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Ich werde häufig gefragt, wie man seine Projektmanagementfähigkeiten verbessern kann. Gibt es zusätzliche Kurse oder spezielle Zertifizierungen, die man erwerben sollte? Gibt es einen besonders nützlichen Projektmanagement-Rahmen oder ein Buch, das in jedem PM-Regal zu finden sein sollte? Hat eine esoterische Formel oder Berechnung ein Projekt revolutioniert, an dem ich beteiligt war? Die Antwort auf all diese Fragen...
Today the IBM Rational Lifecycle Integration Adapters Tasktop Edition appeared on the IBM price list. This OEM version of Tasktop Sync makes the technology broadly available to IBM clients using Rational Team Concert (RTC), who can now get all of the benefits of Tasktop Syncs real-time and collaboration-centric ALM integration infrastructure. This helps IBM clients...
The Solution for CROs The previous blog in this series discussed the increasing growth rates and related issues seen the Clinical Research Organization (CRO) space due to strategic partnerships, globalism, and market consolidation from mergers and acquisitions. This kind of growth inevitably presents challenges for CROs trying to generate data from fragmented, non-integrated systems. There...
Having worked in the Professional Services industry for nearly 25 years, I have helped numerous PSOs and IT organizations utilize software solutions to manage their businesses. My extensive experience as both a management consultant and software design has given me a unique perspective into Services Resource Planning. As the need for it becomes increasingly prevalent,...
There is a significant transformation underway in the clinical research organization (CRO) space. The CRO market revenue amounts to approximately $30 billion, which is primarily generated from its core business of conducting clinical trials required for drug market admission by regulatory authorities like the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines...
Here is an uncomfortable reality in all but the smallest firms during their R&D portfolio management processes: Between the staff running each R&D initiative and the executives making project and portfolio decisions, there’s usually a division. Maybe it’s the gap between headquarters and lab, upstairs/downstairs, east coast/west coast, London/Singapore, or even a generation gap. At...
As we start the fourth quarter, having just come back from the annual Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) national conference, it seems like an appropriate time to reflect on the trends of the last year. Read on for seven financial planning and analysis trends from 2012. Trend #1: The Rise of FP&A Within the finance...
Um es mit den Worten eines der größten Stars des Baseballs, Yogi Berra, zu sagen: "Wenn Sie nicht wissen, wohin Sie gehen, landen Sie vielleicht ganz woanders. Erzielen Sie einen Gewinn für Ihr IT-Projekt und erzielen Sie mehr Umsatz, indem Sie diese wichtigen Projektmanagement-Tipps umsetzen. Liefern Sie Projekte pünktlich und innerhalb des Budgets. Ziehen Sie einfach den Manager...
I recently attended the Optimizing Innovation Conference in NYC as Planview was a sponsor. Initially, I was surprised that half of the attendees had traveled from Europe just for a two-day conference. Once the sessions began, I quickly understood their motivation. Speakers from Levi® Strauss, NASA, MTV Networks, Goodyear®, Mozilla, Kraft, and many other companies...
Dan Smith and I have written a white paper on strategic R&D portfolio management that summarizes many of the lessons and insights we’ve gleaned during twelve years of client engagements. The white paper is organized into eight ‘rules’: Avoid incomplete strategies Build an actionable strategy Don’t buy in to bubble plots Move beyond prioritization Present...
