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IT Governance: Definitions, Frameworks and Planning

ProjectManager.com

IT governance ensures that IT departments are prepared for what’s next, without losing focus on what matters. What is IT Governance? At its base level, IT governance is one or multiple processes that enable the IT staff to better manage risk and operate at its most efficient to the benefit of the organization on the whole.

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Why do projects fail? (Includes examples!)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The Scottish Parliament may well have been over budget and delayed, but it was a success in the eyes of the may when the innovative building, designed by Enric Miralles, won the Stirling prize for architecture in 2005. The Scottish Parliament building. Causes of project failure. There are many factors that contribute to project failure.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Risk issues that can be identified early in the program, which will potentially impact the program later, termed Known Unknowns and can be alleviated with good risk management. Effective Risk Management 2 nd Edition , Edmund Conrow, AIAA, 2003.

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Burnout in Project Management

The IIL Blog

Stress and burnout have been recognized as serious project management problems for years, but until recently companies have been reluctant to face the problems head on. Some project managers thrive on stress and seem to avoid burnout. There is risk that burnout can spread to the entire team if not identified and controlled.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. Making these decisions in the presence Uncertainty ?

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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management. Managment Processes. Nine Best Practices of Project Management , Software Program Managers Network (SPMN). Top Habits of Successful Project Managers. Project Governance. The Nine "I's" of Program Success ," College of Performance Management.

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Executing a Blue Ocean Strategy with Solid Project Management

The Strategic Project Manager

The Blue Ocean strategy framework has become popular since around 2005, on the initial publication of “ Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant “, by W. These principles highlight how blue ocean strategy minimizes key risks to organizations.