Governance, Metrics, Planning & Tracking White Papers

A solid PPM strategy understands the power of analytics and how it can be leveraged to not only track project progress, but more importantly track project performance.

Portfolio Management should be a ‘no brainer’ to sell to an organisation. Unfortunately it is not that easy. This white paper will take you through a case study of how Portfolio Management was presented within one organisation.

This white paper gives an overview of legal concepts every project manager should understand. It is written in plain English by a non legal person so is easy to understand. It may not make you a lawyer but will allow you to get to grips with how the law interacts with project management.

Function point counting is becoming more popular. This white paper by an experienced function point counter gives some tips for those less experienced in function point counting.

Understanding how a system really works is the first step towards using, improving, automating or explaining it to others. This paper shows how to model dynamic systems, run time simulations and present the system behaviour with charts, graphs and tables. It provides example models for population growth, bank balance, demographics, production and water management.

Ever wondered how to use project monitoring tools as pro-active aids instead of reactive reporting tools? Project stoplights can provide an easy guide to taking pro-active action on tasks or milestones with potential delay within a one, two or three week window to the future.

As a Business Manager, are you confused when faced with a new IT Project? This article sets out six questions you should ask before a project is started.

This is the second of our articles to help a Senior Business Manager evaluate an existing project and gain a degree of comfort that there are no surprises.

It is surprising how many Microsoft Project schedules defy the basic rules. This article takes you through all the fundamentals of setting up a project schedule.

Applying governance to an IT department, or within a project. Has a technique for creating governance models.

With the advent of Sarbanes-Oxley, and the fairly recent corporate scandals, governance is considered risk management. Govern your organization before the authorities decide to govern it for you.

A guide to what should and should not be in a project status report. Gives an example of a typical weekly project status report.