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Software Cost Estimation: Why an Accurate Cost Estimate is Essential

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Roberto Perez

Do you know your return on investment (ROI) for modifying current software applications, or a new software project? I'll bet you don't. Even if you do, I would wager that you are not as comfort...

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Successful Organizational Change and a Rule to Live By

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Rene Abreo

Casey Stengal was an American Major League Baseball outfielder and later became a manager who was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966. The baseball almanac has an entire page devoted t...

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Improve Project Intelligence: Know What You Need to Know

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Cask

There are several unhealthy management scenarios that may befall a project when it decides to invest resources towards tracking cost, schedule, and performance. The catalyst for these situation...

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Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Started With Security Governance

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Vo Ballard

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Cask Presented at ICEAA Central VA Chapter

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Brad Ellis of Cask spoke at the ICEAA Central VA Chapter Meeting on February 20th. He discussed "Analysis of Joint Strike Fighter Cost Growth," as featured in the Winter Edition of The Estimato...

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Understanding ITIL and the Service Lifecycle from a "Non-IT" Perspective - Part 4

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Paul Solis

Welcome back to Harbaugh's! In case this is your first time stopping by, the last several weeks we've been learning about the different stages of the Service Lifecycle in "non-IT" terms, to hel...

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Understanding ITIL and the Service Lifecycle from a "Non-IT" Perspective - Part 3

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Paul Solis

The last couple of weeks, we have learned about the first two phases of the Service Lifecycle in "non-IT" terms. In case you're just joining us, we are comparing each phase of the ITIL Service ...

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CIO Summit on IT Governance

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Cask

Jason Rosenfeld of Cask has been invited to participate in theCIO Summit on IT Governance where he will be discussing the importance and guidelines for effective IT Management.

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Good Engineering Never Goes Out of Style... But Buzzwords Do

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Brian Stack

You know the type; the one who manages to throw in more buzzwords per sentence than anyone else. They will amaze and dazzle you with the latest I'm-in-the-know, (and you are not) phrases. Don't...

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HealthCare.gov: Could Project Management Have Been the Game Changer?

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Don Baxter

Months after its' highly anticipated launch date of October 1, 2013, the failures of HealthCare.gov website are still the subject of talk show and late night hosts alike. We just can't seem to ...

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