PRINCE2 Refresh Ready in July

Prince2 2009 refresh is due out shortly with content changes and improvements. ...

... "The most significant change in the PRINCE2 2009 refresh is that there will now be two books: Managing Successful Projects Using PRINCE2 and a new Directing Successful Projects Using PRINCE2 manual which will be laid out in a way that makes them easier to understand and navigate. " ...

Via ILX Group: PRINCE2 2009

IT Strategy Drives Standardization

GM's IT strategy creates line of business IT roles that drive standardization and process improvements to create business value. ...

... "Standardizing on all GM applications and tools allows the company’s more than 30,000 engineers, developers and support staff to use the same IT solutions, in real time, throughout the world. " ...

Via Baseline: General Motors

Government IT Projects: COTS

Governments are getting fiscally smarter by making smarter software investment decisions, such as common off-the-shelf software, COTS, when IT projects are considered. ...

... "Another change lawmakers approved would require agencies to justify paying for a custom-built computer system whenever they decide they don't want to use a standard off-the-shelf program. " ...

Via Pierce County Herald: Government IT Projects

Chargeback IT Strategy Takes Standardization

Here's successful use of IT chargeback model, which leverages standards and shared service organization models. ...

... "Kaushik's hard work does come with great returns. He says Ivanhoe was selected by consulting firm Deloitte Touche as one of the top 5 per cent companies in the world with the best IT strategy. With a standardised IT infrastructure, the company is able to achieve a network with full redundancy at a communication cost that has gone down by 50 percent. " ...

Via MISWeb: Successful IT Chargeback Strategy

Business Project: Extract Value

Healthcare IT project seeks to integrate and standardize operations, while the business is on-the-hook for realizing the value. ...

... "The infrastructure goes live in April with users being migrated shortly after. Then comes the job of extracting value, which Mayo-Smith says is not an IT project but a business project. " ...

Via Computerworld: IT Role in Integrated Healthcare Operations