Posted by Kevin Brady on Sun 22nd July 2007 at 11:45 PM, Filed in Project Management

The excellent IT project management site gantthead has a great article by Tom L. Barnett, PMP. In 10 Undeniable Truths of Project Management Barnett outlines 10 points gleaned from the history of IT project management and presents them for new and used project managers to reference.

Some great tips are included, some you’ve probably seen in other lists, books, posts, articles, etc., and a few that might surprise you (or not, if you’re a seasoned, battle scarred or veteran PM):

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Posted by Kevin Brady on Sun 15th July 2007 at 11:00 AM, Filed in Industry News,  IT Strategy,  Software Development

I have just come back from a trip to Bangalore India having been asked to set-up for a well known consultancy an offshore software development centre.

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Bangalore was selected because there is already a significant offshore IT development presence by companies such as Accenture, Honeywell Bull, Intel, IBM. It was decided that here I would pull together resource in order to set-up a 200 to 300 man software development factory.

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Posted by Kevin Brady on Sat 7th July 2007 at 06:02 PM, Filed in Key Document Templates,  Templates

Please click on this link to download FREE template

One of the most important project documentation milestone to achieve on any project, has to be the sign-off of a Test Strategy document. This typically contains the testing methodology and acceptance criteria, vital if you want to define the end point for a project and the starting point for maintenance and support to begin.

If your running a software house, getting a clear end to a project is one of the keys to profiatable software development. 

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