Management material on this web site

Articles on project planning and control

• The Issue Is Management Discipline— Why must organizations keep relearning long-established methodology?
• The Burden of Proof in Project Estimating &mdash One common cause of project fiascos.
• Killing a Project Isn't Failure — countering the "stay the course" mentality.
• Too Many Conference Calls -- a problem of the 1990's.
• Requirements Crisis: the Next Generation -- Our issue of the month for September, 1999
• Deadlines and Target Dates: 5 Guidelines for Avoiding Disaster (Issue of the Month for October, 1999)

Articles on Contracting for services

• Outside Programming Services: Body Shops versus Professional Development Firms
• Offshore Software Development Contracts -- a Manager's Guide to Seven Essential Requirements

Courses

• IDI's Project Management curriculum

Book reviews:

• NEW! from DeMarco & Lister -- A Must for the Project Manager
• Surviving Object-Oriented Projects by Alistair Cockburn
• Weinberg's latest secrets.
• A morale booster for failed projects.
• Two quarter-century-old classics updated: Brooks & Weinberg
• Three books on Project Management for object-oriented technology.

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