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Basic approaches to Reengineering

The three basic approaches to reengineering are as follows -

1. STREAMLIING

2. INTEGRATING

3. TRANSFORMING 

1. Streamlining – Streamlining approach to reengineering the business offers a basic, segmented, quick-fix methodology for reengineering. It cleans up and treats symptoms but doesn’t  necessarily transform a process nor find a cure for a bad process. It doesn’t change the way a [...]

Importance of formal project planning

One of the projects that I executed for one of my employers was an internal employee goal tracking system. The system enables employees from CEO to bottom level, enter their goals supporting their superior’s goals. According to user levels, there is ability to view/edit/approve/reject goals and there are mechanisms to conduct performance management. This project [...]

When a tech person is promoted to Project Management position – Gotchas and how to avoid it

Scenario: Nicek is a senior technical leader and got a recent promotion as Project Manager, but was not given appropriate training in PM process. Below is what happened and some advice to avoid the gotchas.

I think, the main problem in the case was the lack of PM focus in company’s work culture. There was no [...]

Samlple WBS (Work BreakDown Structure)

Below is a sample work breakdown structure for an online attendance management system that I worked on in the past -

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Sample Scope Change during a project and its impacts

Project background: Developer xyz was in the middle of a project that went several scope changes while in UAT. The project is about implementing capability in the current Underwriting software to do pre-issue Medical Underwriting. The project was initiated by client request to modify the software to account for some new insurance product feature. The system [...]

Mind Mapping technique to prepare WBS

I would prefer the mind mapping technique to arrive at WBS (work break down structure), due to my liking for problem solving by visualization and modeling techniques. Another reason to like that technique is that it is very much similar to various modeling tools that we use during the System Analysis phase of product development [...]

Sample Project Management problem resolution

Project description: Project for xyz that included development, maintenance and enhancements to the official web site and web-based intranet applications that supported integrated work flows within various departments. I was leading a team of  team members including developers, web-designer and Mr X.

Communication Issue: During my tenure leading the project, I have encountered situations where I had to [...]

Sample PM day to day work

Project Management skill is very important in information management area. Let me paint a historical (early 2000) projet lead role where I was responsible for managing the E-governance project for the state of Maharashtra, India. Let me frankly state that, we had no defined project management process in place that adheres to PMBOK guidelines. The project processes [...]

Information Architecture for a web site – Sample Web site Concept Draft

XYZ Company Web Site Concept Draft

“Becoming industry’s premier outsourcing solution for managed care services”

Overview

For the past decade, xyz.coom (fictitious) has been the major online presence for XYZ Company for serving the online needs of its customers as well as exhibiting its capabilities and services to the industry. XYZ Company’s core strategy is to continue generating revenues from its [...]

Strategic alignment of IT resources – A case study in Grocery industry (Part 2)

Strategic alignment of IT resources – A case study in Grocery industry (Part 2)

 

 

Japan 

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Effect of economic situation