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Access up-to-the-minute project and portfolio management articles, templates, case studies, guides and webcasts to help you successfully manage the information technology (IT) project life cycle. Gain the latest trends, skills and resources for effective system development life cycle (SDLC) management, test data management, project leadership and communication, project delivery optimization, managing project costs, handling legal ramifications of projects gone bad, best practices in a down economy, and more.

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	From Urgency & Emergency to Order & Information: Project Management Best Practices for a Complex Development Challenge Learn how EKI developed a unique, innovative communications portal for the City of Chicago's Department of Public Health in the wake of national emergencies like the Anthrax attacks and 9/11. This webinar demonstrates how to successfully build sophisticated, far-reaching technology solutions that serve many users and require collaboration with numerous stakeholders. Dispelling the Maturity Myth: How to Focus PPM on Business Value Join PowerSteering's Jay Hoskins as he turns the traditional maturity model on its head and offers a more practical alternative: the PPM Capability Model. It incorporates a "crawl-walk-run" approach focused on top-down Governance and Demand Management to deliver an actionable plan for realizing immediate business value. Peer Panel Discussion: Planning & Financial Management Best Practices Learn from this Keynote Panel of CIO's and Senior Project Managers how they budget & track their IT investment using budgeting & portfolio management processes. Enterprise Portfolio & Project Management: Approach for Strategic Alignment This presentation provides an in depth walkthrough of a framework that was set up for a very large national bank. Their processes will be reviewed and incorporated into a holistic view of what it takes to successfully implement portfolio project management. The success factors and challenges will be explored. Taking a Multi-faceted Approach to Project Budget and Costs Tom Raper's 17-plus years of IT consulting and project experience provide great insight into successful project management. He discusses the feature functions of the Changepoint solution when drilling into financial project budgets. Improving Your Software & Systems Delivery ROI Adam Lyons, industry expert explores a control framework for software delivery, a systematic approach for driving change and applying the framework. Top 10 Budgeting & Project Delivery Practices Your CFO Would Love Mr. Teodoro leads the team of engineers, consultants and architects who work with customers on customized solutions to their IT challenges. He is responsible for assessment services, integration of multi-vendor solutions, and coordination of professional service projects. Topics include Top Trends in the Budget Proces and more ! The Essentials Of Test Data Management Learn how you can reduce storage costs and speed agile and iterative testing cycles by creating "right-sized" test environments and how you can automate the comparison of baseline data against successive test run results to quickly identify application errors while securing the privacy of the data. Optimizing Project Delivery Methods Learn why you need to optimize project delivery methods and how you approach an optimization effort. Who Wants to be a Board Member? Making Sure Projects Deliver Dramatic Results Understanding an executive and board perspective on critical projects is crucial for project success. Explore the pre-project questions that your executive/board members will ask and learn how to address their concerns, on their terms. When Projects Go Bad: Five Tips to Generate Value & Reduce Legal Fees Legal costs can be hidden, unexpected and potentially debilitating to your company. Learn how to be more efficient and cost conscious by reducing a project's legal costs and risks upfront. Webcast: How to Manage IT Project Costs Effectively Learn best practices for managing, tracking and organizing IT costs in light of the ongoing changes in the economic climate. Communications- Don't Overlook the Obvious Many projects fail, or are perceived to have failed, due to poor communication. Learn how to open the channels of communication and increase the success rate of your company's projects. The Power of Project Leadership Great project management is both an art and a science. This presentation will explore the differences between project leadership and project management, aiming to explain how to apply the “art” of our discipline.


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	5 Tips to Reduce Your Litigation Risks on Computer Systems Projects Learn 5 tips on dealing with potential problems up front, by structuring the legal side of your projects correctly. Achieving Business Objectives Through a Project Management Office This presentation will explore key lessons learned that will help position an IT PMO to support the business. It will also highlight some actual examples of tools utilized by the CVS\|Caremark Business PMO. The Hidden Secrets of Successful IT Projects Learn how you can achieve extraordinary results with projects if you are willing to take an unorthodox approach and not be bound by traditional thinking. Keynote Panel This panel of top executives from CCC Information Services, Miller Brewing Co., Cars.com and OSI Support Services discuss project management best practices and lessons learned! Project Management Success: Measuring Beyond Cost and Time Success rates of projects are not increasing and the new challenge of delivering projects in less time at less cost is putting pressure on PMOs. Learn what project metrics in the IT landscape today are critically important and why. The Key to a Successful Project Office: Leading Organizational Change Learn how Follett Higher Education Group established their Project Management Office to control company wide strategic initiative management including all business and technology intiatives. Case Study: Foley & Lardner-Processes to Boost Productivity Explore the success Foley & Lardner has had implementing a project management solution in their firm. Delivering Business Value Through Effective Project Governance Join R.J. Reimers, industry expert with 19 years experience, as he takes us through the key role governance and project management play in achieving business value. How is IT Evolving? Keynote Panel Learn best practices for maximizing IT ROI, mitigating risk, enforcing standards and measuring results. IT Governance for Mid-Market Corporations Learn why organizations must develop the appropriate governance framework to manage the business. 5 Hot Tips to Write Better Implementation Contracts and Reduce Your Litigation Risks Hillard Sterling leads this discussion on anticipating problems before they happen and how to reduce litigation ahead of time.