In my discussions with executives, the most common complaint they have about internal project teams is that they hardly ever deliver the agreed end-results on time. While there are a number of reasons why this typically happens, one of the most common reasons is scope creep. Scope creep can be defined as the tendency for [...]
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Project success or failure?
When you start a project, how do you define its success?
Success criteria of the developers
How can we account for such radically different viewpoints? First of all, these developers were not novices. They were senior-level, with an average experience level of eight years. They defined success as “completing a technically challenging project and producing a high-quality [...]
A few tips that can save the year
Developing aggressive, but achievable, budgets is easier than you might think. It requires that you anticipate surprises and build in buffers to offset them. Here are the items you can’t afford to leave out of your budget.
Salary and benefits are key
In most IT organizations, staff payroll expenses make up about 70 percent of the budget. [...]