Cisco Telepresence for Your Next Virtual Project Event

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Project Team Event: Museum Field Trip

Here's an interesting museum you can take your virtual team to. See any familiar items? ...



Pocket Protector Collection

Project Lessons from Napoleon at National Summit on Project Excellence

For those interested, I'll be delivering the keynote on day two (July 26th) at this year's National Summit on Project Excellence for Government, hosted by The Performance Institute, a private, nonpartisan think tank for excellence in government.

The topic will be Criteria for Successful Project Management---A Look at Napoleon, based on my book, Napoleon on Project Management.

There are quite a few interesting presentations and learning opportunities at the event, which is July 25-27 in Arlington, Virginia. It looks especially valuable for anyone managing PMOs or large programs. Here's the info (which also contains a downloadable PDF brochure).

The Performance Institute - Transferring Knowledge to Transform Goverment

Vendor Management: Balanced Feedback Necessary for Healthy Relationship

Drive a vendor relationship through honest feedback with balanced perspective - the good and the bad. ...

... "the generic response is a public, we are very happy and content, or that was great followed by private discussions on just what a disaster the product, event, or meeting actually was. " ...

Via DataMation: Relationship Management

Event Map: Mind Map Technique

Nifty approach to mapping events using mind-map model ... Inputs are converging factors and outputs are diverging consequences. Think project go-live events, product launch, etc. ...

... "Many business people are primarily concerned with events that change the status quo. This could be launching a product or service, commissioning a process, solving a problem, delivering a physical event (such as a seminar), or establishing a new behaviour. " ...

Via Beyond Crayons: Template for Visualising Events

Data Security Breach: High Impact Public Event

UCLA deals with painful security event in open, transparent way. The security investigation shows that the security breach was exploited to seek Social Security numbers and started as early as October 2005. The university has established a website specifically to handle this event. ...

... "UCLA is alerting approximately 800,000 people that their names and certain personal information are contained in a restricted database that was illegally and fraudulently accessed by a sophisticated computer hacker. " ...

Via UCLA: UCLA Warns of Unauthorized Access to Restricted Database

Extreme Project Management: Reality Rules

I just finished reading Doug DeCarlo's book, Extreme Project Management. I met Doug at a recent PMI event we both presented at. Not only is his keynote presentation a crowd pleaser (hint: he plays the drums to illustrate the pace of a typical project and uses Noah's Ark as a sample project from the "ultimate Sponsor"), but his book is chock full of practical, immediately usable ideas.

I was amazed at how much his philosophy mirrors my own, with a focus on simplicity, value, results, and the understanding that change is inevitable. A key point of Extreme Project Management is that reality rules. Plans are nice, but then results must drive further planning instead of assuming reality will yield to the plan.

As an example of simplicity, consider what he calls "The Four Business Questions":

1) Who needs what and why?
2) What will it take to get it?
3) Can we get what it takes?
4) Is it worth it?

As another example, check out his "Three Sentence Project Skinny":

1) Who will do what for whom?
2) This project will be considered completed when: ___
3) Why? This project supports the organizations objective to: ___

The book also offers handy checklists (such as what to ask the sponsor during the first and secend meetings, etc..), the 4 Accelerators, the 10 Shared Values, the 7 Win Conditions, and more.

Although the book is the size of the Encyclopedia Britannica, it's extremely readable and has diagrams that bring together all the concepts in the book. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a book grounded in reality as opposed to academic theory. Above all, this will help project managers succeed where the rubber meets the road---communicating and dealing with stakeholders.

Amazon.com: eXtreme Project Management: Using Leadership, Principles, and Tools to Deliver Value in the Face of Volatility: Books: Douglas DeCarlo

Technology Evolution: Call to Green Action ...

As computing density increases, power consumption is spiraling out of control. It is time for the Information Technology industry to do its part in energy conservation and management. ...

... "Chief information officers need to wake up to the issues of spiralling energy consumption and environmental legislation, and develop greener approaches to IT, according to Gartner. " ...

Via ITNews Australia: Gartner urges IT to go green ...

A green strategy can include server virtualization which increases asset utilization and lowers the energy footprint of the datacenter ...

IBM VIRTUALIZATION SERVES UP COOLER SYSTEMS FOR US OPEN TENNIS EVENT: "Virtualization technology, which IBM has been providing to clients since before Arthur Ashe won his first US Open title in 1968, allows many computing resources to act as one and, more commonly, one computer, storage device or server to divide its own workload and act as many different resources. By reducing the number of computers and servers in use, virtualization helps minimize the often strenuous and expensive power and cooling demands of datacenters and eliminate unnecessary maintenance expenses. "

Virtual Technology Conference Event ...

Novel approach to the technology conference - a virtual, three-dimensional conference space ... Hear keynotes. Fill your virtual bag with brochures. See multiple vendors. ...

AMD Virtual IT Experience ...

Elusive IT Project Value: Book Tells How To Achieve It

I've just finished reading an excellent book on achieving value from IT projects, The Information Paradox: Realizing the Business Benefits of Information Technology, by John Thorp and the Fujitsu Consulting's Center for Strategic Leadership.

Thorp and company claim that today's IT projects are evolving more and more from simple automation efforts to complex "information" initiatives, and even further---to complete business transformation initiatives. This calls for a different approach and requires IT and Business collaboration.

As the book points out, the classic "let's buy a product and assume it comes with automatic benefits" approach doesn't work in today's more complex arena (and in fact it probably never did). In a complex business transformation initiative, trying to assume that an IT project in isolation will deliver value is wishful thinking.

The book also points out the four critical dimensions of complexity, which it says are blind spots in traditional thinking:

1) Linkage - to other related initiatives and to business strategy
2) Reach - those areas of organizational structure or supply chain processes that may be impacted by the change, or that need revisiting in order to bring about the benefits
3) People- those affected by the change and/or that need to be engaged (i.e. proactive change leadership and stakeholder analysis)
4) Time - the time it takes to manage the overall initiative, including the above dimensions, to fully realize the benefits (most companies grossly underestimate this)

Unfortunately, many IT projects just focus on on-time and on-budget delivery (resulting in a situation that the book describes as, "the operation was successful but the patient died"). Thorp and company refer to this as "investment myopia."

Instead, a committment to business value, ongoing process improvements, frequent iterations of delivery, and better project selection techniques are key. Most of all, we need to be aware of the blind spots mentioned above.

The book goes on to describe how a system of program management, portfolio management, and governance, with a focus on benefits realization, can bring about results. It also cautions about the dangers of treating selections as a one-time annual event, making selections in isolation (instead of in the context of investment programs), and not looking at all aspects of value (i.e. going beyond simple financial measures).

I highly recommend the book for those struggling with determining the value of IT, or trying to bring about collaborative change in their organizations. If you look at any major successful transformation, it was brought about by a marriage of technology, business process, and organizational change, and with full backing from senior management. This book can go a long way toward helping make this happen.

IT Governance Event Upcoming: Enron Keynote ...

IT Governance seminar in August ...

... "In the wake of one of history's largest accounting scandals, Pink Elephant is presenting one of the central figures as a keynote speaker at IT Governance 2006, taking place August 6 – 8, 2006 in Orlando. Highlighting the event is Sherron Watkins, former Enron VP lauded for her courage during an unprecedented corporate collapse that eventually triggered the formation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

IT Governance 2006
Pink Elephant's 11th Annual Symposium
August 6-8, Orlando
Disney's Contemporary Resort " ...

IT Governance Event Upcoming: Enron Keynote: Via Pink Elephant: Former Enron VP Joining Line-Up At IT Governance ...

Project Management Institute: NA Congress ...

PMI NA Congress this fall with Microsoft as hosting sponsor. ...

... "Project Management Institute (PMI) will hold its North America congress in Seattle, Washington, USA, 21-24 October 2006. PMI Global Congress 2006-North America is the major project management educational and networking event of the year. " ...

Project Management Institute North American Congress to be Held 21-24 October in Seattle, Washington: Via Yahoo! Finance

ITIL Shared Services: Achievement Recognized ...

Infra is recognized by the Helpdesk Institute for its implementation of ITIL-enabled service desk process for shared service functions at LexisNexis Butterworths. ...

... "The Helpdesk and IT Support Excellence Awards recognise outstanding achievement within the IT Service Management industry at the largest event of its kind in Europe. Winning finalist Infra demonstrated how implementing the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) ready infraEnterprise allowed LexisNexis Butterworths to create a single point of contact for staff with the IT department that reaches across the business and includes support teams from other departments, including Finance and HR. " ...

ITIL Shared Services: Achievement Recognized: Via Infra: Infra wins prestigious Helpdesk Institute Excellence Award 2006 ...

Team Fun on the Cheap

Is your team suffering from infighting or poor morale?
Do you need a different way to celebrate a milestone on the cheap?

Consider the potluck. Dictionary.com defines the potluck as: A meal at which each guest brings food that is then shared by all.




Although it might be a bit of work for the project management team, organizing a potluck is a cheap way to get the team together. It is especially fun when there are international team members who can showcase food from their respective cultures.

Some tips for organizing your potluck include:

• Schedule it for a Monday. This gives people time to cook over the weekend.
• Create a sign-up spreadsheet with categories like appetizers, entrees, etc., so people can attempt to even the spread.
• For those folks who don't like to cook or don't have time, offer the "bring a staple" option. Every potluck needs plates, utensils, napkins, drinks, table cloths, a clean-up crew, etc. I usually use the "fastest timestamp wins" method for these.
• Book a large enough conference room for several hours around lunch time OR
• If you have a huge team, consider also having people bring in breakfast items (then extend that conference room booking)
• Consider creating a "party favor" for all project team members. We had mugs made with our project name and then filled them with an assortment of goodies in nice party plastic bags (pretzels, candies, nuts, etc.). This was also a team building opportunity because people shared well after the event.

What other ideas do you have for team building events? Let us know!

Project Management: Olympic Proportions ...

Planning for the Olympics - high intensity project management at its best - with a lasting legacy ...

... "The Turin Winter Games gave us good glimpses of the scale of Olympic project management, the Melbourne Commonwealth Games the feel for a summer multi-sports event on a larger scale than Turin, and lastly Beijing, where for the last few days, we have had a chance to glance down the telescope to London in 2010, two years out from our spectacular Games. " ...

Project Management: Olympic Proportions: Via Telegraph: No flights of fancy when realising Olympic dream

Project Manager Development: Negotiation Skills to Build Bridges ...

Upcoming PMI training event focuses on building bridges through the art of negotiation ...

... "April 20-21: The Northeast Wisconsin Chapter of the Project Management Institute will hold its second annual professional development days at Liberty Hall, 800 Eisenhower Drive, Kimberly. The first day will include two tracks of short project management programs for anyone interested in the field. The second day will feature a full-day seminar from Dr. Becky Stewart-Gross on Mutual Gain Negotiations. " ...

Project Manager Development: Negotiation Skills to Build Bridges: Via Appleton Post-Crescent: Business planner ...

Building Bridges: "Dr. Becky Stewart-Gross founded Building Bridges: Your Bridge to Better Communication in 1987 ... "

Microsoft Project 2007

Thursday's Microsoft Webinar was the latest event in the gradual unveiling of the future version of Project. It now has a name - Project 2007 - not really more imaginative than the development name of P12 but it does give a clue as to the intended release date. After the news about the postponement of Vista's release date, one can believe that Microsoft would tend towards caution rather than optimism in deciding a release year.
The product itself still shows its credentials as a beta release. The demonstration of the client functionality suffered from a couple of minor glitches. The functions shown include some which will be popular with people who have struggled with some of the constraints of earlier versions of MS Project.
The multi-level undo feature - instead of the current single step undo - gets a lot of attention. It does seem to have been a major technical challenge to provide the function and now one can afford to be a little less careful about keeping track of changes as you go through an editing session.
A neat feature is change highlighting. This is the one that shows what dependencies cause a task date to be the way it is. Useful when you have a lot of predecessors, calendar constraints and other factors.
Anyone who has finally mastered the nuances of Outline codes and custom fields will have a new learning experience. Outline codes are no more. They are just treated as another variants of custom fields with fixed value lists.
And more functions for organisations that track costs - resources can be flagged as budget resources and assigned at the project summary level.
Something that sounds like a good idea but will probably take a bit of getting used to is the notion of team resources. Resources are defined as belonging to a team using a custom field value - and the team resource is assigned to the task. Sounds like you need to be careful about working with max units, particularly if a team member could be on multiple teams.
Plenty to get familiarised - and plenty of time to get familiar before the roll-out.

Collaboration and Openness in the Participation Age ...

Sun CEO Scott McNealy challenges industry leaders to rethink traditional business models built on the global network economy, where transparency, community, and collaboration drive innovation into The Participation Age. ...

... "Sun believes the world is entering a new era - the Participation Age - where dramatically lowered barriers to entry, plummeting device prices, and near-universal connectivity are driving a new round of network participation. From blogs to Java, SMS messages to Web services, participants are forming communities to drive change, create new businesses, new social services and new discoveries. This growth in the network economy is fueled by sharing and collaboration among communities interconnected by technology and driven by purpose. Sun also believes that sharing and collaboration in the Participation Age will stimulate innovation to help all participants from across the world grow and prosper. " ...

Collaboration and Openness in the Participation Age: Via Sun Microsystems: Thought Leaders Prove Sharing Builds Economies at Sun Microsystems' Participation Age Event: Sun CEO Scott McNealy Pushes Industry to Rethink Business for 21st Century, Focus on Collaboration and Community ...



Addtional references on the intersection of transparency, collaboration, community, and innovation:

Via SAP: SAP Leads Industry Collaboration in Support of Enterprise Services: "For the first time, a community process in which collaborative business process innovation can flourish in an open and transparent forum will become the standard by which all enterprise services development is measured. The Enterprise Services Community Process is the only industry-driven method for defining enterprise services and is poised to become the preferred method for the SAP customer and partner ecosystem to achieve business process innovation through the use of enterprise services. "

Via The Future of Work Weblog: Distributed Work and Network Building Tools: "As work becomes ever-more-highly distributed, an individual's responsibility for maintaining his or her network of connections, both inside and outside his or her company, is increasing. Team members might be located in different geographic locations and timezones. They may only have come together for a short-term project or they might not even be members of the same company. ... "

Via Business Week: This Way To The Future: "Ultimately, innovation is about continually pushing back the boundaries of what is possible. The true genius of capitalism is that it provides economic incentives for sustained innovation. "

Project Management Seminar: High Costs of Turnover ...

Project Management Seminar: High Costs of Turnover: Via Appleton Post-Crescent - Business planner

... "Dec. 13: The Northeast Wisconsin Chapter of the Project Management Institute is holding a seminar led by Thomas Mattus from Successful Strategies International on the High Costs of Turnover Within Projects. The event will be held at Liberty Hall, 800 Eisenhower Drive, Kimberly. A social will be held at 5 p.m. with a dinner and the program to follow. " ...

IT Governance Excellence: Conference Workshop ...

Intellilink offers services in IT governance excellence. At recent project management conference, Intellilink leaders present workshop on solutions for accelerating the implementation of IT governance. ...

IT Governance Excellence: Conference Workshop: Via Intellilink Solutions: Intellilink Solutions Hosts IT Governance Workshop at ProjectWorld USA 2005: Company executives share their expertise to resolve the most critical issues encountered when implementing IT governance ...

... "The Intellilink workshop, Solving People and Process Issues When Implementing IT Governance, was run jointly by Intellilink's CEO, Patrick Boylan, and Managing Director, Fumiko Kondo, who are both leading experts in deploying solutions for IT governance for clients across a range of industries. In addition to offering real-world solutions to common IT governance issues, the interactive event outlined typical IT governance business models and detailed common roles, responsibilities and business processes. " ...

Project Manager Event: Executive Look at Project Management ...

Project Manager Event: Executive Look at Project Management: Via Huntsville Times: Networking opportunities ...

... "Tuesday: The Project Management Institute will hold its monthly luncheon meeting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville Bevill Conference Center (550 Sparkman Drive N.W.) from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The speaker will be Dr. Richard W. Amos, deputy to the Commanding General, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command; his topic will be An Executive Look at Project Management. Cost is $20. " ...

Project Management Software Conference: Primavera ...

Project Management Software Conference: Primavera: More than 40 Partners To Exhibit at Primavera Annual Conference: Via Primavera, Project and Portfolio Management

... "Primavera Systems, Inc., announced that 41 of its partners will exhibit at the company's 22 nd Annual Conference taking place November 13-16 at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The event, one of the largest of its kind, expects approximately 1,500 attendees, and is a major educational forum for individuals involved in project, portfolio and resource management. " ...

Primavera is the largest independent provider of collaborative resource, project and portfolio management solutions. Primavera's world-class software and services are used by Global 2000 companies to choose the set of projects that best enable their strategy to plan, control and govern the chosen projects, and to accelerate the delivery of high-quality results for themselves and their clients.

Project Management Event: Pitch Brilliant Idea ...

Project Management Event: Pitch Brilliant Idea: Business calendar: Via PittsburghLIVE.com

... "Project Management Institute, Pittsburgh Chapter -- 5 to 8 p.m., Engineering Society of Western Pennsylvania, 337 Fourth Ave., Downtown. Audrey J. Murrell, University of Pittsburgh's Katz School of Business, will present How to Pitch a Brilliant Idea and Laura Reilly, St. Clair Hospital, will present Evolution of the Hospital Pharmacy. Attendance to the presentations are free, 6 p.m. dinner is $25. " ...

Project Management Event: Business Development ...

Project Management Event: Business Development: Green Bay Press-Gazette - Upcoming meetings and seminars ...

... "Project Management Institute-Northeast Wisconsin Chapter meeting: 5:30 p.m. social at Rock Garden/Comfort Suites, 1951 Bond St., Howard. Ginger Levin, UW-Platteville, discusses the link between business development and project management. " ...

Earned Value Major Event November 7-9

It's not too late to register for the 17th Annual International Integrated Program Management Conference, scheduled for November 7-9 in Virginia.

Earned Value enthusiasts rejoice! The topic of this year's seminar is: EVM is Everywhere - "Let's do it!"

Presenters will discuss EVM best practices and tools. Here's the info...

PMI College of Performance Management

Project Management: EVO Evolutionary Method ...

Upcoming seminar on Evo project management evolutionary method ...

Project Management: EVO Evolutionary Method: Via UNICOM Seminars: The Agile Evolutionary Project Management Process ...

... "Evo Project Management Seminar, with Tom Gilb: Evo is the most successful alternative project management method, if you look at practical experience, and is now a mandatory guideline at US DoD. Event Date: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 ...

Evo has major impact on the whole way in which systems engineering is carried out. All systems engineering processes (requirements, design, build, test, and quality control) are suddenly encapsulated into an early and frequent evolutionary result delivery step. If you know what you are doing you will soon produce results for stakeholders. If not, you won't; and must consequently fix your engineering processes and designs. " ...

International Project Management Day is Coming: November 3, 2005

Get ready, because International Project Management Day is coming your way on November 3rd!

According to the official International Project Management Day website:

The international project management day is intended to encourage project based organizations worldwide or organizations who utilize project management methodologies to schedule some type of recognition event within their organizations or coordinated locally with others to truly demonstrate appreciation for the achievements of project managers and their teams.

What kind of event do you have planned? Might be a good excuse to take your project managers to lunch.

Event: Project Management: Core Business Discipline ..

Event: Project Management: Core Business Discipline: Via Montgomeryadvertiser.com: Project management consultant to speak ...

... "Bill Stewart, a pioneer of the Project Office concept, will speak Oct. 19 at the Auburn University Montgomery TechnaCenter. He will offer tips for creating rapid change in an organizational culture and methods to foster acceptance of project management as a core business discipline. " ...

Project Manager Development: Business of Innovation

Via Arizona Reporter: Oct. 20 Event Explores the Business of Innovation

... "Project Management Institute (PMI) Phoenix Chapter today announced that Nationally recognized innovator, entrepreneur and business advisor, Joan Koerber-Walker, will explore the secrets behind The Business of Innovation, Oct. 20, 2005 at Doubletree Guest Suites in Phoenix. " ...

Microsoft ITIL Sans CMDB ...

Microsoft ITIL Sans CMDB: Via The Register: Scaling the heights of Microsoft Management ...

David Norfolk reports on Microsoft UK event that explores management capabilities and issues ...

... "Microsoft supports the IT Infrastructure Library - (ITIL) for operations best practice at last, but it doesn't have a federated, distributed CMDB (Configuration Management Database, a key foundation of ITIL) product yet - in contrast with BMC and Managed Objects, for instance. " ...

Management UpSkilling: Project Manager Event ...

Management UpSkilling: Project Manager Event: Via NE Ohio PMI: Northeast Ohio Chapter of the Project Management Institute Announces Professional Seminar, Management Skills: More Than Just Bringing Donuts ...

... "The Northeast Ohio Chapter of the Project Management Institute, announces its Fall Professional Development event Management Skills: More Than Just Bringing Donuts. Internationally acclaimed speakers Peter de Jager, Lee R. Lambert, and Rick Brenner engage you with their expertise and humor on how to harness the dynamics of change, create an inspired workplace, and effectively communicate to transform your organization, your project teams, and your career. The seminar takes place on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 from 7:00 am to 2:00 pm ... " ...

IT Risk Management: Disaster Recovery Planning: Forward Placement

IT Risk Management: Disaster Recovery Planning: Forward Placement: Via Data Foundry: Garden Ridge Selects Data Foundry For Disaster Recovery Services ...

Excellent point on risk management in IT when planning for disaster recovery, consider forward placement to avoid collateral impacts on the secondary site ...

... "Bob Janusaitis (CBCP, CISA, CISM), a 25-year veteran in IT disaster recovery planning and CEO of Business911 International, Inc. specializing in IT Governance and Risk Management, stated, It's been my experience that too many companies overlook all the risks associated with implementing a disaster recovery plan that calls for the secondary site to be located in the same city as their primary site. The risks of implementing this strategy range from shared city power grids, inability to traverse local streets, over subscription to the local facility, and the affect on human capital that supports the secondary site in a true disaster scenario. I encourage a forward placement philosophy which calls for getting people and data out of harms way if at all possible. This means putting distance between the disaster event and your secondary site. " ...

Data Foundry is a pioneer in the business ISP industry and Data Center Services market. Founded in 1994 – profitable then and still profitable today – Data Foundry supports over 1,000 corporate customers with unparalleled Managed Internet, Enterprise Data Center, Colocation and Disaster Recovery services. As a Texas-based Global Managed Services provider, the company maintains a secure, scalable, redundant and highly available network infrastructure, with geographically dispersed Internet Data Centers and state-of-the-art operations.

Business911 International provides comprehensive enterprise-wide expert guidance on IT Governance and Information Technology Risk Management. Business911 International certified consultants have decades of experience assisting some of the world’s largest organizations.

SOA Governance: Best Practice Strategies Webinar ...

SOA Governance: Best Practice Strategies Webinar: Via Service Integrity: Real-Time Business Intelligence for Service Oriented Enterprises

Upcoming webinar explores best practices and strategy for SOA Service Oriented Architecture in leading enterprises ...

... "Service Integrity, a provider of real-time Business Intelligence (BI) software for Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA), and Systinet, the leader in SOA governance and lifecycle management, announced they will co-host a webinar, Creating a Policy and Practice Blueprint for SOA, on Tuesday, October 4. The online event will present best practices and strategies for building today's service-oriented enterprises, including the critical steps for establishing a system of record for SOA policies and how to secure real-time visibility into the implementation of best practices. " ...

Systinet is a leading software provider of the foundation for SOA governance and business service lifecycle management. Founded in 2000, Systinet's award-winning, proven, and standards-based products enable IT organizations to rapidly leverage existing technology investments, provide interoperability between heterogeneous systems, and better align business processes with IT. Customers receive the benefits of a simpler, faster, standards-based way to dramatically improve IT responsiveness and technology asset reuse, while maximizing the ROI for SOA. Systinet's customer base of over 150 Global 2000 clients includes Amazon.com, BMC Software, Interwoven, JP Morgan, Motorola, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), and SAIC. Headquartered in Burlington, Mass., Systinet is a privately held company with over 100 employees.

Service Integrity provides patent-pending, real-time Business Intelligence (BI) software for Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA). As a consequence of implementing SOA, more business critical data is “in-flight” than ever, and it’s moving at the speed of light. Service Integrity’s SIFT™ software uniquely resolves the challenge of harnessing and leveraging Information-in-Motion™ to achieve optimal business execution. With SIFT, companies like Pfizer, Novell, and Fidelity National Financial achieve the insight, agility, and predictability they need to gain increased regulatory compliance, continuous risk management, and seamless operational performance. Service Integrity is headquartered in Boston, MA.

SOA and IT Governance ...

Via James Governor's MonkChips: Oracle Siebel: time for users to pull the trigger on SOA governance

Oracle Siebel event, a trigger for SOA governance ...

... "SOA isnt a product. Its about IT Governance, simplifying the business of IT in order to simplify IT for the business. Many successful SOA projects have involved a vendor rationalisation. Its all about setting standards at the center. " ...