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How to use quality gates to guide IT projects
Many projects don't have enough quality controls in place to ensure a quality product. Here's how to use "quality gates" to monitor project progress. Read more »
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How to identify a failing project
Has your project gone out of control--threatening to be both behind schedule and over budget? Here's how to figure out what went wrong and what you can do to save a failing project. Read more »
Take control with these firefighter strategies
Taking over a failing project puts you on the spot with clients, management, and the team. These tips will help you smooth the transition, put out any fires, and get the project back on track. 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 »
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 »
When to kill an application development project
If you have a project on life support, it may be time to pull the plug. Management guru Scott Withrow highlights when to pack it in. Read more »
Determine needs now to avoid problems later
User requirements form the building blocks for IT projects. Use these best practices to help identify user needs early in the project lifecycle. Read more »
How to safely raid your project budget
In an era of budget cuts, here are some tips on effectively managing your resource budget to deal with shifting tasks and constant change. Read more »
Simple tool can help evaluate innovative opportunities
Some project managers adopt the first solution they find, while others have trouble choosing any proposed idea. Here is a simple communications strategy to help you determine the value of innovative ideas, technologies, and techniques. Read more »
Why use Agile Methods?
In this weeks column, Extreme Programming guru Steve Hayes shares some business arguments for using XP in your shop. Read more »
Understanding the pros and cons of the Waterfall Model of software development
Waterfall development is a software development model involving a phased progression of activities, marked by feedback loops, leading to the release of a software product. This article provides a quick and dirty introduction to the model, explaining what it is, how it's supposed to work, describing the six phases, and why the model can fail. Read more »
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This blog post covers some of the technologies available for creating applications for the Semantic Web. 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.