PM Practices November - December 2004

Project Risk Management Software Directory

The Association for Project Management Risk Management SIG maintains an extensive risk management software directory. There are 31 pages of listing and some 40 different software packages. Each software package has an extensive product description and price and availability.

This is the place to start if you are looking for a project risk management application to support and assist in the preparation of a project risk plan and the monitoring of identified risk during conduct of a project .

Dave Scarborough, APM Risk SIG's techniques and tools officer, requests that if you are aware on any new software which could be added to the list, then email him at dave.scarborough@services.fujitsu.com

The Directory is a pdf file and can be viewed or downloaded free from the website at http://www.eurolog.co.uk or directly from the Project Risk Management Software Directory.

Six great myths of IT

"IT Urban legends run amok in the technology world"

InfoWorld.com has a Special Report on the six myths of IT styled as "Urban legends from the tech trenches ... and the realities behind them" They are:

  1. Server upgrades matter - Reality: Don’t pay extra for upgradability; you’ll never need it
  2. Eighty percent of corporate data resides on mainframes Reality: Try 50 percent, or even less
  3. All big shops run multiple platforms Reality: This 'myth' is closer to fact than fiction
  4. CIOs and CTOs have a greater need for business savvy than tech expertise Reality: Tech chops matter more than ever
  5. Most IT projects fail Reality: It all depends on how you define failure
  6. IT doesn't scale: Reality Virtually any technology is scalable, provided you combine the right ingredients and implement them effectively

[ Read the full InfoWorld Special Report ]

Implementing a PMO - A Research Study

The Business Improvement Architects company is conducting an on line survey of the impact of implementing a PMO on organizations. This "Impact of Implementing a PMO" research investigates the opinions and practices of organizations that have implemented a Project Management Office.

The Business Improvement Architects research aim is to: "investigate the practices of organizations that have implemented PMOs to uncover their successes and failures and learn ways in which PMOs can best achieve bottom line impact for their organizations".

The BIA research strategy is to:

The aim is to to uncover lessons learned and how PMOs can support their organizations. [Survey]

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