Project Management News From The Past Week October 8th 2010

Hi Everybody:

Here is my selection of items on project management thathave appeared on the internet in the past week:

Project Management:The Change Challenge

Advice on dealing with change management in projects:  http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/123218/project-management-the-change-challenge

Ten Commandments ForBusiness IT Transformation

How to manage large scale IT projects: http://www.technewsworld.com/story/10-Commandments-for-Large-Business-and-IT-Transformation-Part-3-70975.html

Some ProjectManagement Tools

Links to some simple tools that you might find helpful inmanaging projects: http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/kn/blog/popular-knowledge-network-project-management-tools/?cs=43573

Project Management theMost Sought After Skill By Employers

According to the study reported here: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/get-ahead-and-get-hired-with-the-top-5-job-skills-companies-want-in-2011-104331013.html

iPhone Apps forProject Management

Review of the latest iPhone apps for business including appswith value for project managers: http://www.macworld.com/article/154427/2010/10/10_business_collaboration_apps.html

Quality and Boston`sBig Dig

Discussion continues on the reasons for the issues involvedin the Big Dig construction project: http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/10/03/quality_absent_on_every_level/

Project Managementand Ecommerce

Good project management is argued to be the key to achievinggood ecommerce security: http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/How-E-Commerce-Apps-Are-Putting-Your-Site-at-Risk-70964.html

IT Value and BusinessValue

Report from a conference where this perennial topic was  discussed in some detail: http://www.cioupdate.com/features/article.php/3906661/IT-Value-and-Business-Value-are-One-and-the-Same.htm

Peter