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What Kind of Management Structure Is Needed to Govern a Data Analytics Program?
I’m fairly “old-school” when it comes to planning and building information systems. That is, first you decide what your requirements are and what services you need to provide, then you decide which technologies you need to adapt, develop, or purchase to help you meet those requirements.
Understanding the Challenges of Big Data Project Management: “The Data Must Flow”
If what Nate Silver said in a recent presentation is true – “Big Data has Peaked, and that’s a Good Thing” – perceptions about big data are maturing.
Ten Questions for People Who Manage Large Data Intensive Projects
I’ve been researching how to manage projects where the goal is to make large amounts of data open, accessible, and useful.
Managing Data-Intensive Programs and Projects: Selected Articles
I’ve created this special compendium of posts that are relevant to planning and managing data related programs and projects. There are four groups:
I heard David Lebryk of the U.S. Department of Treasury speak on Data Act implementation this morning at the Johns Hopkins/REI Systems Government Analytics Breakfast Forum in Washington DC.
Moving to the Cloud: Business as Usual or Opportunity for Change?
Sometimes it makes sense to consider open data programs and cloud infrastructure transformation at the same time.
USAID’s “Frequently Asked Questions” and the Management of Open Data Programs
By itself, just documenting a process is never enough. Also needed is a sufficiently-resourced governance structure that supports program management in how systems and processes are changed and in how they operate.
Facing Reality and the Need to Recalibrate Sequester-Impacted IT Projects
In some ways this looks like a standard IT strategy alignment project where a small team helps gather and present data to enable a client to see a path forward whereby technology resources are defined and managed to improve support for accomplishment of a set of defined objectives. But…
Mitigation of Sequestration Impacts on Project Management
How you respond to the impacts of Federal sequestration on ongoing projects will be at least partly determined by how “mature” your project management practices are.
Is the Project Management Office Evolving or Devolving?
If you’ve ever run a PMO, you know how much of your time and energy are devoted to gathering, analyzing, and distributing information. Perhaps we are seeing that the project management organization is changing because how people communicate and share information is also changing.
Pankaj Taneja’s article The Microsoft Yammer Acquisition, Sharepoint, and Social Business speculates about Microsoft’s plans for integrating the social networking tool Yammer with the rest of Microsoft’s product line, including SharePoint.
Developing a Collaborative Approach to Improving Project Management Practices, Part 1: Culture
In Agile grows up and new challenges emerge author Rick Freedman points out what project managers, sooner or later, learn from the School of Hard Knocks: changing and improving project management practices to improve the likelihood of project success involves not just improved management methods but also cultural changes within the sponsoring organization.
Getting Real about Project Management, Collaboration, and Communication
I’ve recently learned — and re-learned — some useful lessons while working with clients and teams on projects and large proposals. These include:
Agile Software Development and Project Collaboration Tools
Viewed from the perspective of project-related collaboration management, the Thoughtworks podcast Distributed Agile Software Development reinforces what many project managers already know about managing a project where key staff have to work from multiple locations:
In Documentation Redux - a Shorthand Proposal Framework, and the PMO Surprise fellow blogger James P. MacLennan proposes a basic “table of contents” for the most basic information about projects that an IT department should have: