> New website delivers IT project-management tips and techniques
New website delivers IT project-management tips and techniques
Contact:
Dr. Blaize Horner Reich, breich@sfu.ca
Dr. Andrew Gemino, 778.782.8196, gemino@sfu.ca
Dr. Chris Sauer, Chris.Sauer@sbs.ox.ac.uk
Dr. Blaize Horner Reich, breich@sfu.ca
Dr. Andrew Gemino, 778.782.8196, gemino@sfu.ca
Dr. Chris Sauer, Chris.Sauer@sbs.ox.ac.uk
September 19, 2008
It's no secret that information technology (IT) projects have a high risk of failure.
Now, however, project managers can improve their chances of success by visiting the world’s first website to directly connect researchers and practitioners in project management. At http://www.pmperspectives.org/, project managers will discover the very latest tips, techniques and trends in project management.
Created by researchers at Simon Fraser and Oxford Universities, the website features the latest results of rigorous academic research, all translated into reader-friendly articles on topics such as Planning for the Unexpected, Does Size Really Matter? and Measuring for Success in IT Projects.
The interactive site also serves as a forum where project and program professionals around the world can read the articles and submit their own views and experiences. The articles can also be used as resource material to support group discussions or education sessions.
Research published on the site is primarily conducted by Drs. Blaize Horner Reich and Andrew Gemino of Simon Fraser University in Canada and Dr. Chris Sauer of Oxford University, U.K., but also includes research from collaborators at universities around the world.
“After five years of research into project management practices, including five multinational studies, hundreds of surveys and many interviews with senior IT project managers, we felt it was time to share our results with project management professionals,” says Dr. Reich. “We believe it’s the only website in the world to directly connect project management practitioners and researchers.”
Funded by the Canadian and U.K. federal governments, the site aims to engage with project managers in order to contribute to, and shape, the researchers’ future projects.
“There’s nothing for sale on the site and no consultants looking for business,” says Dr. Reich. “There are just ideas to help improve the success rate of IT projects.”
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Now, however, project managers can improve their chances of success by visiting the world’s first website to directly connect researchers and practitioners in project management. At http://www.pmperspectives.org/, project managers will discover the very latest tips, techniques and trends in project management.
Created by researchers at Simon Fraser and Oxford Universities, the website features the latest results of rigorous academic research, all translated into reader-friendly articles on topics such as Planning for the Unexpected, Does Size Really Matter? and Measuring for Success in IT Projects.
The interactive site also serves as a forum where project and program professionals around the world can read the articles and submit their own views and experiences. The articles can also be used as resource material to support group discussions or education sessions.
Research published on the site is primarily conducted by Drs. Blaize Horner Reich and Andrew Gemino of Simon Fraser University in Canada and Dr. Chris Sauer of Oxford University, U.K., but also includes research from collaborators at universities around the world.
“After five years of research into project management practices, including five multinational studies, hundreds of surveys and many interviews with senior IT project managers, we felt it was time to share our results with project management professionals,” says Dr. Reich. “We believe it’s the only website in the world to directly connect project management practitioners and researchers.”
Funded by the Canadian and U.K. federal governments, the site aims to engage with project managers in order to contribute to, and shape, the researchers’ future projects.
“There’s nothing for sale on the site and no consultants looking for business,” says Dr. Reich. “There are just ideas to help improve the success rate of IT projects.”
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