project management
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Development and Marketing—Can't We All Just Get Along? When building software for sale, it may seem that software development managers and product marketing managers should get along great. One team builds the software; the other team finds people to buy it. Eric Bloom looks at the primary reason why these two teams sometimes don't get along. |
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When Does Turnaround Management Succeed?Turnaround management has a very typical lifecycle of its own, and it is not a strict theory than can be adopted to succeed. Rajini Padmanaban looks at the various facets of turnaround management and highlights some recent high-profile instances of companies implementing turnaround management. | 
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Meet These Preconditions Before You Think about Project EstimationsWhen estimating a project's release or budget, you can have only one number-one priority. If management has not thought about the constraints, they may be asking employees to cram in too many features with insufficient time. Read on for some conditions and guidelines about estimating for a project. | 
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Warning Signs of a Project Headed for Trouble When running a project, there will be many chances for things to go wrong. Usually, there are warning signs a project is going off the rails. You should be on the lookout for any of the signs listed in this story so you can take steps sooner rather than later to reorient your project toward success. |
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Rethinking Typical Project Management Approaches"Don't work on projects, work on products!" is a cry often heard in the agile community. But if you have a team pulled together to support an ongoing product, it doesn't make sense to use typical project management techniques. Maybe projects aren't the problem—their organizational structures are. | 
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Cloud Computing Could Be the Ticket for Project Managers and AnalystsWith the rapid advancements in technology, perhaps no job title is truly immune from possible layoffs. But could your project management or business analysis skills on your resume help you keep—or even land—the job of your dreams? Eric Bloom thinks that you can find job security in cloud computing. |
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Inertia Is Bad: How to Generate Momentum in Your Agile ProgramIn a large agile project or program, you know how hard it can be to keep things moving. To prevent inertia from slowing an agile program, there's one simple objective you can assign everyone at the start of an iteration to help the team build momentum. Read on for great advice from Johanna Rothman. |
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The Latest in Military Software DevelopmentIn this story on the latest in military software development, it's been reported that due to software complexity the cost of the much-anticipated F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has ballooned since the project's inception. Additionally, software used in the Afghanistan War is being updated for US police. | 
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