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View how one CIO used quality communication with stakeholders to gain approval for IT initiatives.

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It is essential for all CIOs to maintain quality communication with core business stakeholders in order to build strong relationships and establish trust. Consistent discussion with the senior business leaders and executive decision makers help...

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Use this tool to generate a customized shortlist of enterprise PPM vendors based on the importance your organization places on product features and vendor attributes.

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Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (PPM) goes beyond charts and reports to help integrate and streamline processes around entire program lifecycles.

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Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (PPM) goes beyond charts and reports to help integrate and streamline processes around entire program lifecycles.

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Use this tool to generate a customized shortlist of mid-market PPM vendors based on the importance your organization places on product features and vendor attributes.

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Use this tool to predict the magnitude of hidden costs for your outsourcing project.

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Measure, avoid, and mitigate the hidden costs of outsourcing.

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To effectively communicate with senior management, IT leaders can use this scorecard to provide updates on projects delivered by IT.

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Issue management is a practical necessity for IT projects. A key element in effectively handling issues is the tracking of issues that arise during a project. Use the Project Issue Log tool to ensure issues don't cause a project derailment.

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A customer-oriented IT department reduces department costs, improves the quality of deliverables, and boosts the efficiency of the IT workforce. There are six core competencies that are essential to service orientation in IT. Facilitate these...

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A customer-oriented IT department reduces department costs, improves the quality of deliverables, and boosts the efficiency of the IT workforce. This storyboard helps you assess the level of customer service orientation in your IT department,...

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Organizations expect quick response upon project and capital approval, so IT resource agility must be adequate to meet project demand variability. However, care must be taken to ensure that agility is not being invested in needlessly.

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Project variability creates difficulty for the IT department when the organization expects quick response upon project and capital approval, but IT does not have the resources to act quickly.

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This tool will help to determine whether your organization's current level of resource agility is adequate given the level of project demand variability in your environment.

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Once project proposals have been submitted and collected, establish a process to identify the highest priority project proposals. This will include maintaining an inventory of proposed projects, applying ranking criteria, and establishing the...

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One of the first steps in preparing for global data center integration is to gather a list of all inventories. A comprehensive inventory of applications and infrastructure at all global data centers is essential to determining what needs to be...

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Regardless of how the global data center was acquired, data center integration is a large and complex project that requires a prioritized step-by-step plan that includes resourcing and budget analysis.

27-Aug-10) All IT growth in an enterprise requires projects, but projects seem rarely to go as planned. In fact, according to the Standish Group, fewer than one in three enterprise projects succeed in meeting their objectives. Standish’s latest...

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To achieve greater likelihood that your project will stay on track, watch out for the four big pitfalls: Scope Creep, Failure to Obtain Stakeholder Commitment, Inability to Assemble a Team, and Failure to Plan.

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Fewer than 15% of projects deliver all requirements, on-time and on-budget. Avoid four common project pitfalls to greatly increase your chances of project success.

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Use this tool to assess project vulnerability related to four critical challenges that sink many projects. Based on your answers, the tool will indicate which pitfalls threaten your project and what you should do about it.

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Use this tool to track on-going project issues relative to four typical project management pitfalls. As problems arise, related to these pitfalls, track who will handle the problem and when.

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Use our strategies to avoid, detect, and mitigate four critical project management pitfalls to help keep your project on track.

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Application development outsourcing offers organizations potential cost benefits, an expansion of IT skills, and a higher level of flexibility with IT resourcing. However, outsourcing projects commonly run over budget, fall off-schedule, or...

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A strong communication capability between the business and IT ensures the alignment of business requirements with delivered IT functionality and value. Use this storyboard to understand common barriers to effective requirements management,...

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IT needs to understand the needs and requirements of the business in order to deliver value.

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Requirements management is a difficult but critical stage in the IT project. This tool will assess the current health of your organization's requirements gathering methods. Based on your answers, the overall health of your requirements gathering...

Establishing metrics can be a sizeable undertaking. New IT leaders need to get their hands on some solid numbers fast to help build credibility and identify key areas for change. Get a few descriptive metrics in place in your early weeks on the...

Projects have a much higher probability of success if Project Managers (PMs) are given autonomy and take personal responsibility for all aspects of project planning and management. Empower project managers with effective training for managing...