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 - Read this paper to learn about the operational costs and resource drains that organizations need to address when they engage in Oracle E-Business Suite projects. This paper provides tips about process automation and native tools, which help eliminate errors and simplify project execution.
Posted: October 20, 2009 | Published: October 8, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Automation | eBusiness | eBusiness Software | Object-Oriented Databases | Oracle (Product) | Project Management | Risk Management | Software Migration

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 - The purpose of this white paper is to highlight best practices of identifying and managing changes that might occur on a construction project, and provide a process to effectively manage changes on construction projects.
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Published: April 1, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Change Management | Construction Industry | Contract Management | Contracts | Project Management

WHITE PAPER - This white paper recognizes three principal solution areas in the capital project delivery lifecycle: project design, project execution, and organizational governance. In particular, it addresses the area of project execution and the means available today to drive successful project delivery on a consistent basis.
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Published: January 1, 2009


Topics:  Architectural Services Industry | Business Process Automation | Collaboration | Construction Industry | Engineering Services Industry | Oracle (Product) | Program Management | Project Management | Risk 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 - This paper will take a look at some of the problems that project data and process architects face in working with other IT roles as well as seven easy and inexpensive steps they can take to ensure a collaborative team environment.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: September 10, 2009


Topics:  Business Processes | Collaboration | Collaborative Master Data Management | Data Management | Database Administration | Database Administrators | Databases | DB2 | IT Management | Project Management | Project Portfolio Management | Regulatory Compliance

WHITE PAPER - The basic principles for managing an archiving project presented in this paper can help you initiate and plan an archiving strategy that meets your organization’s requirements.
Posted: September 4, 2009 | Published: February 1, 2008


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Data Center Management | Data Management | Enterprise | Enterprise Content Management | Project Management

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

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

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