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• Accurate IT Forecasting

  BNET - 2006-03-24

  Forecasting isn't just for the weather, but there are some similarities between IT and meteorology - both depend on watching trends, putting historical data into context, and hoping for sunny, trouble-free days. There's one big difference, though: IT managers have some control over their company's weather. Typically, there are two...

  Tags: Information Technology, Forecasting, Sandhills Publishing, Sales Force Management, Strategy, Sales, Management

• What's Wrong With IT?

  BNET - 2006-01-20

  For years, it has been trying to keep up with shifts in technology, operations, and project management. But as many companies have found, today's challenges go beyond processing power and cooling systems, and even past setting project goals. As IT becomes more integral to companies of every size, many IT...

  Tags: Information Technology, Sandhills Publishing, Data Centers, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management

• The Logic of Expertise Location: Tap Into Employees' Backgrounds & Experience to Gain Competitive Advantage

  BNET - 2005-12-30

  Small to midsized enterprises today need to leverage all of their personnel and technical assets to stay competitive in the marketplace. Typically, an organization tracks an employee's experience and skills in his resume, but the value of employee expertise too often falls beneath management's ongoing attention. Expertise location or expertise...

  Tags: Data Center, Competitive Advantage, Sandhills Publishing, Data Centers, Smb/Sme, Strategy, Knowledge Management, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Enterprise Software, Software

• The Dynamic Duo of Project Success: Completing Projects on Time & in Budget

  BNET - 2005-12-23

  Many people find deadlines and budget constraints in their personal lives difficult to master. But when it comes to IT projects in a corporate setting, it seems that completing projects both on time and in budget is an exceptionally difficult feat. Part of the issue with accomplishing an IT project...

  Tags: Project, Sandhills Publishing, Strategy, Management

• Setting Up a Project Management Office: Do Your Homework to Find Out What It Entails

  BNET - 2005-12-09

  Setting up a project management office to handle IT needs can seem like an intimidating task for small to midsized enterprises, especially considering that this new office, in some cases, will be solely responsible for making sure that all of the company's processes run smoothly and efficiently. Typical project management...

  Tags: Project Management Office, Sandhills Publishing, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management

• Prioritize IT Projects: More Than Metrics - How Strategic Alignment & Portfolio Management Can Help

  BNET - 2005-11-11

  Now more than ever, IT experts are told to account for more than mere time and budget when defining their projects. They're asked to rank their importance, to sort the wheat from the chaff and reap the rewards of a well-planned, orderly infrastructure. Of course, a person has to have...

  Tags: Project, Information Technology, Portfolio Management, Sandhills Publishing, Strategy, Management

• IT, Govern Thyself: To Manage Resources, Many Are Turning to IT Governance

  BNET - 2005-03-25

  Although it sounds like a management phrase du jour, IT governance is actually a concept that is likely to gain more traction in the business world in the coming years, and for a good reason. The strategy creates a better way to manage information technology so that it aligns with...

  Tags: IT Governance, Information Technology, Sandhills Publishing, Strategy, Management

• Benefits of Project Management: Keeping IT on Track

  BNET - 2004-01-09

  Project management is precisely what the name implies: It's a tactic for managing projects by combining strategy, goals, and nuts-and-bolts processes into a cohesive whole. The knowledge and practices of project management are usually broken down into five process groups: initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing. There are also nine...

  Tags: Knowledge, Information Technology, Benefit, Sandhills Publishing, Project Management, Strategy, Tools & Techniques, It Operations, It service Management, Management