communication Archive

  • For Greater ROI, Focus on Priority Features & People

    For Greater ROI, Focus on Priority Features & People

    This CIO Insight article and slideshow provides some statistics that you may be able to use to support greater attention to developing the RIGHT features.  Agile methods can help by encouraging the top priority items are developed first. 52.5% of respondents say that 80% of...

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  • Stakeholders

    Project stakeholder satisfaction

    Do you track stakeholder satisfaction during your project? Besides the sponsor, have you identified any other stakeholders worth consulting? Identifying and engaging your stakeholders can position your project for success. Read on for insights into stakeholder engagement. … … “One of the best ways to...

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  • You Lie!

    You Lie!

    Oops. Did you say that? Or, just think it? … ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ … As the project manager,...

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  • IT Cost Translator

    IT Cost Translator

    Turn project costs into operational metrics to bridge the communication gap between IT and business execs. … … “The core of our Martian/Venusian phrase dictionary for business and IT is to create unit cost measures of IT and the value added by IT in your...

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  • Wave Communications in Projects

    Wave Communications in Projects

    Google demonstrates its Wave communication product and you can see its powerful applicability to collaborating project teams. …

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  • Virtual Collaboration to Engage Your Team

    Virtual Collaboration to Engage Your Team

    President Obama creates a virtual event that spurs questions, debate and collaboration. Nice leverage of technology to create dialogue. Here’s a sample of the discussion on the topic of Green Jobs and Energy: 324,994 votes on 7,442 questions from 20,104 people. … … “The idea...

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  • Misleading IT project costs

    Misleading IT project costs

    Program, project, phase one, two, or three. Communication about the costs of the current scope and the overall project can be challenging. … … “Jeffrey defended the declaration of the GBP2.3bn price, saying that the answer given only related to approved costs. ” … Via...

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  • Mobile Communication Project

    Mobile Communication Project

    Beam me up Scotty. … IBM implements mobile wearable communicator on a hospital IT project that keeps the healthcare workforce integrated into the communications network. … … “It can be difficult for healthcare providers to quickly contact a colleague, who may be anywhere on the...

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  • Customer Service Communication Channels Expand

    Customer Service Communication Channels Expand

    New channels, such as twitter and the blogosphere, are available for companies to monitor and engage their customers in a dialogue that can yield better products and services. … … “For example, when Travis Johnson, known by the Twitter handle, pastortrav, complained recently about Southwest’s...

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  • Project Management Interview: Lessons from the Super Bowl, Continued

    Project Management Interview: Lessons from the Super Bowl, Continued

    A newly minted PMP interviews for the project manager position …

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