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Jul
No More Excuses: IT Initiatives Must Deliver Measurable Business Outcomes
Delivering on scope, on time, and on budget aren’t enough. Internal customers want tangible results from IT. They want real value. But too often, those in...
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Jul
PM Pointers: A “Needy” Team Member Is a Project Risk
A solely results-oriented project manager (PM) sees every project as a personal opportunity to achieve success. On the other hand, some PMs see a project as...
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Jul
How to Increase IT Project Team Intensity
Motivation is a concept well-covered in project management resources, and is required constantly for project success. Intensity is the level of focus by a project...
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Jun
Great Traits: What Makes an IT Project Manager Exceptional
Throughout my projects with Abraic, I have worked with quite a few project managers. And while some were first-rate, others had a little catching up...
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Jun
5 Risk Tolerance Considerations for Project Managers
How Much Risk You Are Willing to Tolerate? Every project manager deals with risk assessment and risk management. If done right, the project manager will...
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Jun
Change Management: 3 Success Factors for Faster Buy-In
Tweet: How does change happen on an #ITProject? Inspiration, Personal Buy-In & Quality #Abraic https://ctt.ec/VjUfd+ IT organizations generally pride themselves on their ability to embrace...
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May
Dealing with Divergence: When the Business Doesn’t Take IT’s Advice
You’ve just completed a lengthy requirements gathering phase with business users and are evaluating 3 software solutions. The solutions vary in price, but all 3...
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May
Running an Effective Fit/Gap Analysis
Commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) software—not custom software—continues to be the preferred option for many firms, especially for ERP and CRM solutions. The benefits of COTS solutions have...
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Apr
10 Ingredients of a Successful User Acceptance Test (UAT)
The User Acceptance Test (UAT) is a critical component of any IT implementation. The goal of a UAT is to validate if a system or...
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Apr
7 Elements of an IT Project Health Report
A health check is a formal examination assessing if an IT project is on track and under control, and serving as a valuable continuous improvement tool. The...
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Mar
The $12,000 Porsche: A Critical Lesson in IT Project Cost Control
I love Porsches. They always captured my attention as a child, and I told myself I’d own one someday. The sound, the quirky design, everything...
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Feb
How to Cancel a Failing IT Project
“This implementation is going nowhere fast and I am canceling it,” said the CIO. I was in shock. In an IT career spanning decades I...
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