The 1990's saw a dramatic increase in the number of people with the job title Project Manager as organisations addressed the problem of an ever changing world through Managing by Projects. Many organisations adopted the PRINCE2™ method as a means to gain some consistency of project management approach across their now swelling ranks of project managers.
With both an increasing need for Proje ...

According to a recent article in a leading technology magazine, the demand for project and portfolio management (PPM) solutions is rising in response to the weakened economy. Many businesses are choosing to implement PPM solutions in order to "identify which IT projects are mission critical and to help them execute those projects as efficiently as possible." These customers have also found that PP ...

To document the justification for the undertaking of a project based on the estimated cost of development and implementation against the risks and the anticipated business benefits and savings to be gained. The total business change must be considered, which may be much wider than just the project development cost.

The Business Case is used to say why the forecast effort and time will ...

"Project Portfolio, a collection of projects, programmes and other work that are grouped together to facilitate the effective management of that work to meet strategic business objectives." (The standard for Portfolio Management by PMI 2006).

Corporate budgeting is an obscure process. Usually it involves padding budgets to accomodate for across-the-board cuts, and committees of corpo ...

Project management brings major changes and innovation. IT service management promises quality and the fulfillment of needs. Their interactions are not always properly addressed - often leading to issues, conflicts and risks affecting the final quality of services. Integrate them to improve it!

MS Project 2007® (MSP) and the 3rd edition of Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) very much go hand in hand. While PMBOK® addresses the theoretical aspects, MSP seeks to implement them in a practical manner. However, there are some differences between the terms and terminologies, but the core concepts remain the same.
This paper focuses on how best a PMP® or a professional wi ...

To request a modification to a product or an acceptance criterion as currently specified.
A Request for Change can be submitted by anyone connected with the project in the form of a Project Issue. A Request for Change can be submitted and gathered in by Capturing Project Issues (CS3); alternatively, a Project Issue can be defined as a Request for Change by the PM as part of Examining Projec ...

ITIL is the key standard for IT service management. This white paper aims to show how risk management can be of assistance in the context of service management. Management of Risk (M_o_R) is OGC’s best practice guidance on how to manage risk. There are many standards and guides that relate to risk management. M_o_R is used here for comparative purposes because, along with ITIL, it is part of OGC’s ...

DOES YOUR STRATEGIC CHANGE DELIVERY NEED A SHARPER FOCUS? If your organisation is pursuing best practice programme management and project management then you’re on the right path! However, many organisations struggle to establish these practices or fail to sustain them. In an ever more competitive business environment, where there is a need for quicker decision-making and change cycles, what more ...

To show the required sequence of delivery of a plan’s products and identify dependencies between those products including any external products. The Product Flow Diagram should be derived from Product Breakdown Structure and Product Descriptions.