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Something is wrong with TransLink's SkyTrain cost estimates1 comment

daka_x wrote 1 year ago: We should all be quite thankful as South of Fraser citizens that TransLink is in fact considering th … more →

Tags: Debunking Misconceptions, SkyTrain, Surrey, SkyTrain for Surrey, Transportation, Light Rail, transit, Competition, TransLink

2008 Provincial Transit Plan should be Disregarded

daka_x wrote 1 year ago: As early as 2008 the then-recently released Provincial Transit Plan (see: [CLICK HERE]) was facing q … more →

Tags: Debunking Misconceptions, SkyTrain, B.C., British Columbia, Transportation, transit, rapid transit, misleading, Misinformation

Waterfall, Agile, now "Sim"?4 comments

Paul Ritchie wrote 3 years ago: Dan Woods in Forbes (here) highlights one of the emerging trends in development: user-interface simu … more →

Tags: Methodology, Innovation, Simulation, Iterative Development, Agile Development, dan woods, Forbes, iRise

The SAP/Oracle Choice re: Integration1 comment

Paul Ritchie wrote 4 years ago: With the release of SAP Business Suite 7, the debate about the SAP and Oracle integration strategies … more →

Tags: IT special interests, SAP, IT-Strategy, Complexity, SAP Business Suite 7, Loraine Lawson, Ray Wang, dan woods, Integration

SAP Business Suite 7.0 -- life w/out upgrades?

Paul Ritchie wrote 4 years ago: I haven’t a chance to dig into the details of SAP Business Suite 7, but it looks very promisin … more →

Tags: SAP, IT-Strategy, Complexity, Upgrades, SAP Business Suite 7, Jim Hagemann Snabe, TCO

Perils of being a "brand protector"1 comment

Paul Ritchie wrote 4 years ago: I’m sure you all have seen the bad publicity SAP Services got via a news story on Bloomberg ab … more →

Tags: PMO, Turnarounds, Risk Management, SAP, brand promises, shane company, Bloomberg

Podcast on barriers to successful IT/CRM2 comments

Paul Ritchie wrote 4 years ago: Michael Krigsman over at IT Project Failures hosted the first in what he hopes will be a regular ser … more →

Tags: Troubled Projects, Portfolio Management, IT special interests, Project Success Factors, organizational change management, IT-Strategy, Program Management, project management, Michael Krigsman

More on saying "no" to customers, stakeholders, etc.7 comments

Paul Ritchie wrote 4 years ago: Pawel Brodzinski had a good comment (here) on my post about saying “no” the right way (h … more →

Tags: Customer Service, IT special interests, project management, Scope Management, Negotiation, Deal-making, Pawel Brodzinski

A good upgrade "why to" list2 comments

Paul Ritchie wrote 4 years ago: Regular Crossderry readers know I’m partial to ERP upgrade tips and advice (here, here, here, … more →

Tags: Business Case, IT-Strategy, Complexity, Upgrades, SAP Upgrades, SearchSAP, Beth Stackpole, SearchManufacturing

PM Quote of the Day -- Vince Lombardi

Paul Ritchie wrote 4 years ago: Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect. When I was younger, I never got … more →

Tags: Project Success Factors, Quality Management, Risk Management, SAP, Program Management, Complexity, project management, PM Quote of the Day, Quality Assurance

This downturn's test for SaaS/On Demand

Paul Ritchie wrote 4 years ago: This almost-inevitable downturn will answer one of the open questions about SaaS/On Demand: How … more →

Tags: SaaS, On-Premise, SAP, paas, On Demand, concur, NEtsuite, salesforce.com, CNQR

IT/Business Marriage Counseling

Paul Ritchie wrote 4 years ago: I agree with most of Susan Cramm‘s pieces, but she goes on a bit of a rant on the role of line … more →

Tags: IT special interests, leadership, Collaboration, organizational change management, Innovation, IT-Strategy, Business Alignment, Susan Cramm, Harvard Business Online

Demonstrating the ROI of project management1 comment

Paul Ritchie wrote 4 years ago: Guess which color is the maturity rating and which is cost/revenue... Re: demonstrating tangible val … more →

Tags: Strategy Management, Portfolio Management, PMO, Performance-Management, Business Case, Program Management, project management, PMI, Value of Project Management

The problem w/ "gold-plating"3 comments

Paul Ritchie wrote 4 years ago: We had a discussion of gold-plating in project management during my leadership team meeting last wee … more →

Tags: Portfolio Management, IT special interests, Performance-Management, Project Success Factors, Requirements Management, Program Management, project management, Scope Management, Scope Creep

Sustaining the Value of Project Management3 comments

Paul Ritchie wrote 4 years ago: As promised, I’m going to blog on the Researching the Value of Project Management study that P … more →

Tags: Strategy Management, Portfolio Management, PMO, Performance-Management, Project Success Factors, Business Case, People development, Program Management, project management

Your Platform-as-a-Service Racing Form

Paul Ritchie wrote 4 years ago: Well, not really, but Charles has next best thing: a strong post Handicapping PaaS.  If you’re … more →

Tags: SaaS, On-Premise, SAP, paas, On Demand, paul ritchie, salesforce.com, Charles Zedlewski, force.com

SAP ERP Upgrade Surge3 comments

Paul Ritchie wrote 4 years ago: Eric Samuels at the SAP Watch blog has an interview with Steve Strout, the new ASUG CEO (here).  Thi … more →

Tags: Business Case, SAP, paul ritchie, Upgrades, SAP Upgrades, Enterprise SOA, soa, SearchSAP, Steve Strout

Enterprise SW value, complexity, and R&D3 comments

Paul Ritchie wrote 4 years ago: Dennis Howlett’s extended response (here) to Vinnie Mirchandani’s post demanding more si … more →

Tags: Portfolio Management, SaaS, On-Premise, Innovation, SAP, Complexity, Web 2.0, paas, On Demand

Are PMs finally paying more attention to outcomes?

Paul Ritchie wrote 4 years ago: Interesting study reported by siliconrepublic.com (here) on the relative importance of project succe … more →

Tags: PMO, Stakeholder Management, Performance-Management, Project Success Factors, Business Case, Requirements Management


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