Project Management

More than two-thirds of all corporate IT organizations will use some form of "agile" software development process within 18 months, Giga Information Group Inc. predicted this week at its application development conference in Amelia Island, Fla.

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For many IT workers, earning a certification is seen as a badge of honour. However, for the IT executive hiring new blood or promoting from within, the value of certifications has long been argued.

Traditional project management processes closely parallel Newtonian physics. Actions beget reactions thus making accurate forecasts possible.

Moments after setting down his glasses and rubbing his eyes, Bruce Fleming, vice-president and CIO of EllisDon Construction Ltd., sees the humour of his involuntary response to a question about the long working days and weeks during the past 15 months.

Clear, objective and unarguable questions, just the way I like

Increase performance, decrease funding, let the IT guys handle it.Does this sound familiar? If it does, the outsource deal you cut a few weeks...