White Papers in Project Management
Concepts of Activity Gateway
A discussion of the concepts and methodology of Activity Gateway.
SOX and Project Management
In the world of Sarbanes-Oxley, the practice of project management is no longer just about being productive. Now it ’s about being productive with total accountability for corporate objectives, resources and decisions.
Rethinking Project Planning: Introducing the Task Checklist
When planning tools are placed in the hands of technical managers, project plans often become so detailed as to create a significant overhead for the whole organization...
Working in the Real World: Project Process Management
Projects never live in a vacuum. Somewhere, someone holds power over every project and asserts a right of review...
Reaching New Communities: Selectable Time Reporting in PG6
Project management generally involves two forms of measurement. First the measurement of accomplishment, and second the measurement of the effort used...
Project Gateway: Buffers and Critical Chain Project Management
The concept of building in contingencies to project plans goes back to the beginning of time, but the specific idea of buffers is much more recent...
The XML Interface of Project Observatory
This 30 page technical document explains the XML DTD (Document Type Decriptions) used by the Project Observatory System. This information allows analysts and programmers to connect legacy databases, mobile devices, project scheduling systems and other new data sources into the Observatory framework.
The Architecture of Project Observatory
This extensively illustrated 14 page document explains the design goals and the layered functional architecture of the Project Observatory System Version 2. This is must reading for anyone who is involved in PMO planning or implementation.
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