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Think proprietary, government tells open source
Open-source developers keen to impress potential government buyers should take some pages from the practices of proprietary software vendors, a senior government procurement officer told attendees at the AUUG 2004 conference in Melbourne. Read more »
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Dealing with nightmare clients
Getting mired in a contentious client relationship is like being stuck in a tar pit: You just keep sinking. But what do you do when dipping into the tar pit becomes inevitable? Read more »
How to call a truce when departments battle
It's easy to dismiss the relationship between developers and marketers as a battle of the left brain vs. the right. Use these tips to call a truce. Read more »
How to work with nebulous RFPs
Vague RFPs are a fact of development life, so you need a strategy to deal with them. These tips will help you create a plan to keep your clients happy. Read more »
Take aim at taming these 10 types of techies
There are certain personality types you're bound to encounter among tech staff. Here are 10 types and suggestions for effectively dealing with them. Read more »
Mini-glossary: Project management terms you should know
Effective communication is a key element of successful project management, which makes a common language essential. This glossary will help your team standardise on frequently used PM terms, from critical path to Gantt chart to scope change management. Read more »
Use special project management techniques for dispersed teams
In the past, a project team almost always resided in one location. The reason is obvious: it wasn't easy to communicate and collaborate with people who were not in the same physical location. The communication has improved, and so must the management. Read more »
Five common errors in requirements analysis (and how to avoid them)
In the traditional waterfall model of software development, the first phase of requirements analysis is also the most important one. Read more »
Managing yourself through a challenge
I often write about managing others through problems or crises because it's part of the day-to-day experience as a manager/leader. But what about managing yourself? Read more »
Project management: Plan ahead for critical resource contingencies
Your risk management process allows you to evaluate and respond to high-level project risks. Some of these risks involve project resources and require that you consider ahead of time how you will respond if you need to replace or add resources. In fact, in some cases, you must actually plan ahead to understand what the contingency resources look like and how you'll get them if they're needed. Here are some examples of where you should plan ahead. Read more »
Apply your project management toolkit
When something unexpected occurs you should always have a project management tool that you can pull out to help you deal with it. Read more »
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Bridging the gap between programmers and the visionA successful project will have a hard time flying if you don't walk through the game plan before writing a line of code. Read more »
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Social news start-up Streem shuts downSydney social news start-up Streem will shut down this afternoon, according to a heartfelt notice posted on the site this morning by its founder Elgar Welch. Read more »
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.