0504POPSmith.pdf [pdf]

by Dennis Smith | Centralization of project management and establishing a project management office are high on the list of many enterprises as they expe- rience continuing dissatisfaction with their investments ... in projects, products and technologies. As in many ongoing challenges, eventually some leaders will want to revert to the command-and- control mentality and hold everything tight. But it’s not that simple, and a centralist viewpoint is rarely the right answer. Most projects I see don’t have the minimum project management needed for basic project predictability. If your projects are in disarray, then the answer is more basic than a program office or centralized project management. Having staff that understands what is required for project management and project leadership is the first hurdle. Too often I see both large and small organizations that are managing their projects with inexperienced and untrained people who are project managers in name only, proj- ect managers who spe   [More...] [Less...]

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Robots turn off senior citizens in ageing Japan - Yahoo 

By Emi Foulk Reuters - Thursday, September 20 06:38 am TOKYO (Reuters) - Ifbot, the resident robot at a Japanese nursing home, can converse, sing, express emotions and give trivia quizzes to seniors to ... help with their mental agility. Yet the pale-green gizmo has spent much of the past two years languishing in a corner alone.   [More...] [Less...]

IT Departments Giving Vista The Cold Shoulder 

September 21, 2007 By Larry Barrett At the end of an already slow summer buying season, a majority of companies are still not ready to deploy Windows Vista, according to a new survey of 1,600 IT professionals. ... The survey, which polled members of the ChangeWave Alliance in July, found that 62 percent of respondents have no current plans to deploy Windows Vista. That's down one percent from the last survey the group conducted in April, but still considerably higher than the 50 percent that said they had no plans for Vista in the January survey. Vista was rolled out to corporate buyers last November and to consumers at the end of January. The ChangeWave Alliance, which was formed in 2000, describes itself as "a group of 10,000 business, technology and medical professionals." The surveys are conducted among alliance members who are involved in making IT spending decisions. Perhaps as revealing as the high percentage of companies that have no current plans to deploy Vista is the fact   [More...] [Less...]