Shutting down IT projects

The article “Pulling Plug on IT Projects” explains readers about the meticulous procedure of how an IT project should be shut down whether it is laid down once and for all. The author, Bruce F. Webster categorizes IT projects that are being shut down into three different types. Firstly, projects that are being suspended for a reasonably short period of time, but then quickly resumed or restarted. The second...

After effects of a Massive Tech Project Failure in IT

Thomas Walgum discusses  about several after effects of a failed IT project as suggested by Chris Curran, partner and CTO of Diamond Management & Technology Consultants. He discusses about various causes of project failures such as perfect expectations about completion of a project, inefficient segmentation of massive projects and not embracing transparency. The effects of a project failure on the CIO of...

The Power of Internet Portals

Cathleen Chamberlain in his article The power in the portal talks about the importance of educational portals and essential components for creating such portals. Education portals save time by bringing all the educational material such as lessons, units and more. These are very helpful to both teachers and students and serve as a common place for information sharing. The author talks about the seven important things...

Viral Marketing Campaigns by business organizations

The author, David Meerman Scott in his article Anatomy of a Viral Marketing Campaign , is of the thought that posting content on the web is a best tool for viral marketing. He discusses how people at different organizations promote products and services through blogs, e-mail newsletters, webinars and white papers. Blogs are considered to be the best way to market a product. It spreads through in a real fast way as...

Risk management in businesses and strategy execution

The author, Hoque, F. in his article Strategy execution for risk management explains about different types of business risks and how these risks effect companies. Houque, F starts off explaining strategy execution of risk management followed by the faces of risk and finally explains about risks in context. The author explains that no investment can be effective without consideration of risk and can prove potentially...