Cloud Project Management News From The Past Week December 5th 2010 Peter Carr @itworldca Published: December 5th, 2010Hi Everybody:Here is my selection of items that have appeared on theinternet on project management in the past week: List of MastersDegrees in Project Management LaunchedNew website that lists universities offering a Mastersdegree in project management is launched: http://mastersinprojectmanagement.com/ Hold the ChampagneThe importance of the post project review process: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/03/pm_project_review/ Getting IT ProjectsBack on TrackRecognising that a project is off track and what to do aboutit: http://www.computerworlduk.com/how-to/careers/3251048/getting-troubled-it-projects-back-on-track/ Wikileaks: Issues inGerman Funding of Afghan ProjectsWikileaks reveals issues in US expenditure of German fundsfor Afghanistan projects: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/247045 UK Teachers GetProject Management TrainingProvided by many large UK based IT companies: http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/careers/3251520/it-teachers-attend-training-days-at-top-companies/ Defence is Failing toDeliverThe top 22 major defence projects in Australia are up to 10years late and $8bn over budget: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/defence-is-failing-to-deliver/story-e6freuzr-1225964802707 White HouseEstablishing Security Standards For Cloud Standards are due to be released in the new year for cloudcomputing suppliers to the US government: http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20101202_1174.php?oref=topstory RailCorp Projects$41m Over BudgetAustralia’s RailCorp is facing investigation of its ITproject management: http://delimiter.com.au/2010/12/02/railcorps-it-projects-41m-over-budget/ NASA ProjectManagement CriticisedReport from the Government Accountability Office is criticalof NASA project management practices: http://fcw.com/articles/2010/12/02/gao-nasa-acquisition-innovation-hinders-mission.aspx Tips On ProjectFailureBased on the Devil’s Triangle approach: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/projectfailures/five-tips-from-inside-the-devils-triangle/11508 Peter@import url(http://admin.itworldcanada.com/CuteSoft_Client/CuteEditor/Load.ashx?type=style&file=SyntaxHighlighter.css);@import url(/cutesoft_client/cuteeditor/communityservercommon.css);Would you recommend this article?00 Thanks for taking the time to let us know what you think of this article! We'd love to hear your opinion about this or any other story you read in our publication. Click this link to send me a note →Jim Love, Chief Content Officer, IT World Canada Cloud