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Anatomy of a Runaway Project

JCWDenton recommends a piece by Bruce Webster revealing some insights into a failed multi-million-dollar IT project. "The following document is the actual text — carefully redacted — of a memo I wrote some time back after performing an IT project review; names and identifying concepts have been changed to preserve confidentiality (and protect the guilty). The project in question was a major IT re-engineering effort for a mission-critical system; at the time I did this review, the project had been going on for several years and had cost millions of dollars; it would eventually be canceled and the work products abandoned. The memo itself provides an interesting glimpse into just how a major IT project can go so far off the tracks that nothing useful is ever delivered.

Adacore AdaCore announces "Project Coverage" The first Open Source code coverage project for DO-178B and safety-critical systems...Paris and New York, June 5, 2008 - AdaCore, together with Open Wide, ENST, and LIP6, and with financial support from Fr

Paris and New York, June 5, 2008 - AdaCore, together with Open Wide, ENST, and LIP6, and with financial support from French public funds, today announced the initiation of Project Coverage. The first Open Source project of its kind, Project Coverage will produce a Free Software coverage analysis toolset together with artifacts that allow the tools to be used by developers of safety-critical and mission-critical projects, including systems that need to be certified under safety standards such as DO-178B.

The Principles of Project Management

zedguy writes "Ask someone what 'project management' is and you're liable to get a few blank stares — it's one of those fields people have heard of, but probably have problems pinning down a definition. So that is what the first section of the book does: provides a definition that can be summed up as applying tools and skills to complete a project. That then leads to what exactly is a "project": a set of tasks with a time-frame and goal of somehow adding value. So yes, the introduction does involve a fair bit of terminology that isn't going to be familiar to many readers coming from a coder's background, but there's a helpful appendix that lays out many of the terms. Just as important, the introduction explains what project management is not, some of the misconceptions and why it's good to know.

BCD - BRC Diamondcore updates exploration at Silverstreams Project

BCD - BRC Diamondcore updates exploration at Silverstreams Project BRC Diamondcore Limited (Incorporated in Canada) (Corporation number 627115-4) Share code: BCD & ISIN Number: CA05565C1095 ("BRC DiamondCore" or "the Company") BRC DIAMONDCORE UPDATES EXPLORATION AT SILVERSTREAMS PROJECT Toronto, Canada and Johannesburg, South Africa - June 11, 2008: BRC DiamondCore Ltd. (the "Company") (TSX - BCD; JSE - BCD) is pleased to provide the following update on bulk sampling and exploration drilling being conducted by the Company on the Company`s Silverstreams Project in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. The Silverstreams Project, which is the most advanced of the Company`s alluvial diamond projects, covers 3,589 hectares and is located on the northern bank of the Orange River some 14 kilometres from the town of Prieska.

Texas To Build $4.93B Wind-Power Project

Hugh Pickens points out a story in the NYTimes about Texas' $4.93 billion wind-power transmission project. One of the major goals of the project is to improve electrical throughput to the population centers. Current transmission lines are unable to handle all of the power generated by Texas' wind fields. State citizens will be paying slightly more to help cover the cost, though the project is expected to eventually lower the cost to consumers. Quoting: "The lines can handle 18,500 megawatts of power, enough for 3.7 million homes on a hot day when air-conditioners are running. 'The project will ease a bottleneck that has become a major obstacle to development of the wind-rich Texas Panhandle and other areas suitable for wind generation. The lack of transmission has been a fundamental issue in Texas, and it's becoming more and more of an is

Rare Tour of Sun Microsystems' "Wonderland"

Surinder Kahai writes "Last week I had the rare opportunity to see an emerging virtual world called Wonderland, the product of an open source project, Project Wonderland, sponsored by Sun Microsystems. The tour was given by Nicole Yankelovich, Principal Investigator of the Collaborative Environments Project at Sun Microsystems. Some of the key aspects of this dynamic virtual world are voice communication with distance attenuation, the ability to join a Wonderland meeting through a regular phone if a computer is not handy, and the sharing of applications such as Open Office. Wonderland is currently being used by educational facilities and can be used by other organizations for virtual collaboration. Since the project is an Open Source project, users can tweak the tools available to suit their particular purpose.

Project Management: The Application

The main project management application that we will examine deals with maintaining user state (tracking users) and all major events that make the application useful, such as adding, removing, and editing projects. It will also enable users to assign tasks and add or remove project staff, as well as maintain files for a particular project.

Fedora Nightlife Project Harnesses Idle Computer Power

"Bryan Che, part of the project management team at Red Hat, started a new project at Fedora this week called Nightlife. Based on the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Condor Project, Nightlife will give people the ability 'to donate idle capacity from their own computers to an open, general-purpose Fedora-run grid for processing socially beneficial work and scientific research that requires access to large amounts of computing power.'

Open Source Cards Project Meets Objections

An attempt to create an open-source set of public safety protocol cards has run into a legal setback after a commercial company issued an Internet cease-and-desist order that claimed copyright infringement. The cards were developed by the Open ISES Project, which has also developed an open-source CAD software application, and posted on-line just last March. However, last week the group says it received a letter from attorneys representing Medical Priority Consultants, who apparently stated that the open source cards infringed on the company's copyrights. In response, the Project took down the cards, and issued a statement explaining their actions. "We are hoping that we can work out an agreement with them. However, until such time, we had to take the site and associated files down," said Robert Austin, who manages the Project.

LibLime and the eXtensible Catalog (XC) Project Announce Partnership

Anaheim, CA--July 1, 2008--LibLime, the leader in open-source solutions for libraries and the eXtensible Catalog (XC) project-- an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation funded project currently underway at the University of Rochester's River Campus Libraries-- have announced a new partnership agreement to ensure future compatibility between the XC project and Koha, the first open-source integrated library system.

Party of one: Surviving the solo open source project

With more than 100,000 open source projects hosted on SourceForge alone, starting a new one is no small undertaking, and bringing it to the masses is hardly a sure thing. In this article reprinted from Pushing Pixels, Kirill Grouchnikov explores the challenges and pitfalls of being the sole developer on an open source project. Whether you're thinking about starting a solo development project or struggling to maintain one, get tips for structuring your development timeline, managing development priorities, and finding a niche for your project, even in the vast sea of open source software.

EU observatory to guide policymakers on nanotechnologies

An EU project to establish a European Observatory on Nanotechnologies is seeking to address the lack of objective and independent information on nanotech for policymakers, industry and investors. The ObservatoryNANOexternal project was launched as a first step on the way to establishing a permanent European Observatory on Nanotechnologies. Once established, it would provide "ongoing, independent support to decision-makers," according to the consortium. Launched in April 2008, the project will be funded for four years from the EU's Seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7) and has a total budget of %u20AC4 million. The project consortium, led by the UK Institute of Nanotechnology (IoNexternal ), brings together partners from different fields of application of nanotech.

Reader Question: How do you get what you need from clients?

I feel exploited when a customer takes to much time to send me all the images, texts, videos, ideas etc that I need to complete the project. In the meantime, severals changes are asked from the client. A web site project could take 3 months! Eating peanut butter 3 months in a row is not very interesting (it’s juste an exemple of how poor I can be cause I wait for my money). A project could be finished in 2 short weeks (that never happened to me)… Even if I charge 40% of the total price at the beginning, I always feel that I’m more interested in finishing the project that the customer is. Sometimes I wonder if I’m in the good job in my life, but I prefer to be poor sometimes than having a boss. I’m open to any ideas to not feel exploited, and sorry if I’m definatly not in the topic, that’s what I understood from the article, feeling exploi

Project 'Top Secret' - Winner to be Announced Soon

Los Angeles, CA - June 16, 2008 - The biggest video game design project ever “Project: Top Secret” is about to reach an historic landmark when one lucky contributor is chosen as the winner this month, and then their dream comes true.

Project Powder Closed Beta Phase 2

The second phase of closed beta testing for Project Powder, Outspark's competitive online snowboard racing MMO, will begin on Tuesday, July 15th. Current players will still be able to access the closed beta servers, and will retain all of their characters and items. New players must visit the Project Powder website now and register immediately in order to secure their spots.

Details on Project Origin

A press release on Project Origin, developer Monolith's sequel to the 2005 supernatural FPS F.E.A.R., has been sent out to detail some key features of the game. Project Origin is due to be released this fall for Xbox 360. Playstation 3, and PC.

GNOME Helping Hands Project Launches

The openSUSE-GNOME Team is proud to announce the launch of the Helping Hands Project. Our first event will be the Helping Hands Grand Opening in the #opensuse-gnome channel on the FreeNode IRC network, June 27th at 14:30 UTC. To find out the time in your area, http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?mont... The Helping Hands Project is designed to bring together experts from various areas of the GNOME environment with users who want to learn more about openSUSE-GNOME and applications that run in the GNOME environment. Helping Hands Experts will present on the topic of the week and then open the floor up for questions and answers from users. The Grand Opening event will be an extended two hour event attended by many of our GNOME team members to offer advice and answer questions for setting up and customizing your new openSUSE

HTML for a Project Management Application

In this article we will continue discussing the HTML portion of the main.php page and then move on to the page that enables you to view a project in detail. This is the second part of a seven-part article that covers the creation of a project management application.

Ten tips for the final stages of a project

Depending on the size of your organisation, you may treat project management casually or you may have an involved project-management office.

Mozilla Launches Security Metrics Project

Earthweb passes along a ZDNet article which notes, "In partnership with indie security consultant Rich Mogull, Mozilla has launched a valuable Security Metrics Project that could help to — we can only hope — put an end to the silly notion that patch-counting helps to determine a product's security posture. The idea is to develop a metrics model that goes beyond simple bug counts to accurately reflect the effectiveness of secure development efforts and the relative risk to users over time. Mogull has released a spreadsheet (.xls) with a preliminary version of the model and Mozilla's Window Snyder is actively seeking feedback to make the project open and meaningful."

Breaking Up Your Work in Microsoft Project in BrainDump

In this second part to a three-part series on using Microsoft Project to build a work breakdown structure (WBS), you'll learn how to develop a WBS from start to finish. It is excerpted from chapter four of the book Microsoft Project 2007: The Missing Manual, written by Bonnie Biafore (O'Reilly, 2007; ISBN: 0596528361). More...

Codes and Packages in Microsoft Project 2007 in BrainDump

In this conclusion to a three-part series on how to build a work breakdown structure with Microsoft Project 2007, you will learn how to set up customized WBS codes, how to document work package details, and more. It is excerpted from chapter four of the book Microsoft Project 2007: The Missing Manual, written by Bonnie Biafore (O'Reilly, 2007; ISBN: 0596528361). More...

Sony Ericssons New Technology, Project Capuchin, Bridges Java ME and Adobe? Flash Lite

Stockholm, Sweden – April 30, 2008 – Sony Ericsson Mobile Communication today announced plans to release a new technology that, for the first time, bridges the Abobe® Flash Lite™ and Java ME™ development platforms. The new technology and tools, referred to as Project Capuchin, make it possible to combine the richness of Flash Lite and Java ME technologies allowing developers to utilize the best attributes of both software stacks to create content-rich mobile applications. Sony Ericsson has plans to make the technology available during the second half of 2008 and will demonstrate Project Capuchin enabled applications at the JavaOne Developer Event in San Francisco, May 6 – 9, booth 718 in the Pavilion.

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