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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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eBook: Lean ITSM Methods in Lean Times sponsored by SearchCIO.com EBOOK: As IT shops continue to look forways to cut costs, increase efficiency and improve service,many turn to IT Service Management frameworks for guidance. Learn how to adopt or advance your use of ITSM practices to streamline IT and build an efficient, service-oriented organization. Posted: 20 Nov 2009 \| Published: 20 Nov 2009 TOPICS: CIOs \| IT Service Management \| ITIL \| Portfolio Management (IT Management) \| Project Management

eBook: PPM: From Efficiency To Alignment sponsored by SearchCIO.com EBOOK: Following project and portfolio management methodologies can help you keep a handle on costs and pursue the projects with the greatest value to the business. Here's how. Posted: 18 Nov 2009 \| Published: 18 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Process Management \| CIOs \| Project Management \| Project Management Software \| Project Portfolio Management \| ROI \| TCO

Rational Build Forge Value Estimator sponsored by IBM ASSESSMENT TOOL: Take two minutes to determine the value that Build Forge can provide your organization with the new Build Forge Value Estimator. This automation and visibility positively impacts your organization by reducing idle time, errors and rework. Try it today. Posted: 04 Nov 2009 \| Published: 04 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Auditing (Finance) \| Project Management \| Project Management Software \| Software Configuration Management \| Software Development Tools \| Software Project Management

Rational Build Forge Demo Series sponsored by IBM SOFTWARE DEMO: Access IBM Rational Build Forge demos to see how it can be used to create a software assembly line to automate and accelerate software delivery. Learn how Rational Build Forge can help development teams automate repetitive tasks, uncover development bottlenecks, determine trends for specific projects and manage compliance mandates. Posted: 04 Nov 2009 \| Published: 04 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) \| Project Management \| Project Management Software \| Software \| Software Best Practices \| Software Configuration Management \| Software Development Life-Cycles \| Software Development Methodologies \| Software Development Tools

Getting Requirements Right : Avoiding the Top Ten Traps sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This white paper presents 10 common and devastating mistakes that project teams make in defining and managing requirements. More importantly, it discusses how to avoid these traps so you can get your requirements right and develop the right product on time and within budget. Posted: 04 Nov 2009 \| Published: 04 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Budgeting \| Business Management \| Document Management \| Documentation \| Project Management \| Project Management Software

Delivering More Value: What’s New in RRC 2.0 sponsored by IBM WEBCAST: IBM Rational ® Requirements Composer helps teams define requirements more effectively and apply 'just enough' management to them across the project lifecycle. Join this webcast to learn more. Posted: 04 Nov 2009 \| Premiered: 04 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Performance Management \| Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| Business Systems \| Project Management \| Project Management Software \| Project Portfolio Management

Data Center Projects: Project Management sponsored by APC WHITE PAPER: This paper presents a framework for project management roles and relationships that is understandable, comprehensive, and adaptable to any size project. Posted: 02 Nov 2009 \| Published: 02 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Process Management \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Project Management \| Project Management Software \| Project Portfolio Management

Pragmatic BPM and SOA Virtual Seminar sponsored by SearchSOA.com VIRTUAL SEMINAR: This free, one-day virtual seminar provides insight into useful business process management (BPM) design patterns and how to effectively link the business and modern software services. Attend to hear our experts explore the truths and myths of BPM and service-oriented architecture (SOA) as well as agile approaches to BPM and SOA. Posted: 26 Oct 2009 \| Published: 26 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Application Development \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Reengineering \| Business Processes \| Composite Applications Software \| Enterprise Applications Software \| Infrastructure Management \| Project Management \| SOA

Just Enough Early Architecture to Guide Development sponsored by TheServerSide.com VIDEO: This session is designed to help you capture the best architecture/technical solutions and ensure that they are repeated by all developers. Posted: 21 Oct 2009 \| Premiered: 21 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Application Development \| Application Life-Cycle Management \| Application Performance Management \| Applications Management \| Architectures \| Enterprise Architectures \| Project Management

The Rules of SOA - A Road to a Successful SOA Implementation sponsored by TheServerSide.com VIDEO: In this session Jeff explores the key characteristics of successful SOA projects. He covers some of the patterns, and anti-patterns, tool sets, and strategies that he himself learned the hard way - through his own trial and error experiences as an architect. Posted: 21 Oct 2009 \| Premiered: 21 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Application Development \| Application Development and Integration Services \| Application Integration \| Java \| Project Management \| SOA \| Software Implementation \| Software Project Management

10 Reasons to Love Migrations: A Guide to Easing Oracle E-Business Suite Management sponsored by Unitask, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn about the operational costs and resource drains that organizations need to address when they engage in Oracle E-Business Suite projects. This paper provides tips about process automation and native tools, which help eliminate errors and simplify project execution. Posted: 20 Oct 2009 \| Published: 20 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business Process Automation \| eBusiness \| eBusiness Software \| Object-Oriented Databases \| Oracle (Product) \| Project Management \| Risk Management \| Software Migration

Optimizing Daily and Routine Maintenance in the Oil & Gas Industry through Project Portfolio Management sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: Project portfolio management solutions, such as Oracle's Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management, help oil and gas executives successfully manage their daily and routine maintenance projects, by enabling them to more effectively manage resources, capture best practices and complete projects on-time and within budget. Posted: 09 Oct 2009 \| Published: 09 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Oracle (Product) \| Portfolio Management (IT Management) \| Project Management \| Project Management Software \| Project Portfolio Management

Managing Project and Portfolio Risk in the Oil and Gas Industry During an Economic Downturn sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: Project portfolio management solutions, such as those from Oracle, enable project leaders to successfully manage risk, even in this volatile climate. They also enable companies to identify the best strategies for pursuing existing projects and to identify the most-promising future projects for investment. Posted: 09 Oct 2009 \| Published: 09 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Economic Environment \| Oracle (Product) \| Portfolio Management (IT Management) \| Project Management \| Project Management Software \| Project Portfolio Management

Change Management Best Practices for the Engineering and Construction Industry sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: The purpose of this white paper is to highlight best practices of identifying and managing changes that might occur on a construction project, and provide a process to effectively manage changes on construction projects. Posted: 08 Oct 2009 \| Published: 08 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Change Management \| Construction Industry \| Contract Management \| Contracts \| Project Management

The Capital Delivery Revolution and Technology: Connecting Capital Planning, Construction, and Everything in Between sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper recognizes three principal solution areas in the capital project delivery lifecycle: project design, project execution, and organizational governance. In particular, it addresses the area of project execution and the means available today to drive successful project delivery on a consistent basis. Posted: 08 Oct 2009 \| Published: 08 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Architectural Services Industry \| Business Process Automation \| Collaboration \| Construction Industry \| Engineering Services Industry \| Oracle (Product) \| Program Management \| Project Management \| Risk Management

Information Connect: Program Management in the Public Interest - Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management Solutions sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: Oracle's Primavera enterprise project portfolio management solutions help organizations effectively and efficiently invest their funds for the good of the public. Posted: 08 Oct 2009 \| Published: 08 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Collaboration \| Program Management \| Project Management \| Project Management Software \| Regulatory Compliance \| Reporting Software

Black Duck Software Customer Success Story sponsored by Black Duck Software CASE STUDY: Read this case study to see how Intel reduced software rework and mitigated business risk by using Black Duck™ Protex to validate that open source, 3rd party and internal software usage strictly adhered to Intel's software licensing policies. Posted: 07 Oct 2009 \| Published: 07 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Application Development \| Applications Software \| Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Open Source \| Programming Languages \| Project Management \| Software Development Tools \| Software Licensing \| Software Testing \| Source Code Control

I Can Do It eKIT sponsored by IBM PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Register Now to take advantage of this complimentary collection of resources to discover how IBM Rational Software may cut your maintenance cost and give you the flexibility to transform your business with assets you already have without spending a fortune. Posted: 01 Oct 2009 \| Published: 01 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Application Development \| IT Best Practices \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Systems \| Project Management \| Project Portfolio Management

CIO Decisions Ezine: Vol. 8 - The Portfolio Approach sponsored by CIO Decisions EZINE: Is your present mix of short and long-term projects putting you on a path to success? Read CIO Decisions Ezine on The Portfolio Approach and gain insight into successful PPM and IT project governance strategies. Access this CIO Decisions Ezine and subscribe instantly. Posted: 29 Sep 2009 \| Published: 29 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Business Development \| Health Care Industry \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| Portfolio Management (IT Management) \| Project Management

Modernizing Your Legacy AS/400 applications sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: With recent AS/400 announcements, companies operating on the AS/400 today have a decision to make—rehost, rewrite, or replace. The key thing to remember when migrating your AS/400 application infrastructure is that it is all about delivering the intended business outcome— generating new services to win new customers. Posted: 28 Sep 2009 \| Published: 28 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Business Process Management \| Platform as a service \| Project Management \| Project Management Software \| Project Portfolio Management \| Software Configuration Management \| Software Migration

Project Comparisons: AS/400 WebSphere vs. HP/Oracle/INFINITE sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: Read this paper for a detail comparison of AS/400 WebSphere and HP/Oracle/INFINITE. Points of contrast include initial cost, ease of upgrade, return on investment, duration and intensity of training, and total cost of investment. Posted: 28 Sep 2009 \| Published: 28 Sep 2009 TOPICS: IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| Oracle (Product) \| Project Management \| Project Management Software \| Project Portfolio Management \| ROI \| TCO \| WebSphere

Presentation Transcript: Governance in Project Portfolio Management sponsored by AtTask PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This is a transcript of a presentation by Brian Turner, Chief Service Delivery Officer at Point consulting firm. He discusses how to keep governance relevant and effective in today’s tough times, what factors drive effective governance structures and what strategies make those governance structures in your organization more effective. Posted: 15 Sep 2009 \| Published: 15 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| IT Governance \| Project Management \| Project Portfolio Management \| Software Project Management \| Strategic Planning

Embarcadero Rapid SQL - SQL IDE Tool, 14 Day Trial! sponsored by Embarcadero Technologies, Inc. TRIAL SOFTWARE: IT needs tools that help their database and application developers produce high quality SQL code faster. To meet the demands of the business they need to accelerate application devlopment cycles and improve team collaboration and resource sharing. Posted: 10 Sep 2009 \| Published: 10 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Application Development \| Collaboration \| Database Administration \| Database Management \| Debugging \| Object Management Group \| Project Management \| Scripting \| SQL \| SQL Server

Steps Data Architects Should Take to Improve Developer and DBA Collaboration for an Easier Project, a Better Product and a Stronger Team sponsored by Embarcadero Technologies, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This paper will take a look at some of the problems that project data and process architects face in working with other IT roles as well as seven easy and inexpensive steps they can take to ensure a collaborative team environment. Posted: 10 Sep 2009 \| Published: 10 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Business Processes \| Collaboration \| Collaborative Master Data Management \| Data Management \| Database Administration \| Database Administrators \| Databases \| DB2 \| IT Management \| Project Management \| Project Portfolio Management \| Regulatory Compliance

Getting There From Here: Delivering Unified Communications to Your Organization - Part 1 sponsored by IBM WEBCAST: This webcast explains the business value of unified communications to improve productivity by streamlining processes. Discover how to get started and which considerations to keep in mind when implementing this technique. Gain an understanding of various use cases of this approach and determine which applications best fit your needs. Posted: 10 Sep 2009 \| Premiered: 10 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Business Communications \| Business Processes \| Collaboration \| Communications Hardware \| Communications Networks \| Communications Systems \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| 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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