Clarizen, Project Management Software, Uses Clarizen Change Management – VP Product Presentation
Change Management Project by Dynamo: Workload
July 25, 2010 | By Sandy England, PMP In Change Management | Comments(0)
DynamoOnline asked:
This video was recorded for a Change Management project with a customer. In the preparation phase we realised there were a few concerns among the employees. We recorded a few videos to address these concerns in a light and funny way. This video is addresses the “workload” concern: Will they still have things to do after the merger? More info about Dynamo on www.dynamoonline.be
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Software Change Management: Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration
July 20, 2010 | By Sandy England, PMP In Change Management | Comments(0)
IBMRational asked:
www.ibm.com Mik Kersten of Tasktop Technologies speaks about the Open Service for Lifecycle Collaboration initiative. The initiative provides open source and enables integration between different applications, offering tools for seamless change management. [Mik Kersten, Tasktop Technologies] My name is Mik Kersten; Im the CEO of Tasktop Technologies, the company behind the Eclipse Mylyn project. Last year at the Rational Software Development Conference we learned about the Open Service for Lifecycle Collaboration initiative. And at the same time, at Tasktop we were struggling in a way to create the connector for IBM ClearQuest. So we realized that in order to do this, we wanted to leverage open APIs and we wanted to build our commercial integrations on top of both the open source Eclipse and Mylyn APIs, but also specifications that we could count on and that could work for other kinds of ALM ALM integrations. And thats exactly what OSLC is. It enables us to do that and to both provide an open source implementation and our commercial extensions to have a seamless integration between ClearQuest and the Eclipse IDE. So we’ve got—an interesting thing thats happening with change management in that theres been such a broad range of tools, of issue trackers, or bug trackers, of defect tracking tools and [...?...] tools. And none of these tools have had standard APIs to this point. So what OSLC does is provides this common layer, this common rest [?] space, web service APIs, that …
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PMP Exam – Critical Path
July 8, 2010 | By Sandy England, PMP In PMP and CAPM Project Management Exams | Comments(21)
SirGanttalot asked:
Sir Ganttalot helps you prepare for the PMP exam by explaining Critical Path and Float/Slack analysis. This is a two part lesson. Part 1 covers a quick and easy “eyeballing” method to identify the Critical Path in a project network and to determine the float/slack for non-critical tasks. Part 2 explores in detail the forward/backward pass approach.
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Flexible Working Practices And How Web Based Project Management Can Help
July 5, 2010 | By John Nash In Career Development,Leadership,Management,Planning,Productivity,Six Sigma,Success,Workplace Communication,Writing and Speaking | Comments(0)
The world is rapidly moving towards progress, and there is a severe competition between different companies. This requires long working hours from employees and hard work is the key to success in this case. This piece of writing focuses upon how people can manage to work at the places which they find easy to work at, and how a Web based project management can be helpful in achieving the specific goals.
The first question that comes to our minds is that what are the flexible working practices? Well, nowadays, as mentioned in the above paragraphs, there is a very tough competition between fellow organizations. As a result, the demand and productivity from employees has increased four or five fold than what it used to be in the previous years.
So, there is a need for employees to perform their tasks even after the office timings. This requires employees to finish their tasks at those places where they can sit comfortably, without any external pressure put upon them. In other words, they want flexible working practices to complete the tasks that are assigned to them.
Web Based Project management is a technique that supports in planning, organizing and overseeing resources. Most commonly used web based project management software for personal and business uses are Redmine, OpenGoo Trac, Project HQ, Collabtive, ProjectPier, eGroupWare, KForge, and ClockingIT.
Web based project management can play an effective role in implementing flexible working practices. Web based project management assists in planning, organizing and managing resources. Most common web based project management software used for personal and business use are Codendi, Redmine, ProjectPier, Trac, Project HQ, Collabtive, eGroupWare, KForge, OpenGoo and ClockingIT.
Another of the various advantages of this type of management is that the software is widely available on the internet, and sometimes, it is free to download, whereas some good and reliable companies might set some cost for its purchase, which will be few bucks only. This software also does not take up a lot of memory space on your computer and guarantee no virus threat if downloaded from a reliable website.
The good point is that project management software is available on internet, so these solutions do not require huge budget. The critical part is to find the right tool, which matches with the needs of the company. Web based project management software is easy to use and is very simple, thus, making flexible working practices more easily. You can easily perform routine tasks and have project status available to everyone all the time. Business tracking can be done with no trouble, and the team collaborative work can be performed easily.
Clear and fast communication helps a lot in flexible working practices, which can be done with web based project management. You can easily check which member is working on which task and what is the current status? Supervision and coordination can be performed with no difficulty. Therefore, the overall productivity of the team is enhanced. The project manager and the members, both are aware of the project milestones and deadlines; so, they schedule their priorities accordingly. Eventually, the client will be happy from your work and business will expand further.
You can consult with a professional to implement the web based project management systems in your organization.
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Change Management Project by Dynamo: Location
July 1, 2010 | By Sandy England, PMP In Change Management | Comments(0)
DynamoOnline asked:
This video was recorded for a Change Management project with a customer. In the preparation phase we realised there were a few concerns among the employees. We recorded a few videos to address these concerns in a light and funny way. This video is addresses the location concern: Where will they be based? More info about Dynamo on www.dynamoonline.be
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