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IT Service Management (ITSM): Frameworks, Processes & Phases

ProjectManager.com

Over the course of this blog, we’ll discuss how ITSM is implemented, managed and delivered to meet the needs of an organization and how project management software can help facilitate those processes. This includes laptops, servers or software applications. What Is IT Service Management (ITSM)? What Is an ITSM Framework?

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IT Financial Management (ITFM) Best Practices

ProjectManager.com

To accomplish this requires financial governance, creating and controlling an IT budget, tracking expenses and doing cost-benefit analysis of IT investments. That’s a lot of responsibility, but it can be handled more effectively with project management software. It’s not limited to the IT department.

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15 Free IT Project Management Templates for Excel, Word & More

ProjectManager.com

IT teams plan hardware and software installations, upgrades and rollouts, and the tools they use are specific to working with infrastructure, information systems and computers. Not only will it help you create a more accurate budget but it’ll help you monitor your costs as you execute the project. IT projects are unique.

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What Is a Project Director? Role, Responsibilities and Salary

ProjectManager.com

A project director is a person responsible for leading a team of project managers, which can also include contractors, sub-contractors, software developers, web developers, graphic designers, testers, network engineers and other staff that are essential to the project. Develop a timeline that captures milestones for projects.

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How to do Rolling Wave Planning

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The APM Planning, Scheduling, Monitoring and Control Guide (2015) defines rolling wave planning as ‘the planning density that is achieved at different moments in time. A rolling wave plan starts with knowing the major milestones or governance points. How to create a rolling wave plan. Finally, include the long-range tasks.

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The Evolution of Project Management

The IIL Blog

Public Sector Project Manager Selection In most government agencies, PMs were seen more so as project monitors rather than project managers. The assignment as a government project monitor was seen as an add-on to one’s normal job. Executive sponsorship was merely eyewash for government agencies.

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7 Ways to Sell Agile to Project Stakeholders

LiquidPlanner

Metrics around the success and progress of a software development project are many and varied. One way to sell an Agile system is to offer executives a stake in proposing new metrics and tools for measuring and reporting the development projects under their watch. Propose new metrics for progress and status (with exec input).

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