Measuring Up - Juggling all the elements in complex IT projects takes more than experience and gut instinct. It takes metrics.
Publisher: CIO Magazine     Author: Lynda Radosevich   

Nestle's ERP Odyssey - Nestlé USA's costly and protracted struggle with its SAP project is a cautionary tale for any company intent on an enterprisewide implementation.
Publisher: CIO.com     Author: Ben Worthen   

Optimizing Project Success by Matching PM Style with Project Type - In the paper you will find well argued theses based on more than half a decade of research. These lead to practical conclusions that can be applied to any kind of project with a view to improving the probability of a successful outcome. (PDF File)
Publisher: PMforum.org     Author: A. J. Shenhar and R. Max Wideman   

Organisational Control Systems - Organisational Control is important to general functioning of the establishment. It involves: planning what is desired; establishing performance standards, monitoing actual performance with that which is expected; and taking remedial action to correct deficiencies.
Publisher: Human Resource and Organisational Development Consultancy     Author: Dr. R. B. Crawford   

Pay To Play @ Cisco - Despite the challenging economy, Cisco saved more than $1 billion in 2001 through IT projects. A breakdown of the company’s IT investment model shows the benefit of having business unit decision-makers pay for purchases.
Publisher: Businessfinancemag.com     Author: Tad Leahy   

Perfecting Project Management Skills - Whatever the mix, a project manager will function as a leader, co-worker, coach, confidant, facilitator and cheerleader.
Publisher: Businessfinancemag.com     Author: Carol Orsag Madigan   

Proceeding with Caution - When Standard & Poor's turned an analytic eye toward its own infrastructure, it found an ailing legacy system in need of an overhaul.
Publisher: CIO Magazine     Author: Tracy Mayor   

Project and Program Management Outsourcing - Tough economic times often require companies to focus their attention on the primary reason they are in business. This often leads to outsourcing functions like the back office, information technology, and other non-core processes. Why not outsource the project and program management functions? Sound crazy? So did outsourcing IT and business functions not too long ago. Will the next phase of outsourcing be project management? Can this be done effectively and efficiently?
Publisher: Charles Ludwig     Author: Charles Ludwig   

Project Life Cycles for research projects and software development - Project Life Cycles are useful frameworks for organizing team work and ensuring success. Life Cycles are well adopted in the software devlepment field but are also valuable to research projects. This article describes why they are important, how they are used, and identifies different varieties.
Publisher: Appian Analytics     Author: Lou Miller   

Project Management : Still More Art than Science - Project managers who can be successful in this environment are sought after. The question that everyone is asking is, "What makes a project manager successful?"
Publisher: PMforum.org     Author: Kate Belzer