, controlling, and closing. Project management can be applied to almost any type of project and is widely used to control the complex processes of software development projects. … Definition continues below.
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Whitepaper: 10 Ways Requirements Can Sabotage Your Projects Right From the Start sponsored by Blueprint Software Systems Inc. WHITE PAPER: The success of any project management initiative relies immensely on identifying and eradicating the causes of project failure right at the source - which is often errors in the requirements stage. Turn to this informative resource to learn about 10 real reasons why requirements-related issues sabotage your most important projects Posted: 26 Apr 2013 \| Published: 26 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Application Deployment \| Application Development \| Application Life-Cycle Management \| Application Performance Management \| Project Management \| Project Portfolio Management \| Software Development Life-Cycles

Whitepaper: 10 Reasons Why Documents and Spreadsheets Are Killing Your Career sponsored by Blueprint Software Systems Inc. WHITE PAPER: This helpful white paper outlines 10 reasons why documents and spreadsheets are hindering your project performance and slowing down your entire application development lifecycle. Posted: 26 Apr 2013 \| Published: 31 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Application Deployment \| Application Development \| Application Life-Cycle Management \| Application Performance Management \| Project Management \| Project Portfolio Management \| Software Development Life-Cycles

DevOps and Agile Techniques sponsored by OpenMake Software WHITE PAPER: In this expert white paper, discover how DevOps and agile overlap, intersect, communicate, and inform one another. Explore ways to improve DevOps with agile techniques, and boost agile development with lessons learned from DevOps. Posted: 18 Apr 2013 \| Published: 18 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Project Management \| Project Portfolio Management \| Software Best Practices \| Software Development Life-Cycles \| Software Development Methodologies

Improve Your Bottom Line with Repeatable Services sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Service productization can be a huge benefit to service organizations, as it offers predictable outcomes that have previously been inconsistent. Check out this informative resource to examine the trend in productizing services, discover a framework that could help your business benefit, and learn how to avoid productization pitfalls. Posted: 25 Mar 2013 \| Published: 31 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Customer Service \| Customer Service Best Practices \| Product Development \| Product Life Cycles \| Product Management \| Project Management \| Risk Management \| Sales \| Service Creation \| Service Packs

Transforming the Procure-to-Pay Process sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: In this resource, learn how supplier invoice automation can help you streamline the procure-to-pay (P2P) process and realize critical financial gains – including up to an 80% savings when compared to traditional paper-based invoice strategies. Posted: 25 Mar 2013 \| Published: 31 Jul 2012 TOPICS: Business Process Automation \| Business Process Automation Software \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Management Software \| Business Processes \| Financial Applications Software \| Financial Management \| Procurement \| Project Management \| ROI \| Supplier Management

What’s the secret to getting PPM easily and affordably in four weeks? sponsored by CA Technologies. WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, discover what third-party SaaS PPM systems can do for your projects and teams. Learn how project management can be bolstered by intuitive and cloud-based software and what that means for your PPM. Posted: 18 Mar 2013 \| Published: 18 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Cloud Management \| Project Management \| Project Management Software \| Project Portfolio Management \| SaaS ERP \| Software as a Service

15 Top Paying Certifications for 2013 sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: This resource takes an in-depth look at the 15 most important certifications for IT professionals today. Read now to learn what you'll need to do in order to maximize your earning potential through these top-paying certifications. Find out which one came out on top. Posted: 05 Feb 2013 \| Published: 05 Feb 2013 TOPICS: Careers \| Certification Programs \| CIOs \| IT Departments \| IT Industry \| IT Management \| IT Managers \| IT Workforce \| Project Management \| Project Portfolio Management \| Training \| Training and Educational Services

Ensuring a Successful Migration, Consolidation, or Restructuring with Dell sponsored by Quest Software, now a part of Dell WHITE PAPER: For almost any migration, consolidation, or restructuring project smart preparation and seamless execution ensures that you reap the benefits while mitigating the risks. Read this resource that presents the benefits and risks of migration, and discusses solutions that can help you simplify even the most complex projects. Posted: 29 Jan 2013 \| Published: 28 Dec 2010 TOPICS: IT Asset Management \| IT Management \| Project Management \| Project Management Software

Change Is Constant: PMBOK Guide® 5th Edition sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: This white paper outlines the additions and changes that have been made to the latest edition of The Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge® (PMBOK), allowing you to strategically plan for project management success. Read on to learn more. Posted: 15 Jan 2013 \| Published: 31 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Business Process Management \| CIOs \| IT Best Practices \| IT Management \| Program Management \| Project Management \| Workforce Planning

OVUM Technology Audi: Rational Focal Point sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Read what Ovum had to say about IBM's Rational Focal Point in this paper. here, you'll discover who Ovum determined would benefit the most from Focal Point, what applications integrate best with it, and who Focal Point to be less well-suited for. Posted: 28 Aug 2012 \| Published: 01 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Portfolio Management (Finance) \| Portfolio Management (IT Management) \| Project Management \| Project Management Software \| Project Portfolio Management \| Software \| Software Implementation \| Software Installation \| Software Project Management \| Software Upgrades

The Top 10 Reasons all IT Professionals Should Learn Project Management sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: Discover 10 ways that mastering project management can help your career and enhance your skillset. Learn what project management is and how you can leverage it in your organization. Posted: 07 Jun 2012 \| Published: 07 Jun 2012 TOPICS: Careers \| IT Management \| IT Managers \| IT Workforce \| Management Training \| Project Management \| Training

Connecting PPM and Software Delivery - Efficiently deliver strategic, high-value, low-risk software projects sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn why value-driven project portfolio management (PPM) is so important for delivering successful software and find best practices for ensuring that the projects you launch support the strategic objectives of your business. Posted: 23 May 2012 \| Published: 31 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Application Development \| Application Portfolio Management \| Portfolio Management (IT Management) \| Project Management \| Project Management Software \| Project Portfolio Management \| Software Development Tools \| Software Project Management

What a Project Manager Needs to Know About Business Process Analysis sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: How is Business Process Analysis (BPA) relevant to Project Managers (PM)? Discover what PMs need to understand about BPA to best leverage the knowledge that it provides. Find out how BPA recommendations can improve existing projects and help propose new projects. Posted: 11 Apr 2012 \| Published: 11 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Process Automation \| Business Process Management \| Data Analytics \| IT Management \| IT Managers \| Project Management

Importance of Schedule and Cost Control sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: Creating an accurate budget and schedule are essential for evaluating the progress and performance of your project. In this white paper, get tips for how you can develop and manage project baselines so that your projects are on time and within the budget. Posted: 08 Mar 2012 \| Published: 08 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Budgeting \| IT Management \| IT Managers \| IT Spending \| Project Management \| Project Portfolio Management

ERP vs. Project Based Solutions - Which Is Right For You? sponsored by IFS WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, learn why enterprise resouce planning (ERP) systems are emerging as an alternative to project-based solutions (PBSs). Posted: 11 Jan 2012 \| Published: 11 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Enterprise Resource Management \| ERP \| ERP Software \| Manufacturing \| Manufacturing Industry \| Manufacturing Industry Organizations \| Project Management \| Software Selection

Nimble employers turn to agile project management sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: In spirit, both traditional and agile project delivery embody similar principles and practices that aim to deliver measurable results Posted: 24 Oct 2011 \| Published: 25 Nov 2010 TOPICS: Agile Manufacturing \| Project Management \| Project Management Software \| Project Portfolio Management

The Shift to Empowering Users to Secure Information sponsored by TITUS WHITE PAPER: Security teams today are hurting themselves by ignoring the essential 'people' component needed to make any project a success. This white paper will help explain the importance of involving personnel in any security project and how to do so effectively. Read on to get some helpful insight into the benefits of "people-centric" security. Posted: 02 May 2013 \| Published: 02 May 2013 TOPICS: Information Security \| Project Management \| Security \| Security Management \| Workforce Planning

Essential Guide: Project and Portfolio Management: Analyzing Business Project Needs sponsored by Rally Software WHITE PAPER: View this informative resource to learn more about proper sequencing, marketing a software project and how you can keep everything under control with the right tools. It provides a step-by-step process on managing customer driven software development as well as other important steps. Posted: 20 Dec 2012 \| Published: 20 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Customer Service \| Project Management \| Project Management Software \| Project Portfolio Management

Customer Experience for Commerce: Oracle Commerce Solutions sponsored by DocuSign, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This exclusive resource explores the factors influencing the changing commerce landscape, including the impact mobility and social networking are having on the customer experience, and outlines technology tools from Oracle designed to help you optimize your customer experience management strategies. Posted: 14 Sep 2012 \| Published: 12 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Collaboration \| Customer Data Management \| Data Analytics \| Data Mining \| Project Management \| Project Management Software \| Project Portfolio Management

Virtual and Superior: How to Build Teams that Get Things Done sponsored by Citrix WHITE PAPER: This white paper highlights tips and best practices for CIOs looking for more effective ways to cut risk and create value in virtual environments through better teamwork. Posted: 12 Sep 2012 \| Published: 12 Sep 2012 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| Business Management \| Business of Information Technology \| IT Management \| IT Management Services \| IT Managers \| Project Management \| Project Management Software \| Project Portfolio Management

The Business Case for Project Portfolio Management sponsored by Innotas WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to uncover how cloud-based portfolio project management (PPM) strategies are changing the way CIOs and IT teams are viewed by the business. Gain insight into PPM best practices and real world of examples of how PPM keeps you on time, budget, quota, and target. Posted: 04 Jun 2012 \| Published: 01 Jun 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business IT Alignment \| Business Process Management \| CIOs \| Cloud Computing \| IT Best Practices \| IT Management \| IT Managers \| Project Management \| Project Portfolio Management

BTS Consultant Thought Leadership Paper: Business Case for Value Realization Business Case for Value Realization During Implementation sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Find out more about value management and building value realization practices into every IT project. Discover how using value realization best practices during the lifecycle of your implementation can help you achieve greater value from your IT investments. Learn about the value of ASAP methodology and SAP offerings. Posted: 17 May 2012 \| Published: 31 Oct 2010 TOPICS: Application Deployment \| Application Development \| IT Consulting Services \| IT Governance \| Portfolio Management (IT Management) \| Project Management \| Project Portfolio Management \| Software Implementation

Building a Tangible ROI for Data Quality sponsored by Harte-Hanks Trillium Software WHITE PAPER: This white paper covers common issues and recommendations on building a business case for data quality initiatives. Posted: 13 Mar 2012 \| Published: 13 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Data Analytics \| Data Governance \| Data Integration \| Data Profiling \| Data Quality \| Metrics \| Project Management \| ROI

The next big idea: integrating innovation and portfolio management sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Organizations that can continually deliver innovative products and services often garner majority marketplace share, premium profit margins and an industry-leading status. This white paper focuses on controlling that innovation with a portfolio management solution that will support sourcing, prioritization, process support, and more. Posted: 14 Nov 2011 \| Published: 31 Dec 2010 TOPICS: Collaboration \| Collaborative Applications Software \| Collaborative Product Development \| Product Design \| Product Development \| Product Management \| Project Management \| Project Management Software \| Project Portfolio Management \| Web 2.0

Offshoring ETL Development in EPM projects sponsored by Hexaware Technologies WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, discover the benefits of off-shoring and the challenges that stand in the way of a successful outsourced project. Posted: 01 Nov 2011 \| Published: 31 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Data Acquisition Hardware \| ETL (Software) \| Offshore Outsourcing \| Outsourcing \| Performance Testing \| Project Management

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT DEFINITION (continued): … The systems development life cycle (SDLC) is one example of a methodology for guiding the project management process from an initial feasibility study through maintenance of the completed application. Various SDLC approaches include the waterfall model, which was the original SDLC method; rapid application development (RAD); joint application development (JAD); the fountain model; the spiral model; build and fix; and synchronize-and-stabilize. A number of charting methods, such as the Gantt chart and PERT chart have been developed as tools to create a graphic representation of a project plan and …
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