SmartBiz IT Research Library

WHITE PAPER - This white paper presents 10 common and devastating mistakes that project teams make in defining and managing requirements. More importantly, it discusses how to avoid these traps so you can get your requirements right and develop the right product on time and within budget.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: October 30, 2009


Topics:  Budgeting | Business Management | Document Management | Documentation | Project Management | Project Management Software

WHITE PAPER - This paper presents a framework for project management roles and relationships that is understandable, comprehensive, and adaptable to any size project.
Posted: November 2, 2009 | Published: November 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Process Management | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Project Management | Project Management Software | Project Portfolio Management

WHITE PAPER - Project portfolio management solutions, such as Oracle's Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management, help oil and gas executives successfully manage their daily and routine maintenance projects, by enabling them to more effectively manage resources, capture best practices and complete projects on-time and within budget.
Posted: October 9, 2009 | Published: August 1, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Oracle (Product) | Portfolio Management (IT Management) | Project Management | Project Management Software | Project Portfolio Management

WHITE PAPER - Project portfolio management solutions, such as those from Oracle, enable project leaders to successfully manage risk, even in this volatile climate. They also enable companies to identify the best strategies for pursuing existing projects and to identify the most-promising future projects for investment.
Posted: October 9, 2009 | Published: March 1, 2009


Topics:  Economic Environment | Oracle (Product) | Portfolio Management (IT Management) | Project Management | Project Management Software | Project Portfolio Management

WHITE PAPER - Oracle's Primavera enterprise project portfolio management solutions help organizations effectively and efficiently invest their funds for the good of the public.
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Published: October 8, 2009


Topics:  Collaboration | Program Management | Project Management | Project Management Software | Regulatory Compliance | Reporting Software

WHITE PAPER - With recent AS/400 announcements, companies operating on the AS/400 today have a decision to make—rehost, rewrite, or replace. The key thing to remember when migrating your AS/400 application infrastructure is that it is all about delivering the intended business outcome— generating new services to win new customers.
Posted: September 28, 2009 | Published: July 16, 2008


Topics:  Business Process Management | Platform as a service | Project Management | Project Management Software | Project Portfolio Management | Software Configuration Management | Software Migration

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper for a detail comparison of AS/400 WebSphere and HP/Oracle/INFINITE. Points of contrast include initial cost, ease of upgrade, return on investment, duration and intensity of training, and total cost of investment.
Posted: September 28, 2009 | Published: September 28, 2009


Topics:  IT Infrastructure | IT Management | Oracle (Product) | Project Management | Project Management Software | Project Portfolio Management | ROI | TCO | WebSphere

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

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 - As the number of projects grow, so does the risk of failure as resources get stretched & oversight lags. It becomes increasingly important to define project management processes & develop metrics & best practices for keeping projects on time and within budget. Read this paper to find out if a Project Management Office (PMO) could be your solution.
Posted: May 5, 2009 | Published: April 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Development | Business Intelligence | CIOs | Enterprise Architectures | IT Management | Oracle (Product) | PMOS | Project Management | Project Management Software | Project Portfolio Management

WHITE PAPER - Requirements definition and management is an activity that has the potential to deliver a high, fast ROI. This white paper explains the characteristics of a good requirement and presents ten steps to better requirements management. Read on to learn how better requirements translate into easier, higher quality projects.
Posted: April 2, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Performance Management | Business Process Management Software | Functional Requirements | Project Management | Project Management Software | Software | Software Best Practices | Software Development Methodologies | Software Project Management

WHITE PAPER - This white paper presents the key characteristics of successful agile managers as they introduce and scale agile methods. Learn what agile managers can do to help their teams and organizations adopt agile development practices to deliver real...
Posted: October 2, 2008 | Published: September 26, 2008


Topics:  Collaboration | Productivity | Project Management | Project Management Software | Project Portfolio Management | Quality Control | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Quality Assurance

WHITE PAPER - Many IT project management initiatives often miss goals, exceed budgets and fail to deliver benefits. Read this paper to learn how optimizing project management can help organizations transition from managing IT projects to managing business outcomes.
Posted: August 1, 2008 | Published: August 1, 2008


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Business IT Alignment | Business Process Management | IT Best Practices | Project Management | Project Management Software | Project Portfolio Management | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools

WHITE PAPER - Existing agile methods often focus on small, single-team projects, overlooking the broader impact of large programs. This paper outlines a distinct planning framework that has been successful in large-scale agile software development projects and relies..
Posted: June 19, 2007 | Published: August 15, 2008


Topics:  Application Development and Integration Services | Collaboration | Project Management | Project Management Software | ROI | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Tools