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PROJECT
CULTURE
Examining
the Effects of Cultural Diversity on Project Management
- - Chad Lewis
Diversity
has the potential to bring in new life, fresh thinking
and new solution to problems. In today's world, project
management is used for identifying as well as achieving
targets while using the resources over the course of
a project. However, the most important and the most
unpredictable are people. Despite the challenges, working
with diverse teams can also be exceedingly beneficial.
This article discusses the advantages that culturally
diverse teams, made up of people from different backgrounds
and experiences will bring to problem solving.
©
2006 International Institute for Learning Inc. Reprinted
with permission.
TESTING
PROJECTS
Understanding
the Logic of System Testing
- - Yuri Chernak
What
do system testing and mathematics have in common? They
both deal with proofs. This article discusses the logic
of system testing, and the steps to construct valid
proofs that testers need to derive their conclusions
about the quality of a software product.
©
2006 Yuri Chernak. This article was first published
in the March 2006 issue of Crosstalk. Reprinted with
permission.
COVER
STORY
Running
an Open Source Software Project
- - William Echlin
Open
Source Software (OSS) goes through the phases of destination,
planning, organizing, execution and closure. All OSS
projects follow the common development stages. In this
open source environment, the motivation of the team
members presents the real challenge. Towards team motivation
recognition, responsibility, advancement and the feelings
of achievement play a very crucial role. Every stage
of a project presents opportunities to motivate the
team. The article examines the critical aspects involved
in running an OSS project effectively.
©
2006 William Echlin. This article was first published
by Methods and Tools (www.methodsandtools.com). Reprinted
with permission.
CRM
PROJECTS
Why
CRM Projects Fail: User Acceptance is the Key
- - Brian Drury
Majority
of the CRM projects initiated have failed to achieve
the desired objectives. This is on account of poor understanding
of the people-related factors. Typical people-related
factors include the `fear-of-change' syndrome, `it's
easy enough' syndrome and the `big brother' syndrome.
The article examines how organizations can overcome
these people-related factors through the use of CRM
system based on Microsoft Outlook.
©
2006 Brian Drury. Reprinted with permission.
PROJECT
FINANCE
FDI
in Indian Infrastructure Sector
- - Deepak Kumar
This
article focuses on the current scenario of FDI in Indian
infrastructure and how India has a long way to go in
order to attract FDI for this sector, as the present
scenario is not so encouraging. India needs to regulate
the policies and create an environment to attract FDI
so that long-term commitments may be delivered to the
infrastructure sector in the future.
©
2006 IUP . All Rights Reserved
SOFTWARE
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Project
Management and Software Development Methodology
- - Neville Turbit
The
project management methodology covers all the things
that a project manager needs to do-whether it's a software
development, package selection, or relocation of the
departmental project. One should understand the difference
between a project management methodology and other methodologies.
It means one should need to understand, by providing
support and flexibility, how the methodology is applied.
For this, it is important to introduce some simple steps
into the methodology first, and leave the more complex
until later.
©
2006 Neville Turbit. This article was first published
in the ProjectPerfect website (www.projectperfect.com.au).
Reprinted with permission.
PROJECT
REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT
Projects
without Borders: Gathering Requirements on a Multi-cultural
Project
- - Elizabeth Larson and Richard Larson
Quite
often, project managers face numerous challenges in
obtaining customer requirements. This article focuses
on how to avoid or lessen the effects of these pitfalls
and advices project managers and business s to
spend time in developing relationships, clarifying roles
and responsibilities in a chart format so as to make
it understandable to all. This would enable to uncover
requirements in a way that is easier for all stakeholders,
regardless of their language and culture.
©
2006 Computer World. This article was originally published
in the March 2006 issue of Computer World. Reprinted
with permission.
BEST
PRACTICES
Implementing
Project Management Best Practices
- - Simon Buehring
For any project to be successful, it is important
to understand its aims and objectives. This in turn
would help determine how to plan as well as manage the
project. Deciding which activities are within or out
of the scope of the project has a big impact on the
amount of work which needs to be performed during the
project. This article examines both project management
best practices as well as the implementation of those
practices on small projects.
©
2005 KnowledgeTrain Limited (www.knowledgetrain.co.uk).
Reprinted with permission.
BOOK
REVIEW
Rapid
Results! How 100-day Projects Build the Capacity for
Large-scale Change
- - Robert H Schaffer and Ronald N Ashkenas
©
2005 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All Rights Reserved. IUP holds the copyright for the review.
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