Why State & Local Governments are Moving to One Platform for ITSM and Project Management
The total forecasted spend in state and local government for 2018 is $3.25 trillion.¹ Since this massive sum largely comprises taxpayer dollars, state and local governments need to be prudent about delivering services and managing projects on time, on budget and to citizen expectations. But with information and tools distributed across multiple platforms, organizations often lack […]
Turning Data into Information in IT Project Management
In each of the previous four building blocks, we’ve discussed how meaningful project-related data is generated. The final building block, reporting, is a vital piece of project success—when it’s done right. After all, if all of that important data you’ve been diligently collecting is misrepresented, misinterpreted, or not reported at all, you’re setting the project (and […]
Making the Most of What You’ve Got In IT Project Management
In order to successfully manage a project, you’ll need to understand what types of resources you’ll have at your disposal and determine how best to deploy them. That may sound pretty obvious and even simple, yet in practice, it can be anything but. In today’s business environment, it’s rare—if not unheard of—to find departments or […]
In IT Project Management, Speaking the Same Language Keeps You on the Same Page
IT project management—and really project management in general—has a language all its own, including terms like Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, Gantt charts, Kanban boards, etc. The same can be said of most specialized fields so that in itself isn’t much of an issue, at least when you’re communicating with people within that same specialty. But as […]
In IT Project Management, Square Pegs Don’t Fit into Round Holes
Congratulations! Thanks to your intake process, you officially have a shiny new project to manage. At this point, your focus is shifting to how you’re actually going to deliver it—on time and under budget, of course. While Waterfall and Agile are mainstays of IT project management, it’s possible that neither of those is the best […]
Be Sure to Start from the Right Place in IT Project Management
There’s certainly no shortage when it comes to good—or necessary—projects in any organization, and especially when it comes to IT. In fact, there is typically more work proposed than can be delivered due to the time and resources available. And to complicate matters, not every project has the same level of impact or importance to […]
Why More Schools Should Consider Implementing a One Stop Service Center
As a college student, I don’t know many of my peers that have plenty of “time to kill.” We live very busy lives trying to juggle academics, involvement on campus, work/internships, and a social life. One of the last things a student wants to spend their precious free time doing is running around campus and […]
Why Marketing Is Interruption-Driven and How to Stop the Madness
Marketers take on a lot – and most of it is through email and desperately managed in spreadsheets. This interruption-driven day does not need to exist. Marketing has made great strides in automation around behavioral scoring, digital analytics and more. But the truth is that behind the scenes there still exists a fair amount of […]
Higher Ed Facilities Management: Do We Separate Projects From Maintenance?
The IT department has addressed this topic many times – do we separate how we manage large IT projects, such as an infrastructure revamp, from daily ticketing? After years of debate and various models, most Higher Ed institutes will suggest that having separate systems creates a lack of visibility for resource allocation and redundancy in […]
Greatest Risk to Your Projects – Your Other Projects!
Use Portfolio Management to Help Manage Risks to Your Projects’ Resources I will go out on a limb and state that – in most reasonably complex institutions, you probably cannot effectively deliver projects without also having effective project portfolio management in place. Most project managers and their traditional, proven project management methods and tools focus […]