In the past few years, project management has been in the throes of a revolution. Iteration cycles are shorter, project teams are more dispersed, and the...
In the past few years, project management has been in the throes of a revolution. Iteration cycles are shorter, project teams are more dispersed, and the pressure to deliver results is ever greater. At the same time, emerging technologies are creating new opportunities for project management organizations (PMOs) to manage this changing work, according to a recent study by ProjectManagement.com. The automation and data visualization provided by state-of-the-art project...
In the past few years, project management has been in the throes of a revolution. Iteration cycles are shorter, project teams are more dispersed, and the pressure to deliver results is ever greater....
By Steve Cox, Group Vice President, ERP and EPM Product Marketing, Oracle Did you know that 35 percent of companies plan to create a shared finance and HR...
By Steve Cox, Group Vice President, ERP and EPM Product Marketing, Oracle Did you know that 35 percent of companies plan to create a shared finance and HR function within a year? That’s the result of a new MIT Technology Review global survey. The impetus for the switch? In a word, strategy. Nearly one-third of respondents see an opportunity to spend less time doing low-value work, freeing them up to focus on strategic priorities such as predictive analytics and hiring the...
By Steve Cox, Group Vice President, ERP and EPM Product Marketing, Oracle Did you know that 35 percent of companies plan to create a shared finance and HR function within a year? That’s the result...
A year-and-a-half into a project that was originally scheduled to take 12 months, a contractor friend of mine showed no signs of worry that he’d have to dig up...
A year-and-a-half into a project that was originally scheduled to take 12 months, a contractor friend of mine showed no signs of worry that he’d have to dig up a new gig soon. “This one is going way slower than planned,” he explained. “But it’s not unusual for project deadlines to be extended.” Indeed it isn’t. According to a P2 Consulting study, 39% of companies report that they fail to deliver projects on time—which is probably one of the biggest reasons 36% of companies...
A year-and-a-half into a project that was originally scheduled to take 12 months, a contractor friend of mine showed no signs of worry that he’d have to dig up a new gig soon. “This one is going way...
by David Ebert, Director of Higher Education, Oracle As a university or college administrator, do you have what it takes to do things better, faster and...
by David Ebert, Director of Higher Education, Oracle As a university or college administrator, do you have what it takes to do things better, faster and smarter? Simply put: Are you doing things right? Universities and colleges need to become the modern, high-tech campuses that their students, staff and communities expect. That’s not an easy task considering that funding isn’t what it used to be. According to a recent report, funding for public two- and four-year colleges...
by David Ebert, Director of Higher Education, Oracle As a university or college administrator, do you have what it takes to do things better, faster and smarter? Simply put: Are you doing things...
There’s a lot of change going on in project teams and project management offices (PMOs) right now. Many factors are driving change, from the new ways people...
There’s a lot of change going on in project teams and project management offices (PMOs) right now. Many factors are driving change, from the new ways people work and communicate to the need to be more efficient. The net result is that the world of project management is changing. As more companies struggle to boost their bottom line—in many cases by reducing costs, because their markets or industries aren’t growing significantly—project teams are charged with prioritizing...
There’s a lot of change going on in project teams and project management offices (PMOs) right now. Many factors are driving change, from the new ways people work and communicate to the need to be more...
A colleague of mine has a saying: "If cavemen had project management in the cloud, they would have invented the wheel a lot sooner." It’s a funny thought,...
A colleague of mine has a saying: "If cavemen had project management in the cloud, they would have invented the wheel a lot sooner." It’s a funny thought, conjuring up images of Fred Flintstone fat-fingering his way through the stone-aged version of an iPad. Yet, as silly as it sounds, some project management tools are about as efficient as a tablet made of stone. According to a survey conducted by P2 Consulting, 44% of companies say their projects don’t deliver the...
A colleague of mine has a saying: "If cavemen had project management in the cloud, they would have invented the wheel a lot sooner." It’s a funny thought, conjuring up images of Fred Flintstone...
Whether or not their parents approve, finance and HR are in a long-term relationship. Shouldn’t they be on good speaking terms? In the past, HR systems have...
Whether or not their parents approve, finance and HR are in a long-term relationship. Shouldn’t they be on good speaking terms? In the past, HR systems have often been the poor relations when it comes to IT budget allocation. But with the courtship for top talent heating up, cloud-based solutions for attracting, managing, and retaining the best people are becoming more popular. Unfortunately, passion can cloud reason and sometimes decisions are made to adopt HR systems that...
Whether or not their parents approve, finance and HR are in a long-term relationship. Shouldn’t they be on good speaking terms? In the past, HR systems have often been the poor relations when it comes...
(Originally published on Forbes OracleVoice) Oracle Vice Chairman Jeff Henley spends a lot of time talking about cloud computing to C-level executives all over...
(Originally published on Forbes OracleVoice) Oracle Vice Chairman Jeff Henley spends a lot of time talking about cloud computing to C-level executives all over the world, drawing on his own background as a CFO to add to the conversation. Not only does this help him spot cloud trends quickly, but it also gives him a birds-eye view of cloud evolution. And according to Henley, there are some interesting signals that cloud is hitting the mainstream. “It’s early days of this...
(Originally published on Forbes OracleVoice) Oracle Vice Chairman Jeff Henley spends a lot of time talking about cloud computing to C-level executives all over the world, drawing on his own background...
