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<title><![CDATA[research.cramsession.com/IT Management/Project Management]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Project Management is the discipline of organizing and managing resources in such a way that these resources deliver all the work required to complete a project within defined scope, time, and cost constraints. A project is a temporary and one-time endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service. This property of being a temporary and a one-time undertaking contrasts with processes, or operations, which are permanent or semi-permanent ongoing functional work to create the same product or service over-and-over again.]]></description>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/it-management/it-management/</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Delegate or Suffocate - the Art of Working Through Others]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper337/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-29 17:04:34</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Management is delegation. Either learn to delegate or you will be buried in work that others should, and could, be doing. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[E-Organizing for Busy Project Managers]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper341/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-17 12:37:36</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Learn how to manage your electronic tools before they manage you. This paper will teach you how to properly utilize your office technologies and set effective communication rules with your project team. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Project Management Network Diagram: A Tool for Understanding the PM Life Cycle]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper344/</link>
<pubDate>2007-12-04 12:51:02</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper will help you better understand the Project Management Life Cycle by introducing the Project Management Network Diagram (PM Network Diagram) from Global Knowledge. This diagram provides a visual illustration of the life cycle and can help you prepare for the PMP exam. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[We've Got to Have a Meeting. How Do We Ensure that It Is Productive?]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper358/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-17 14:00:40</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A meeting will only be successful if it is managed effectively. Learn the four stages of meeting management and how to utilize each properly. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[eForms Processing]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper406/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-17 10:03:26</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[To optimize the processing of information in an enterprise, organizations need the tools to efficiently automate their existing processes and react quickly to changes in the environment. This is a primary objective of an electronic forms (eForm) processing solution.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[10 Things to Look for When Buying Project Management Software]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper450/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-24 22:57:06</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Looking for project management software can often be confusing. There are so many choices in the market, how do you narrow your search? This white paper gives you 10 tips to guide your solution search.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Eliminating Unplanned Downtime and Building a Path to Profit for IBM System i Managers]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper461/</link>
<pubDate>2007-07-05 10:12:04</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Is a lack of availability costing your business thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars? Assessing the true financial impact of unplanned downtime may surprise you. Placing a dollar amount on this issue is often the first step and biggest motivator to meeting your ongoing availability requirements. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Get Answers to Tough Environmental Compliance Questions]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper522/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-27 09:44:52</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Would you like to get recommendations from a leading analyst firm on achieving tangible results with industry best practices? Learn about new strategies for complying with upcoming environmental regulations, as well as the compliance shortcomings common to many companies in a new research report by AberdeenGroup. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Critical Factors for Deploying Real-Time Collaboration]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper592/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-30 08:51:59</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[To be leaders in their industry, financial companies must implement collaboration technologies such as workflow, instant messaging and virtual workspaces. Download this free white paper, written by a financial industry consultant.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sharpen Your Business Case and Receive Quick Approval for Your Business Communications]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper607/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-30 11:18:25</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Learn how to create a story that will successfully sell your next IT project to the people who control its destiny. Download Get the Green Light: Sharpen Your Business Case and Receive Quick Approval for Your Business Community Initiatives today!]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Keeping Up Your SOX Compliance and Turning IT into a High Performer by Improving Change Control]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper630/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-10 14:31:01</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper covers the implementation, disclosure and ongoing evaluation of internal controls for SOX compliance with a focus on the role of IT, as well as the penalties for non-compliance.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[5S As An Integral Part of Six Sigma]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper653/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-29 14:56:40</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Based on the Japanese words Seiri, Seiton, Seiso, Seiketsu and Shitsuke, the 5S philosophy focuses on effective workplace organization and standardized work procedures. 5S simplifies your work environment, reduces waste and non-value activity while improving quality efficiency and safety. Once fully implemented, the 5S process can increase morale, create positive impressions on customers, and increase efficiency and organization.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Understand Earned Value in Under an Hour]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper654/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-29 15:10:30</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Earned value (EV) has grown in popularity over the last several years. With 76% of IT projects failing (Crawford, 2002), project management and control systems must be implemented to ensure IT project success.&nbsp; Learn how EV links to the work breakdown structure (WBS) the schedule and the budget.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How Project Managers Benefit from Lean and Six Sigma]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper655/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-29 15:05:56</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Professionals who master Six Sigma disciplines can become recognized leaders, guiding key projects that result in breakthrough improvements, improving bottom-line results.&nbsp; This white paper discusses how Project Managers can deliver projects as much as 90% faster, and reduce costs by 25%.  ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Consolidation of Disaster Recovery Replica Servers]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper672/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-13 13:05:13</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Achieve significant cost savings through consolidation of disaster recovery servers by combining the award-winning disaster protection of XOsoft&#39;s WANSync with the latest virtual server technologies from Microsoft and EMC. Consolidating disaster recovery servers on virtual machines can yield both reduced hardware costs and significantly lessened management burden.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Get ITIL Done]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper689/</link>
<pubDate>2008-03-06 08:28:56</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper explains how ITIL can improve service delivery through data center integration and automation of best practices. It also highlights common implementation hazards, real-world examples and the tools required to implement ITIL.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[DataDrill EXPRESS v3 for Software Project Performance Management]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper694/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-19 13:14:57</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DataDrill EXPRESS is known for being the most capable web-based performance dashboard tool available for software and IT projects and organizations, automating every aspect of performance measurement.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Helping Find the Way to Better Public Sector IT]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper738/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-25 14:09:19</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[IT in the UK public sector is under intense scrutiny and needs to deliver better results:&nbsp; much investment has been made which has too often failed to deliver. Projects have a history of being protracted and complex, offering significant challenges to all involved.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IT Investment Decision Making Getting to “Yes” and Avoiding “No”]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper740/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-30 12:05:29</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Getting to &ldquo;yes&rdquo; requires accessing and influencing other key decision makers especially those in the finance department. And along the way, there are plenty of others who can say &ldquo;no&rdquo;.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Project Management Beyond Microsoft Project]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper810/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-24 22:03:07</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Microsoft Project has been the most popular project scheduling tool on earth.&nbsp; But have you ever wanted to share your task and collaborate on task details, requirement specification, design discussions or track the functional progress?]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Enhancing Productivity of Product Teams]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper811/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-24 21:59:22</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A Project Team creates mountains of data during project implementation. The effort required to maintain and collaborate this information is a challenge. Take a look at how we can wrap our arms around it.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Knowledge and Collaboration for Project Managers]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper812/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-24 22:01:48</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Project knowledge and collaboration is the sharing of organized information within a team. A new approach that enables project managers to manage project schedules as well as knowledge without additional effort.&nbsp; Learn more with this informative paper.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fatal Consequences of Ignoring Team Dynamics]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper829/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-24 22:34:28</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper examines how the failure to structure equitable relationships, establish ethical foundations for action and correct blinding group think led to the catastrophic death of a specific corporate organism.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Major Initiative Success through Micro-Projects]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper846/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-27 13:34:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Learn how you can mitigate risk and accelerate value delivery of large-scale IT initiatives. A complete Project and Portfolio Management solution allows you to approach daunting projects as a manageable portfolio of &quot;micro-projects.&quot;]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[An Opportunistic Entry Point into IT Process Automation]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper891/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-24 22:06:23</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As IT departments work to transition from &quot;firefighting mode&quot; to becoming more proactive and responsive, a key step along the path is to implement labor-saving automation tools that allow more tasks to be done more rapidly, using fewer resources and with greater predictability and reliability.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hiring the Right Product Manager]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper901/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Product management positions are among the toughest to fill in the high technology industry due to the broad range of skills and real-world experiences that make for success in any given environment. A successful product manager in one organization doesn&#39;t necessarily translate to a successful product manager in your organization because the circumstances may be very different.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Streamline the Development and Test Cycle]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper940/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-23 16:04:56</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This brief examines how application virtualization can compress the development and test cycle, accelerating time-to-market, while reducing risk and complexity.&nbsp; This brief highlights the impact of centralized command and control of application deployment and execution.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Presenting a Real-Time Enterprise for Your Company]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper979/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-13 12:02:03</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This exclusive Yankee Group White Paper reveals and examines how mid-size businesses can now build a real-time enterprises and leverage real-time information. Learn how to reduce scattered information and silo databases that prevent your enterprise from achieving operational excellence.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Evaluating Financial Management Software - Is It Time for a Change?]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper1043/</link>
<pubDate>2008-03-21 15:03:10</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper walks through the key areas of a financial management solution so when you are evaluating current and future financial management software, you are prepared to avoid challenges and maximize your investment.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Dynamics CRM Enterprise Performance and Scalability]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper1045/</link>
<pubDate>2008-09-04 15:26:57</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Read how demand planning software packages can help manufacturers to establish baseline sales forecasts, incorporating multiple inputs; perform sophisticated analysis that improves their use of human and capital resources; and better understand their markets and customers.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[8 Ways Every Solution Provider Can Profit from Rollouts Now]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper1077/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-02 08:30:45</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;8 Ways Every Solution provider Can Profit from Rollouts Now&rdquo; demonstrates how rollouts are creating strong sales opportunities for solution providers of all sizes. Importantly, it also addresses how solution providers have finally &ldquo;cracked the code&rdquo; of transforming this high-volume business, which is extremely service intensive, into a high-profit business via innovative on-site service delivery models that let them find the contract IT service professionals they need, right when they need them.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Performance Appraisal Software: Build It or Buy It?]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper1095/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-30 21:48:34</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Thinking of building a performance appraisal system? Often, long-term consequences of building software systems internally are overlooked. Read this white paper for a cursory look at some of the actual costs involved.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Reducing Risk Through Requirements-Driven Quality Management: An End-to-End Approach]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper1141/</link>
<pubDate>2008-08-12 14:40:02</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Learn how to trace requirements from definition to release give IT and business managers real data to support decisions.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Dynamics RoleTailored Business Productivity]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper1223/</link>
<pubDate>2008-09-04 15:29:17</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Businesses don&rsquo;t garner insights or make decisions. Businesses don&rsquo;t close deals, invent new products, or find new efficiencies. People do. Companies excel when they empower their people to drive the business forward. But to see results, you also have to give your people the right tools, information, and opportunities&mdash;because success ultimately comes down to your people. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Migrate To Vista Without Sacrificing Productivity]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper1245/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Leverage best practices to manage &amp; control the time, cost &amp; risk of migrating your enterprise PCs to Windows Vista operating systems. Learn how HP covers every phase of the migration process &amp; can cut deployment time by 50%, costs by 68% &amp; improve software management efficiency by 78%.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Getting Consensus on Business Requirements: Tips and Traps]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper1314/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-17 10:00:37</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Before your company launches its next package selection, implementation or upgrade, make sure you don&rsquo;t cripple the project from the start by failing to identify your requirements &ndash; the number one reason that projects spin out of control. This white paper summarizes some of the key lessons we have learned through our industry-leading requirements definition practice.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Getting Business Requirements Right]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper1315/</link>
<pubDate>2007-09-17 13:37:56</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The later in the system development life-cycle that major errors are discovered the more expensive it is to fix them. But the earliest stages of the systems development lifecycle (SDLC) are most often the least consistently executed. This paper describes a methodology that brings the early stages of the SDLC up to a high level of maturity: consistent, proven, and optimized for success.&nbsp; ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How ERP Outsourcing Helps Skanska's IT Group Maintain Its Focus]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper1338/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-12 14:01:15</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In November 2002, Skanska embarked on the construction industry&rsquo;s largest consolidation effort. Having acquired numerous companies in the previous 12 years &mdash; ranging in size from $100 million to $1 billion and comprising the $3.9 billion Skanska of today &mdash; CIO Chris Stockley was charged with migrating all the companies onto the J.D. Edwards application platform already in use by a few of the organizations.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Little Gym Makes Service a #1 Priority]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper1341/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-12 14:04:11</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;Service to our gym owners is our number one priority,&quot; said Linda Mason, Vice President of IT for The Little Gym International. &quot;This clearly drove our decision-making process in searching for an outsourcer.&quot; Learn why OneNeck was their number one choice for outsourcing their IT services.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[5 Common Project Management Challenges]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper1418/</link>
<pubDate>2008-01-23 09:23:26</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In speaking with project managers, directors of operations, vice presidents of professional services, chief financial offers, and other project team members every day, we hear familiar stories repeatedly and there are some trends, or commonalities. This document outlines five of the most common project management challenges.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Project Insight Project Management Software vs. Microsoft Enterprise Project Management]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper1419/</link>
<pubDate>2007-09-26 11:52:44</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We are often asked how Project Insight differs from the Microsoft solution. There is no simple, 30 second answer to that question, as every software package is unique. Rather than attempt to detail a feature by feature comparison, here we offer the reader an overview of what we view as the main differences.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[7 Virtues of Virtualization: Avoiding Deadly Mistakes that Doom Business-Critical Service Management]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper1593/</link>
<pubDate>2008-01-07 11:12:05</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Disaster recovery and business continuity top the list of server virtualization drivers.&nbsp; And, the stakes are even higher when you virtualize business-critical IT services.&nbsp; Explore the role that proper project planning and management play in keeping these initiatives on track.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How Implementing a Project Gateway Process Will Improve Your Organization]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper1614/</link>
<pubDate>2007-12-21 08:55:01</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Time is money, resources are scarce and only projects that add value and meet the organization&#39;s strategic aim and objectives should be flying. Why is it, therefore, that so many projects are running that have not been formally approved, burn limited and finite resource and, most importantly, do not improve or deliver new services or increase market share? ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How Do You Know Your Change Program Benefits Have Been Achieved?]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper1707/</link>
<pubDate>2007-12-21 08:54:46</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Every change program has to have deliver something &ndash; a new service, a new process, increased market share, and so on. But how do you know what the benefits are? How do you identify them, develop them and measure them to ensure your program has achieved its &#39;end-state&#39;?]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Putting the ROI into ITIL]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper1752/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-05 12:33:21</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Demonstrating ROI for service management investments can be difficult, especially with multi-phase deployments like ITIL that can require significant up-front investment in exchange for returns produced in the future.&nbsp; Learn how setting milestones and measuring the value of each phase of an ITIL implementation can help prove the project&rsquo;s value and shape its focus.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Milhouse Engineering Manages the O’Hare Airport Project with GlobalSCAPE WAFS]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper1767/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-15 11:16:30</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In 2005, O&rsquo;Hare International Airport began a project to relocate and modernize a 2.1 million ft.2 runway. Five independent firms worked on the project design with the IT/data management led by Milhouse Engineering and Construction, Inc.&nbsp; Milhouse implemented GlobalSCAPE WAFS which mirrors critical files to all sites. This provided fast local access to all project files automatically without any administrative burden and with no delays. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Save Hundreds of Hours a Month in Software Development Time]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper1827/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-19 15:22:01</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Accurate communication is the key to the success of the bug tracking process. This communication takes the form of timely information flow between customers, QA and Development. Reducing the time spent on tasks that communicate bug information saves money.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Keep Software Fixes On Course with Elementool Bug Tracking]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper1828/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-19 15:21:53</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Here&rsquo;s a test: Can you list all the issues your software team is working on now? Can you sort them by severity, priority, features affected, and other criteria such as whether the issue is a bug, customer request, or product enhancement? Can you show the histories of all related comments and actions? Can you distribute this information easily to concerned individuals &mdash; showing only the information relevant to them?]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Streamlining Your Software Development Processes within VS.NET 2005]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper1829/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-19 15:22:10</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Elementool, a leading provider of web-based project management tools for developers, including bug, defect, time-tracking and help desk tools, has announced the release of a bug tracking add-in tool for developers using the Visual Studio.NET 2005 platform. It is available free to Elementool&rsquo;s community of project management solution subscribers.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Beginner Tips for Using Bug Tracking Software]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper1830/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-19 15:21:44</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Being the new person on a bug tracking team can be very intimidating. The other team members are likely very set in the process and know exactly what they are doing. They are used to working as a team and they understand what is expected of them. Being new, though, does not mean that a person can not fit in on the bug tracking team. All a person needs to do is learn a few beginner tips to using bug tracking software.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Elusive Meaning of ERP Project Success]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper2098/</link>
<pubDate>2008-03-28 12:08:13</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In what practical ways &ndash; if any &ndash; is ERP implementation project success different from the absence of failure? Both casual and thorough analysis of ERP failure agree on several interesting points.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ERP System Acquisition Project Planning]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper2179/</link>
<pubDate>2008-03-28 12:07:59</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ERP system acquisition projects are rarely deemed to fail.&nbsp; All the well-advertised failures come later, during implementation and afterward.&nbsp; Nevertheless, the seeds of these failures are invariably planted in the earliest stages of ERP acquisition planning.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ERP System Implementation Project Planning]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper2180/</link>
<pubDate>2008-03-28 12:08:06</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ERP implementations fail &ndash; when they do &ndash; because implementation projects allow a few well-known risks to go unmanaged. These risks go unmanaged because the control of results slips from buyer to seller.&nbsp; It doesn&rsquo;t have to work that way.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ERP System Acquisition & Implementation Viewed as a Single Project]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper2181/</link>
<pubDate>2008-03-28 12:07:52</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It is a truism that in any complex activity, the critical, defining decisions should be made as early in the process as possible.&nbsp; In ERP implementation projects this principle is routinely undermined by the nearly universal practice of separating acquisition and implementation activities into separate projects, performed by separate teams operating under separate control.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Stakeholders' Management and Collaboration: How to Devise an Effective Communication Strategy]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper2310/</link>
<pubDate>2008-03-26 16:52:30</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As business communication needs in professional services firms become more complex, the development and implementation of collaborative solutions becomes critical to realizing strategic business objectives. Learn the basic tenets of this collaborative environment and more in this IDC paper.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Siterra Enables Seamless Rollout of 4G Network]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper2643/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-22 11:00:32</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are few things more challenging than putting a communications satellite in space. One of them may be building a continent-spanning terrestrial communications network. TerreStar, a new North American carrier, has undertaken the task of executing both simultaneously with the goal of delivering service in early 2009.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[5 Steps to Successful IT Consolidation]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper2861/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-23 09:03:44</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Has your Enterprise made the strategic decision to consolidate remote site IT infrastructure into central data centers? Then you have probably discovered that consolidation projects are fraught with technical, organization, and implementation challenges that require a well thought-out strategy. Download this paper by Riverbed and discover a clear 5-step approach to making sure every consolidation project is successful.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How US Firms are Collaborating on the World's Largest Construction Projects]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper2909/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-24 19:25:55</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Over the past three years there has been a sharp rise in the number of mega projects in boom markets such as the Middle East, and Asia. This has presented the opportunity for US firms to play a leading role in some of the most ambitious construction developments ever undertaken.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Developing Operating Procedures For Projects Involving Multiple Organizations Using a Linear Respons]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper2973/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the difficulties of managing projects that involve several (perhaps many) organizations is that the group has no pre-established procedures for handling actions that cross organizational boundaries. With no procedures in place, confusion and miscommunication will result, which will lead to unnecessary delays, wasted resources, and potentially even conflict among the organizations.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Track Actual Costs and Resource Usage on Projects?]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper2974/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For some projects, tracking actuals is unnecessary or is not worth the effort required. In other cases, however, tracking actual costs and resource usage is an essential aspect of the project control function. Why then is tracking actual costs and resource usage on a project ever worth the effort required to accomplish it?]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Overcoming the Information Challenge on Mining, Oil and Gas Projects]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper2996/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-24 19:37:23</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It&#39;s a common scenario in the mining and oil &amp; gas industries: the project has been approved to proceed and the pressure is on to get multiple parties &ndash; partners, consultants, contractors and suppliers &ndash; working together efficiently to meet an aggressive schedule. This challenge is often exacerbated by globalization and by the vast volume of data that flows between the project team.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Skill Level and Training Key Factors]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper3117/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper by IDC shows how an investment in training improves the likelihood of an IT project chances for success through enhancement of team skills. The white paper provides an analysis of a comprehensive survey with 144 senior IT managers examining the impact which training and skill level had on the success of 377 IT projects.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Get Your Head Around Project Portfolio Management]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper3174/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Fortune magazine has reported that nine out of ten corporate strategies devised on the executive level are never implemented. Gartner estimates that 75% of all IT projects are considered to be failures by those responsible for initiating them &ndash; i.e. they did not do what was agreed, missed deadlines and/or came in over budget. Indeed half of the projects exceeded budget by 200%. A Standish Group study found that 31% of projects were cancelled outright and that the performance of 53% of all projects was so worrying that they were challenged.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Paving the Way to a Successful Upgrade]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper3314/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Learn how you can leverage SAP expertise to for faster, more cost-effective upgrades.&nbsp; The SAP Upgrade Assessment for SAP ERP service helps you find the services and implementation options that are right for you and will ensure the success of your project.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Job Scheduling Evaluation Guide]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper3356/</link>
<pubDate>2008-09-03 14:35:25</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[IT groups must support many applications and servers across multiple platforms that frequently operate independently of each other. However, coordinating job scheduling across all these applications and networks is often required to optimize resource utilization. The traditional approach of applying more staff, toolkits, and rudimentary scheduling software to cobble together automated batch processing solutions becomes cost-prohibitive, inefficient, and error-prone, as the number of moving parts increases and the environment becomes more heterogeneous.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tidal's Enterprise Scheduler Provides Staples with Cost-Effective Automation and Centralization]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper3357/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Staples&rsquo; information systems play a critical role in delivering on their brand promise &#39;that was easy.&#39; As part of a recent strategic imperative, Staples recently embarked on a major modernization of its systems architecture and supporting processes. The goal was to ensure IT&rsquo;s systems could scale with the company&rsquo;s continued global expansion without sacrificing the quality of the brand experience. One critical target for modernization was Staples&rsquo; enterprise job scheduling processes and systems. After researching the top software providers in this space, Staples selected Tidal Software to support its efforts to centralize and streamline automated batch processing.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Simplify Scheduling through Consolidation and Automation]]></title>
<link>http://research.cramsession.com/whitepaper3358/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[With 50+ percent of all business processes leveraging batch operations, it is essential to keep your batch production running smoothly in order to keep your business running smoothly. Whether you are consolidating datacenter operations, moving apps to more cost-effective platforms, or transitioning from customized to packaged applications, learn how you can simplify and lower the cost of batch management with a single interface to all batch processes across platforms and applications and more.]]></description>
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