Are You a “Good” Stakeholder?

ran across an interesting blog post this week from Chris Woodill on how to be an effective stakeholder.  This post intrigued me because it examined the project team/stakeholder relations dynamic from the stakeholder angle rather than the putting all of the onus on the project team.  I have summarized some of Chris’ vision of the expected stakeholder roles [...]

Five Myths of RIA

Laurie Gray from OneSpring (an iRise Strategic Partner) shared her thoughts on Rich Internet Applications or RIA during the monthly Catalyze webcast yesterday.
She started out with the RIA “elevator pitch” from Tony MacDonell who writes the InsideRIA blog:
“Rich Internet Applications are software programs that are designed to run above the level of the operating system, [...]

Radically Simple IT

In the March 2008 issue of the Harvard Business Review, David Upton and Bradley Staats from the Harvard Business School wrote an article about a radically new approach to developing IT systems called the path-based approach. As the authors state in the opening sentence, “enterprise IT projects continue to be a headache for business leaders.”
The [...]

A Tribute to Joseph Juran and the 80-20 Rule

Joseph Juran, the management guru who coined the 80-20 rule or Pareto Principle, passed away last week at the age of 103.
I’ve referred to the 80-20 rule countless times in my career and I imagine I’m in the same boat with the majority of you who do not know the origins or author of the [...]