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IT Project Management

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

A large part of this site is dedicated towards software project management. I get a lot of question how this differs from general IT project management. Actually, it doesn't. In 90% of IT projects, software makes up a large part of the effort. Next to, hardware, networks, and other infrastructure related components. So, in a […]

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Total Cost Of Ownership

Sunday, September 2nd, 2007

It's so nice to talk about new ways of doing business, it's so enlightening to discuss neat futures for an application, why spoil the fun with numbers? Simple. Because you have to pay. Most businesses today still have to make a profit, so 'cost' is an issue.
Why then this 'total cost of ownership'? Again, simple. […]

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Software Selection

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

So, you are going to select some software. I don't mean an action game for your kids, but I'm talking about a real life, heavy-duty business application. Actually, the hard part is deciding which system to acquire anyway. It's so hard, we even have a name for all the steps together: the software selection process […]

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Software Requirements Management

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

Between 40% and 60% of software failures and defects are the result of poor software management and requirements definition. In plain English, this means that about half of the problems encountered could have been avoided by making it clear, from the very beginning, what the customer expected from the respective project. This is to say […]

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The Microwave Way to Software Project Management is a free guide to help you get the hang of project management stuff in no-time. The entire course consists of seven (!) chapters that are written especially for those who hate long and boring books.
This is not the usual project management tutorial you might be used to. […]

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