the biggest difference between software projectmanagement and projectmanagement in general is the uncertainty  in the whole lifetime of the project. first the need of the customer is uncertain. the customer doesn t know what s/he truly wants until you show him/her a software. second the solution is uncertain. there are many solutions and only one can be chosen. how can you make sure that the solution you chose is the best one? thirdly when doing wbs and breaking the solution into tasks some tasks might be omitted or some of them might be wrong.   the estimation on tasks might be wrong too. fourthly   the software will go wrong in coding. it might crash or deviate

when selecting a projectmanagement tool for your team one of the factors you have to think about is whether it is on-premise service or cloud service. the biggest difference between those two kinds of service is the way it is deployed. on-premise projectmanagement tool is installed and deployed on your own server. you should be able to deploy and maintain it yourself locally.  cloud or saas projectmanagement tool is hosted on the vendor s server remotely and the vendor will take care of the maintenance. you usually access it through the internet. now you know the basic difference between them but which one should you choose? considering the cost the security the customization and implementation let

the phoenix projectis  written by gene kim with kevin behr and george spafford is the story of an it manager who suddenly finds himself promoted into a senior role at the fictional american company parts unlimited. now reporting directly to the ceo bill has 90 days to fix an over-budget failing initiative code-named the phoenix project. if he fails bill s whole department will be outsourced. it is a novel about it devops and helping your business win and thank goodness for not introducing tools and principles from the very beginning of the book. instead it is a story about contradictions and conflicts happening in a company which is in transition and it even mentions the subtle office

case study: apply zentao in samwell psa rce project2017-april-11   introduction samwell use zentao open source and our team developed module csr to customize zentao.     about samewell samwell is the high-tech enterprise committing to domestic auto electronics design and development. it s r& d strengths reflected in the car audio integrated information display navigation entertainment dashboard body control module bcm and can and other automotive electronic products and services for oems . it is tier i suppliers providing a series of overall solutions including software hardware manufacture and testing.   currently the automobile manufacturers that adopt samwell s navigation and entertainment systems dashboard body control module bcm integrated information display systems and other products are as

i am working for a chinese it company and yes we do use projectmanagement tools. actually one of our products is for software projectmanagement and was originally developed for our team to manage software and technology projects . it is zentao an open source projectmanangement system. zen 禅and tao 道are the two chinese characters that have rich meanings in both religion and culture. zentao takes the cutural meaning of zen and tao and is expected to convey our understanding and thinking of management. inspired by the tao of programming and the zen of programming we named our software zentao. it also adpots scrum methodology and improves it in detailed workflow. generally speaking zentao is

there are some advice for projectmanagers that improve team s efficiency. projectmanagers are some person who play crucial roles in the whole projectmanagement. they has the overall responsibility for the successful initiation planning design execution monitoring controlling and closure of a project. how do you improve your team s efficiency for projectmanagers? i will give some advice as follow. 1. remove barriers what gets in the way of a team member performing their task? communicate about any personal or team blockers that might prevent the work from even getting started. 2. set specific dates and follow-up don t just set it and forget it with your team. know that you re there for them not by

there are the process and roles of projectmanagement software and taking an example of zentao.there are more and more projectmanagement software used widely for all kinds of software development individuals and teams. despite this for many rookies they don t know how to use pms efficiently and understand who core roles are in pms . today we will introduce the process and roles of projectmanagement software and take an example of zentao. the core roles in zentao pms are product manager projectmanager development team and test team. if agile development is used by your teams they can be corresponded with roles in scrum as product owner scrum master and team developer and tester . these

choosing the right projectmanagement software projectmanagement software works as a real-time workspace that helps keep your eye focused on the big picture while effectively managing the day to day details. the very best are dynamic automatically rescheduling work when a deadline is missed some even reschedule work dependent on the completion of the late task. it s important to recognize that projectmanagement software is designed for full projects that take time and teamwork to complete. they are likely too comprehensive and in-depth for routine work. for example using projectmanagement software to set up and configure a computer network would be quite helpful. however using projectmanagement software to maintain a computer network would likely be clunky

gobalization and outsouring has greatly change the geography of it industry. programmers working for the same projectmight be from different departments companies or even different countries. consequently traditional projectmanagement would not fit in such scenarios. what and why is saas? saas software-as-a-service or on-demand software is based on cloud technology that allows users to access it anywhere and anytime without being subject to locations and private deployment. as people work for the same projectmight be scattered in different locations it is very important to make sure that each team member understands the scope of their job. with saas it is convenient ot get everyone of the team on the same page. team members will have a

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