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Apr 20, 2015

Addressing the Biggest Challenges in Project Management

There are several project management challenges in the software industry. This post addresses how providing accurate estimates, developing workable project schedules and reliably meeting customer expectations can address and resolve your problems efficiently.

Aug 1, 2011

The effect of taking shortcuts on projects

As a consultant I wore two hats. The first was as the freelance resource always looking for long-term project roles and contract extensions. The second was as the face of the customer looking for ways to cut down implementation time and costs while ensuring project completion and success. Any consultant, whether a freelance individual or an outsourced consulting house, is looking to maximize their revenue from project engagements. It’s the nature of their business. Hours are billable hours and the more billable hours you have the bigger the cut you receive. The second hat requires having the customer’s interests in… Read more

Mar 17, 2011

Help – my system is overloaded with data!

In response to a recent email from a colleague on performance problems at a customer site, I thought I would share some thoughts with you on how to remediate or avoid such problems. My edited version of the problem goes as follows: This customer bought Transaction on just one pilot project in order to evaluate it and see whether to roll it out elsewhere in the organization Their first project bulk loads work orders into SAP, which then processes them via a third party scheduling tool. They had an instance a few months ago where they had a melt down… Read more