Project Management


Project Rescue: Building a New Vision for IT

After leading his team to some rapid successes, our CIO questions the role of the IT group on campus--and develops a road map to the future.

Testing Times, Tested Tools

State budget cuts are hammering higher education. CT looks at three public schools that are using proven IT tools to help weather the storm.

Project Rescue: So Close and Yet So Far

In the third installment of a four-part series, Gene, a well-established CIO of a sizable IT organization at a top-100 university, has been working with his team to regain the trust of the campus through Project Rescue, a 30-day turnaround plan focused on demonstrating IT’s value. Project Rescue has two primary objectives: Implement a more transparent planning and governance process, and deliver a series of quick wins around some visible projects with high customer value.

Project Spotlight: Teaching Students Global Software Development

Tapping the talents of a globally based team of programmers promises the alluring image of efficient, around-the-clock application development. But as these students learned, time conflicts, power outages, and over-commitment can get in the way of a good idea.

TeamDynamixHE Gets New Reporting and Planning Tools

TeamDynamixHE has released a major upgrade to its project and portfolio management tool, TeamDynamixHE 7.

AAEEBL’s 2nd Annual ePortfolio World Summit Call For Proposals Open Through Jan. 28

The Association for Authentic, Experiential, and Evidence-Based Learning will hold its 2011 annual conference July 25-28, co-located with Campus Technology 2011 in Boston. A Call For Proposals for the AAEEBL event is open through Jan. 28.

Keeping Software Off The Shelf

Administrative systems designed to streamline processes and provide the keys to better decision making might end up as "shelfware" if institutions fall prey to some common mistakes in large implementations. Find out how to avoid these pitfalls...

TeamDynamix Launches Free Project Management Tool for Higher Ed

TeamDynamix has released Task Manager, a free stand-alone application for higher education project management.

Australian National U Moves to Project Portfolio Management

Australian National University has adopted a project portfolio management application from alfabet. The university's Information Services organization is implementing planningIT to better align its projects with institutional goals and to manage a portfolio of planned and active projects.

Northern Arizona U Moves to Web-Based Project Portfolio Management

Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff is standardizing its project portfolio management on a Web-based solution.