SmartBiz IT Research Library

PODCAST - Listen to this podcast to learn how an IT organization serving four credit unions adopted Innotas project management solutions to identify the difference between requested project portfolio and actual company resources, and how Innotas solutions helped them make drastic process improvements and reset expectations.
Posted: September 4, 2009 | Premiered: September 4, 2009


Topics:  IT Governance | Portfolio Management (IT Management) | Project Management | Project Management Software | Project Portfolio Management | SLA | Workflow Software | Workload Automation

WHITE PAPER - IT governance has a well-deserved reputation for being extremely complicated, expensive, and time-consuming. But today’s CEOs and governing boards expect accountability, strategic alignment, cost saving, and contributions to overall growth from IT departments, all of which can be facilitated by IT governance.
Posted: September 3, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | IT Governance | IT Industry | IT Management | IT Services | Project Management | Project Portfolio Management

CASE STUDY - To be successful, your organization needs the ability to see what happened, what’s happening now and what is going to happen. In this paper, learn how leading companies taking the ambiguity out of managing their organizations and are now leading their businesses into the next business boom.
Posted: September 3, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  CIOs | IT Governance | IT Management | IT Management Services | IT Managers | Portfolio Management (IT Management) | Project Management | Project Portfolio Management

WHITE PAPER - This white paper will answer the question of whether or not these standards are necessary in project management by exploring what can happen in the absence of these regulations.
Posted: August 28, 2009 | Published: August 27, 2009


Topics:  IT Management | Manufacturing | Portfolio Management (IT Management) | Project Management | Project Portfolio Management | Regulatory Compliance

CASE STUDY - Stanley Stuart Yoffee & Hendrix, Inc. (SSYH), a Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner based in Florida, implements software solutions utilizing the Microsoft family of products. With large-scale projects across varied industries, the company turned to the Microsoft Dynamics™ Sure Step Methodology to help communicate with customers...
Posted: August 25, 2009 | Published: June 29, 2007


Topics:  CRM | CRM Software | Customer Data Management | Customer Interaction Services | Customer Satisfaction | Customer Service | ERP | Productivity | Project Management

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper to learn how the implementation of 10 fundamental steps can help your organization reap the rewards of EVM and give you the visibility you need to complete your projects on time and within budget.
Posted: August 10, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  Budgeting | Business Intelligence | Business Process Modeling | Metrics | Project Management | Work Breakdown Structure

WHITE PAPER - The following paper outlines seven ways that data governance programs can help manage costs and presents a mechanism for quantifying the return on investment (ROI) for these contributions.
Posted: July 24, 2009 | Published: July 24, 2009


Topics:  Compliance Best Practices | Cost Benefit Analysis | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Quality | Data Stewardship | Master Data Management | Project Management | ROI

WHITE PAPER - The product portfolio decisions you make today will determine whether your company is relevant tomorrow. To increase the chances of marketing a successful product, organizations must deliver products and services to the consumers they value the most, and they must provide those deliverables when their consumers want them. Read on to learn more.
Posted: July 24, 2009 | Published: June 23, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Processes | Portfolio Management (IT Management) | Product Development | Product Life Cycles | Product Management | Project Management | Project Portfolio Management

WHITE PAPER - This paper presents a set of agile meeting and facilitation checklists that offer an easy framework to help guide software development teams through the various agile cycles. Read on to learn about the Agile Development Rhythms and start using the checklists presented herein to help get through the various agile cycles.
Posted: July 24, 2009 | Published: July 24, 2009


Topics:  Agile Manufacturing | Application Development | Application Performance Management | Document Management | Project Management | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Project Management | Software Quality Assurance | Software Testing

WHITE PAPER - There is a growing, interdisciplinary field known as knowledge management that is dedicated to how we acquire, organize, manage, share, and utilize knowledge and information. This white paper will discuss what knowledge management is, why it is important, and how you can apply knowledge management to project management.
Posted: June 29, 2009 | Published: June 1, 2009


Topics:  Collaboration | Document Management | Information Management | Information Retrieval Software | Knowledge Management | Knowledge Management Software | Project Management | Project Management Software | Web 2.0

EGUIDE - In this informative Pocket Guide, brought to you by SearchServerVirtualization.com, Dell and VMware, learn more about the virtual management tools on the market and their functionality. Discover which product capabilities organizations should consider when evaluating virtual infrastructure management technologies.
Posted: June 22, 2009 | Published: June 22, 2009


Topics:  Disaster Recovery | Hardware | Project Management | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Service Creation Tools | VMware

EGUIDE - In this Pocket Guide, brought to you by SearchServerVirtualization.com, Dell and VMware, discover the central tasks in the assessment and planning stages of a virtualization project.
Posted: June 22, 2009 | Published: June 22, 2009


Topics:  Disaster Recovery | Hardware | Hardware Configuration Management | Project Management | Server Consolidation | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | VMware

WHITE PAPER - This paper discusses how an organization can Survive poor economic conditions with strategic thinking and use of Project ERP by managing a downturn like a variance in a project.
Posted: June 19, 2009 | Published: May 22, 2009


Topics:  Economic Environment | ERP | ERP Software | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Execution Systems | Manufacturing Systems | Project Management | Project Management Software

WHITE PAPER - This white paper will explore the impact agile development methodologies are having on the Project Management community, what new skills are required, and what the Project Manager can do to ease the transition.
Posted: June 8, 2009 | Published: June 8, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Collaboration | Product Development | Product Management | Project Management | Software Development Methodologies | Software Project Management | Strategic Planning

WHITE PAPER - It is important for the IT Manager to know the basics of formalized project management. Why? Because every organization needs to be able to implement change and almost all important changes are defined or implemented through project teams.
Posted: May 27, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | CIOs | IT Management | IT Managers | Project Management | Project Portfolio Management