Wednesday, December 31, 2008

New Year Greetings !

EYES ON THE SHORE
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Florence Chadwick learned the importance of keeping a goal in mind onJuly 4, 1952. She waded into the Pacific Ocean off Catalina Islandand began swimming toward the California coast 26 miles away. The daywas cold and her attendants drove off sharks throughout the journey.Florence had already swum the English Channel twice and, if she couldfinish today, she would be the first woman to have swum both. Butafter fifteen hours in the water, for the first and only time in herlong-distance swimming career, she gave up and climbed into theescort boat. Others had urged her on, but in the fog they could nottell her how near she was to the coast. She later learned that shewas less than half a mile from shore.When asked by a reporter why she gave up, Florence replied: "It wasthe fog. If I could have seen land, I could have finished. But whenyou can't see your goal, you lose all sense of progress and you beginto give up."On a warm, sunny day two months later Florence Chadwick swam theCatalina Channel, handily beating the men's record. Only when shekept her eyes on the shore did she eventually arrive there.Keeping that goal constantly in sight will get you where you want togo.
DAILY SURVIVAL KIT FOR 2009 !!
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Toothpick, Rubber band, Band aid, Pencil,Eraser, Chewing gum, Mint, Candy kiss, Tea bagWhy?1. Toothpick: to remind you to pick out the good qualities in others2. Rubber band: to remind you to be flexible. Things might not alwayswork out the way you want, but it will work out.3. Band aid: to remind you to heal hurt feelings, yours and someone else's4. Pencil: to remind you to record how lucky you are every day5. Eraser: to remind you that everyone makes mistakes, and it's OK6. Chewing gum: to remind you to stick with it and you can accomplishanything7. Mint: to remind you that you are worth a mint!8. Candy kiss: to remind you that everyone needs a kiss or hug every day9. Tea bag: to remind you to relax and reflect on all you *have* got.Here's wishing you all & your families a wonderful, healthy and enriching 2009 !!
Courtesy - This new year wish was sent to me by my friend Justin

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Congratulations Raman Parthasarathy PMP

Hi Aby,

I passed PMP last week. Thank you very much for your valuable session. (April 25-27 2008).
&
I am also going through your blog, very interesting.


Regards
Raman.

Monday, December 22, 2008

Season's Greetings


Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Congratulations Antony PMP !

Dear Aby,
This is to inform you that I have passed the PMP examination yesterday (16th Dec 08). I took the ‘PM Distilled’ course at Cochin, in August 08. Your way of teaching, exam tips, course material and the sample questions all are really good and helped me a lot.

Regards,
Antony
ARS Software
Trivandrum
Kerala

Monday, December 15, 2008

Pictures from the Agile project management using scrum workshop at Oracle, Hyderabad











If Better Is Possible by John Buchanen



" If better is Possible" by John Buchanen - The winning strategies from the coach of Australia's most successful cricket team.

This is a great book, for anyone who is leading a team. A good read for every project manager. Through this book, John Buchanen shares his experiences in building a world class team and has lots for any team leader. After a long time, I am reading a book which is this interesting.

Monday, December 1, 2008

Fish for life !

This simple and effective book, is a very practical guide to convert the workplace into a more vibrant and enjoyable place. Let me try to recollect the basics of this book.

1) Work places can have lot of ‘toxic energy dumps’. Meaning negative energy (gossip, back biting, frowning, complaining, blaming etc….).

2) Choose your attitude. There is always a choice about the way you do your work, even if there is not a choice about the work itself. Do not allow the surroundings to determine your attitude at the work place (can be your days as well). You choose your attitude. Choose the attitude of positivity. Every day morning, tell yourself that “I am going to enjoy this day by doing the best I can”.

3) Play. Play your work. Make it fun filled, and enjoy it to the core.

4) Make their day. Include others into the play. While making your day memorable, help others to make their days also memorable.

5) Be present. Focus on the ‘NOW’. Always live in the present, and look for opportunities to play and make their days memorable.

Authors : Stephen C Lundin, Harry Paul and John Christensen

Friday, November 28, 2008

Warm welcome to Mr.Mohammad Tufail Ahmad to PMRI's advisory body !

We have great pleasure to inform you the joining of Mr. Mohammad Tufail Ahmad to PMRI advisory body. He brings in more than 15 years of experience from the civil and construction industry. During his career spanning around two decades, he had major stints with Turner Corporation and Galfar. He holds a Master's degree in Construction management (Gold medalist from SPA Delhi) and a Bachelor's degree in civil engineering. He has solid expertise in the areas of;

  • Project planning
  • Scheduling
  • Monitoring and controlling
  • Progress and cost monitoring using 'S' curves
  • Design coordination, construction coordination and quality management
  • Procurement and subcontract management
  • Tendering and bid preparation
The type of projects he has worked include tourism, commercial buildings, housing complex, industrial building, marine, airport, railway, roads, oil & gas, transmission line and substation.

We are confident that, his addition to the PMRI's advisory board will help it to serve it's stakeholders from the construction industry better.

All of us at PMRI wishes him the very best.

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Ask PMRI forum at Knowledge Oman



















PMRI and knowledge Oman have jointly started 'Ask PMRI' forum at Knowledge Oman. They objective is to propagate professional project management concepts.

Congratulations Robson PMP !

Dear Aby,

Finally I also became a PMP. Now it is the time to celebrate.

You Initiated, Bali Planned, I Executed, God Monitored and Controlled, now it is the time for Project closing.

Thanks again,

Robson.

Congratulations Shuaib PMP

Hi All,

I have passed the PMP exam yesterday and want to share my experience with you.
The exam didn’t have many calculation questions as I had thought.
Altogether there were probably four or five to do with earned value
techniques like CV, SV, CPI, BAC, SPI. Some formulas to note:

SPI = EV / PV
ETC = BAC – EV
EAC = BAC / CPI
EAC = AC + ETC
EAC = AC + BAC – EV
% COMPLETE = EV / BAC x 100

I’d suggest you thoroughly go through the inputs, outputs and
tools/techniques for each of the nine knowledge areas as listed in the
PMBOK. I got several such questions from the Integration,Scope and
Quality management topics.

Also, several questions related to the Professional Responsibility
topic as well.

My exam prep included going through the PMBOK(3rd Ed.), PM Distilled
Notes, practicing the questions on ClassTube and also from couple
other sites found after ‘Googling’.

I wish you all the very best and look forward to hear your experience.

Cheers,
Shuaib

Photographs from the recently concluded SCRUM training at Oracle Development Center, Bangalore



Sunday, November 23, 2008

Thursday, November 20, 2008

One day SCRUM workshop at Oracle, Bangalore

PMRI conducted a one day workshop 'Agile project management using SCRUM' at Oracle, IDC, Bangalore. The focus of the workshop was to introduce the participants to the SCRUM framework and the Value system. 

Monday, November 17, 2008

PMdistilled workshop @ Dubai

3 day PM fundamentals at HP, Chennai


PMRI conducted a three day workshop "Project management fundamentals" for HP Chennai. Here are some pictures from the program. 

Agile project management using SCRUM workshop @ Everett, Bangalore


Recently PMRI conducted a one day workshop at Everett, Bangalore. 

The group photo of the last PMP batch at Dubai

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Tips on PMP certification by Pratap K Sahoo PMP

Dear All/Team, Dear Abby/Chinmay,
Thanks to all for congratulating me.

Yes , of-course ! It's my pleasure to share my success.I think following things can be the better way of passing the PMP exam in first Attempt.(I cleared on Nov-6th, with total exp of 4.7 year)
Priority No1:Whether or not a candidate is into project management its better to study from:
1) Start preparing Question / Answer. Try to attempt all available Questions/ Answer.(This will give a general idea).2) Try to visualise (no need to remember all, if possible then its good) all Input/Output of each Process Group,and its tool & technology...
2) Remember all Calculations / Formula, e.g. EV,PV,AC,CPI,SPI,BAC, ETC,EAC,VAC ,BCR ,BCWS,BCWP,its very easy , just remember.(I got more questions on this approx (15/20)4) Go for simulation software (any) just to acquaint yourself with the pattern ,also give you a strength for sitting constantly 4 hr in Exam.
Priority No2:
5) PMBOK Guide atleast twice, with remembering 5 KA, 9 PG.(no need to read all , bcz few are reapeated like I/O , tools & techniques.6) Study Material Abby/ Rita Mulcahy PMP Text book.


Imp questions: i) What happen if (CPI +ve,,SPI -ve) / (Both -ve )/ (Both +ve) / (CPI -ve,,SPI +ve). ii) No of communication channel , for n number of team members. iii) What are the type of Handling Conflicts. iv) Selection of a project , ireespetvive of IRR,BCR,NPV. v) Maslow Hierrachy/Herzberg Thery(Theory X/Y)/Douglas Mc-Gregor Thery. vi) Type of Management Style(6 types, e.g autocratic/leissez faire/democratic etc). vii) Conflict Intensity . highest --> Lowest (e.g Schedule , Priorities, then Manpower , .... at last Cost) viii) Five interpersonal Influences of a successfull PM.(e.g Legitimate,Reward,Penalty , Exper, Referrent) ix) Forms of communications. x) Try to understand Professional code conduct & responsiblity( its different from real Life)
Since all questions are situation based, we have to have enough understanding of issues.
Hope this might be usefull for you.I believe the plan to study should come from ones Job Profile, time availability, Liking , and Own way of remembering,reading habit.
Please let me know for further info , for this exam, at any time, i am available to answer you!

Regards,PRATAP K. SAHOO MCA, PMP, 6s Black Belt(CSSBB), OCA "Stay with Business"SSE Ignis Technology Solution, Bangalore, India www.ignistech.com Work : +91-80-26592165 Mobile : +91-9880-319-807

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Congratulations Pratap Kumar Sahoo PMP

Aby,

Thanks a lot for your method of teaching.

I cleared my PMP at first attempt on November 6th, Bangalore.

Pratap Kumar Sahoo,PMP 

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Collabteam - New features

1) The home page is made simpler. The central theme is log in and signup. This is deliberately done to help the real user of collabteam (simple and faster).

2) Implemented the sprint velocity calculation feature. This feature helps the team to;

a) Continuously understand it’s capability by analysing the sprint velocity (planned story points / completed story points). The planned story points are frozen while activating the sprint, where as the actual story points are calculated by adding up the completed story points at the end of the sprint. This helps the team to really analyse how much they are able to complete against committed features for the sprint. The key benefit - continuous improvement (the gradually learns to deliver what they committed). This is key to improving productivity of the team.

b) Sprint velocity calculations are implemented under the ’sprint wall’

Click here to check these features

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Dont Miss this one

TiE Entrepreneurial Summit

TiE will host TES 2008 between December 16 and 18, 2008. The event is guaranteed to inspire, inform and encourage the next generation of entrepreneurs. Can you afford to miss this opportunity to meet some of the most successful entrepreneurs of our times?
TES 2008 is aimed at different industrial sectors and verticals such as Retail, Real Estate, Hospitality, Healthcare, Education, Aerospace, Manufacturing, Social entrepreneurship, Clean Tech, Mobile and Financial Services. It will provide a common platform for communication between successful entrepreneurs, industry leaders and professionals.
The event will promote interaction with Indian and overseas investors, senior Government representatives and policy makers, business leaders and selected companies representing India’s entrepreneurial talent.
Invaluable Mentoring Sessions:
TES 2008 will also feature highly focused one on one mentoring sessions for entrepreneurs. The mentoring sessions will be led by successful entrepreneurs and VCs offering you instant insights into your business. These sessions are limited in number and an early registration improves your chances of meeting top notch mentors.
Who should participate?
TES 2008 is undeniably unique. It offers a local, national, and global platform designed to connect entrepreneurs, policy makers, the investment community, academia and Governmental agencies - all of which form an integral part of the ecosystem. If you wish to be part of the ecosystem, you should be at TES 2008.

You can’t afford to miss this opportunity
For more information on TES 2008 visitwww.tiesummit.org
Contact our Help desk: 080 65461770 / 71 (10 AM to 6 PM, Monday – Friday & 10 AM to 1 PM on Saturday)

Agile project management using SCRUM workshop

PMRI conducted a one day workshop "Agile project management using SCRUM'  workshop at Taj Residency, Marine drive. Ten engineers attended this workshop. The objective of this workshop was to enable the participants to implement SCRUM at their workplace. The workshop is logically partitioned into three segments. The first segment focuses on explaining the scrum structure and the value systems required for implementing scrums. In the second segment, the team focuses on doing a mock project which provides hands on exposure to the scrum methodology. In the third segment, the team is given a demo of collabteam tool, with a view to facilitate scrum implementation in a distributed development  environment. 

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Some useful tips from Ashraf PMP

Dear All,
Thank you so much for congratulating me and i wish all the best in your life. Below is my experience that i would like to share with you, i hope you will find them usefull:
- After the class, i went through the course material and the prestenation.
- I focused on practicing the questions as much as i could.
- Here are some usefull formulas that you might need:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EV = BAC * (work completed/total work required)
PV = BAC * (time passed/ total scheduled time)
EAC = BAC/CPI
standard deviation = (Pessimistic - Optimistic) / 2
stright line deperciation = (purchase value - salvage price)/time period
total contract cost (cost plus incentive fee) = finished cost + profit margin + (0.20 * under budget amount)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- My exam was at 8:30 am so my mind was fresh.
- I had a big breakfast, strong coffee and 1 vitamin tablet.
- elmintaing the wrong answers helped me a lot.
- As mentioned by Mr. Abarchan in the course material, don't ignore topics like professional responsiblity and human resources management.

I look forward to hearing your success stories in the near future,

Good luck..
Bye
Ashraf

Quick Start Guide Collabteam Version 1.0

Collabteam Version 1.0 is a light weight, easy to use agile project management tool, based on the scrum methodology. The key features of collabteam v1.0 allows you to implement level1 scrum completely. The following are key steps to get going;

Setting up the environment

1) Click on the signup link, and register yourself

2) Log in as an administrator (while logging in, ckeck on the 'log in as administrator' check box)

3) Create users (the resource pool is created against the organization)

4) Create projects

5) Allocate resources against the project and log out


Product backlog creation

1) Log in as a user

2) Create product backlog (if you are the product owner)

3) Expand product backlog to user stories. Allocate story points to the features

Sprint creation

1) Create sprint backlog and drag the respective product backlogs to the sprint.

2) Prioritize these features for production.

3) Break the sprint backlog entries into activities

4) Once the sprint creation is complete, activate the sprint.

Sprinting

1) The users are allowed to volunteer the work (to be done) , by going to the sprint board, and choosing the activities they want to perform. The sprint board provides the complete status of the sprint, including the burn down chart.

2) When someone volunteers for an activity, the activity moves to the 'being done' category.

3) Once an activity is completed, it moves to the 'Done' category

Defect handling

Defects are entered into the product backlog, as 'defects', which will be scheduled in the same sprint or in the subsequent sprints.

Project dash board

The project dash board provides the status of all sprints till date


In case yo face any difficulty contact us

email : team@cllabteam.com mobile : 0091 9745003819 or 0091 9895372115

Monday, October 27, 2008

Congratulations SVS Rao PMP

Dear Abi sir / Mr. Bali / Mrs.Shefali,

Greetings,

Further to my earlier mails, I wish to inform you that on 23.10.08, I attended the PMP exam and passed the exam in first attempt itself.

I would like to thank you all.

Exam preparation module in classtube is really a good tool, which is reinforcing the gained knowledge in PMPdistilled and PMBOK.

Wish you more success.

Regards,


SVS RAO
Projects Engineer
TRANSCO Projects
Tele: +971 2 694 4429
Mobile:+971 50 6780950

FAX: +971 2 694 4374

Congratulations Ashraf PMP

Hello Bali & Abarchan,
I would like to inform you that I have passed my PMP exam today 27th Oct in UK. Your valuable course & material were of a great help to prepare for it.

Now it is my time to celeberate and enjoy my holiday...

i hope i am the first delegate who clears the PMP exam within 90 days...

best regards,
Ashraf

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Collabteam project management tool from PMRI


The beta version of the 'Collabteam' project management tool is available for use now. This tool is based on the agile principles, especially scrum methodology, which is one of the leading agile project management methodologies. To use the tool, one need to have a fair understanding of the SCRUM methodologies. If you know scrum, then follow these steps to get going..


1) Register yourself as an administrator
2) Login as the administrator
3) Create a project
4) Create a product backlog (feature list)
5) Create a sprint backlog
6) Create team members
7) Team members can volunteer for work

The key features of the current version collabteam are

1) Product backlog creation
2) Sprint backlog creation
3) Work volunteering
4) Sprint burn down charts
5) Sprint boards, where the entire sprint's progress can be viewed
6) Project dash board - where the snapshot of all the sprints of the project is shown

To start using the tool click here

For a demo of this tool, contact team@collabteam.com

Back to the PMRI headquarters in Kerala

Last we week we had two in interesting workshops. The first one was the "project management fundamentals program" at HP, Chennai and the other one was the PMdistilled project management workshop at Dubai, which was attended by project management professionals from various countries. The next program is at Qatar, starting on 22nd, October.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Project Management Fundamentals - for HP, Chennai

Today we completed the 3 day project management fundamentals program for HP, Chennai coducted at Marriott. The program was attended by 19 young professionals, who mastered the fundamentals of professional project management. On behalf of PMRI, I thank all, for making this a success. I am rushing to Dubai for the next PMdistilled workshop, hence the photos of this program will be uploaded on 20th. :-)

Friday, October 10, 2008

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Fun and Work

Greetings from Bangalore.....

I am sitting in the conference room of Chancery hotel, amidst a bunch of brilliant youngsters from HP, mastering the project management skills. For a change, this three day workshop is designed around hands on exercises only and all of us are really enjoying it. In this training I have borrowed some concepts from SCRUM. The entire team is really developing a deliverable within 45 minutes, and time is non negotiable. The result is very positive. Just the introduction of a tight non negotiable target and the freedom to execute alone improves productivity.

Implement tight deadlines, freedom to choose and execute work, write the acceptance criteria first, introduce daily stand up meeting... these alone improves teaming and productivity.

Give it a try...

Monday, October 6, 2008

Congratulations Fathima Fabin PMP

(10:16:12 AM) fathima_fabin: Hello Aby
(10:16:15 AM) fathima_fabin: Good morning
(10:16:25 AM) fathima_fabin: I hope you remember me
(10:16:47 AM) fathima_fabin: I was in your Qatar PMP batch during first week of May
(10:16:53 AM) fathima_fabin: A good news
(10:17:11 AM) fathima_fabin: Got PMP certification on 27th of August 2008
(10:18:58 AM) abrachan: congratulations
(10:19:07 AM) abrachan: that is really pleasing news
(10:19:18 AM) fathima_fabin: thak you very much

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Are you a project manager and a smoker?


Smoking is prohibited from Oct 2nd onwards in all public places of India. If you are caught while smoking, the fine is Rs.200. Why?. Last year 900,000 Indians died due to diseases from smoking. I personally see this as a great opportunity for all smokers to quit smoking. If you are a project manager in India, you are violating the professional responsibility of the project manager (violating the rules of the country, not being socially responsible), if you violate this rule. So quit smoking.

Are you interrupted by unwanted telephone calls? - India centric


This site might help you.

About PMP certification (a quick reference)

PMP Certification Exam Info
PMP Certification Exam Objectives
  • 11% - Initiating the Project
  • 23% - Planning the Project
  • 27% - Executing the Project
  • 21% - Monitoring and Controlling the Project
  • 9% - Closing the Project
  • 9% - Professional and Social Responsibility

  • PMP Certification Exam Details
    Exam Number : 3rd Edition - 2005
    Total Questions : 200
    Non-Scoring Questions : 25
    Passing Score : 61% (106 of 175 questions)
    Time limit : 240 min
    Questions Type : Multiple Choice

    PMP Certification Exam Fees

    Member Non-member
    Computer based $405 / €340 $555 / €465
    Paper based $250 / €205 $400 / €335
    Re-exam Computer $275 / €230 $375 / €315
    Re-exam Paper $150 / €125 $300 / €250
    Eligibility for PMP Certification Exam
  • Applicants must have 35 hours of specific project management education.
  • With a Bachelor's Degree (or the global equivalent): Applicants must have a minimum three years professional project management experience, during which 4,500 hours are spent leading and directing project tasks, up to eight years from the time of application

  • Without a Bachelor's Degree(or the global equivalent): Applicants must have a minimum five years professional project management experience, during which at least 7,500 hours are spent leading and directing project tasks, up to eight years from the time of application.
  • Sunday, September 28, 2008

    Bottlenecks for knowledge sharing within agile teams (India centric)

    Performers Vs Non performers 

    Whenever I conduct the SCRUM workshops within India, one regular 
    question I have to address consistently is about 'What to do with non- 
    performers within the team?'. For me, the whole corporate system or as 
    a country itself, everything is tuned to protect the weak. Thanks to 
    the democrats and the communists. The entire system is built around 
    protecting the weak. Hence I am able to empathize with the project 
    managers when he is more worried about the non performers in the team 
    rather than the performers. We must understand the fact that SCRUM 
    teams must comprise of performers (mentally and physically fit). 
    Marcus Buckingham in his book 'First break all rules' says very 
    clearly that the best of the managers worldwide are biased towards 
    performers and in fact they spend more time with the performers rather 
    than non-performers. It does not mean that non-performers must be 
    ignored. They must get the support and the consideration they deserve, 
    and it must not be at the expense of performers. Let us all admit the 
    fact that corporate life is all about capitalism and capitalists not 
    socialism. 

    Individualists Vs Team players 

    Since most of the management wisdom within India is borrowed from the 
    west, 'Team work is always promoted'. An Indian Psyche is always 
    'Individualistic' while whatever is promoted within the corporates is 
    'Team work'. So every Indian acts like a team player to gain 
    acceptance, while actually he is not. In India, even to get a seat in 
    a bus, we have to struggle, rather we have to compete. Naturally we 
    are tuned to compete with others, where as the organizational cultures 
    within India are blind copies from the west, which promotes team work. 
    What must be really promoted within teams in India is 'Team work of 
    the Individually competent'. First of all everyone has to prove their 
    mettle individually, and after that we can talk about team work. 

    Parenting attitude of the managers 

    Most of the Indians like to go to beaches, and at the same time 
    majority of the Indians do not swim in the sea. Thanks to the highly 
    protective parenting prevailing within India. The highly protective 
    parent do not allow the kid to experiment, rather they are driven 
    through the least risky- proven paths. This leads to lack of 
    innovation, poor risk taking and underdevelopment of potential and 
    skills. Once these kids graduate as managers, they also start 
    exhibiting the 'parental traits' while managing the teams, leading to 
    under development of skill sets. Actually they are damaging the teams 
    and at the same time they believe that they are building the teams. 
    This is very dangerous. 

    These are some of the burning points coming to my mind while thinking 
    of the cultural issues in agile teams within India. India is the 
    country where the maximum lines of software code is written, and at 
    the same time not many killer products have come from India ... may be 
    these could be some of the real root causes.

    Thursday, September 25, 2008

    Congatulations Amitava PMP !

    amitavintel: hi
    amitavintel is online.
    Abrachan: hello
    amitavintel: I appeared for PMP exam today and pass:)
    Abrachan: Hi amitava...congratulations

    Dear Amitava, 

    As your project management coach, I am on cloud 9 !

    Go and impact the world now.

    Ab

    Congratulations Satish Kumar PMP ! Go and Impact the World!

    Hi Abrachan,
    I am happy to inform  you that I passed PMP exam on 9th September 2008.
    I took the classes from you in The Capitol, Bangalore in Nov. 2007.
    After a string of postponements due to project pressure, travel and PMP audit process,
    I finally got it over.

    Your material and PMP exam tips was very useful.

    Please accept my sincere gratitude for your genuine role in my PMP success.
    I am spreading the message to my friends and colleagues.

    Thanks and Regards,
    Satishkumar Tegginamath, PMP
    LFP-HSSL, Bangalore

    Wednesday, September 24, 2008

    Key Business Outcomes of Professional project management

    1. Repeat business and client satisfaction
    2. Multiproject control and integration with organizational strategy
    3. Greater innovation
    4. Better resource management 
    5. Shareholder value
    6. Higher revenues and higher profits 
    7. Credibility to gain new clients 
    8. Customers experience professionalism
    9. Public / government credibility (accountability) 
    10. Realization of the business case 
    11. Reduced contract disputes 
    12. More timely decision making
    13. Enhanced managerial competency 
    14. Holistic thinking 
    15. Efficient resource allocation 
    16. Creation of new revenue stream
    17. Improved ROI 

    Tuesday, September 23, 2008

    Open source project management software applications (wikipedia)

    The following is a list of notable project management software applications.

    Legend
     PM Project management software
     C Collaborative software
     IT Issue tracking system
     PPM Project portfolio management
     RM Resource management
     DM Document management
    Open-Source desktop applicationsPMCITPPMRMDM
    GanttProject PM  RM 
    KPlato PM 
    OpenProj PM  RM 
    Open Workbench PM  C [1] RM 
    TaskJuggler PM  RM 
    Open-Source web-based applicationsPMCITPPMRMDM
    Bugzilla IT 
    eGroupWare PM  C  IT  PPM  RM  DM 
    dotProject PM  IT  DM 
    Mantis Bug Tracker IT 
    Project.net PM  C  IT  PPM  RM  DM 
    ProjectPier PM  C 
    Trac PM  C  IT 
    SharpForge PM  C  IT 
    Proprietary desktop applicationsPMCITPPMRMDM
    Artemis PM  C  IT  PPM  RM 
    Collanos Workplace C 
    Contactizer PM  C  RM 
    FastTrack Schedule PM  RM 
    LisaProject PM  RM 
    LiveProject PM  C  DM 
    MacProject PM  RM 
    MicroPlanner X-Pert PM  C  IT  PPM  RM 
    Microsoft Project PM  RM 
    OmniPlan PM  RM 
    OpenMind Business PM  PPM  RM 
    Planner Suite PM  PPM  RM  DM 
    Planisware 5 PM  C  IT  PPM  RM 
    Primavera Project Planner PM  C  IT  PPM  RM  DM 
    Project KickStart PM  RM 
    RationalPlan PM  PPM  RM  DM 
    RiskyProject PM  RM 
    Teamcenter PM  C  IT  PPM  RM 
    Tracker Suite PM  C  IT  PPM  RM 
    Proprietary web-based applicationsPMCITPPMRMDM
    @task PM  C  IT  PPM  RM 
    24SevenOffice PM  C 
    AlterFiction-ISES PM  C 
    Basecamp C 
    Cardinis PM  C  IT  PPM  RM 
    Central Desktop PM  C 
    Clarity PM  C  IT  PPM  RM 
    Daptiv PM  C  IT  PPM  RM 
    EnterPlicity PM  C  IT  PPM  RM 
    eVisioner MetaTeam C  RM 
    Gatherspace PM  C 
    Genius Inside PM  C  PPM  RM  DM 
    Instant Business Network PM  C  IT  PPM  RM 
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