Project Development Plan: the First Guide in Building an it System

When my team had an IT project to do during our college days, we used a very important document to help us get started during the initial stages of the project. We used a document called Project Development Plan (PDP) as guide.  It is adapted from the IEEE standards for Software Project Management Plans. This [...]

Would there have been a formal validation plan for Collins ? (Surely there was ?) Was it ever used?

It’s a bit rich telling the supplier his system doesn’t work, if the formal validation plan was never followed.

Ivanhoe Mines Releases New Integrated Development Plan For Oyu Tolgoi Copper-Gold Mining Complex in Mongolia

Ivanhoe Mines Releases New Integrated Development Plan For Oyu Tolgoi Copper-Gold Mining Complex in Mongolia
ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA– (Marketwire – May 11, 2010) – Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TSX:IVN)(NYSE:IVN)(NASDAQ:IVN) -
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When Software Outsourcing is not a Great Plan

“Outsourcing and globalization of manufacturing allows companies to reduce costs, benefits consumers with lower cost goods and services, causes economic expansion that reduces unemployment, and increases productivity and job creation.”
~~ Larry Elder — “The Larry Elder Show”
When Outsourcing Is Not a Great Plan
Outsourcing can definitely be profitable for a great deal of reasons. Numerous companies [...]

Cover Story: Charlotte-Mecklenburg natural disaster plan

Cover Story: Charlotte-Mecklenburg natural disaster plan
Flooding, ice storms even a Hugo.  Is Charlotte-Mecklenburg prepared for the next natural disaster?  In our Cover Story, PrimeTime’s Jeff Atkinson reports on why local government is looking for your help to come up with a plan.
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Schedule Management – The Best Way to Plan

Planning, controlling, organizing and monitoring the dates on a project are known as schedule management. A schedule is a plan for a project or an event, it consists of a list of a project’s final elements with a planned start and end dates. Final basics are the lowest aspect in a schedule, which cannot be [...]

What’s so important about budget and schedule ? Apart from it telling you that you’ve departed from your plan