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Case Dissection
Community: Project-Portfolio Management

    To Protect and Serve

    Think you have a handle on your company’s slate of technology initiatives? It’s not about the success or failure of any single project anymore, or even about schedules and budgets. It’s about maximizing the return on available resources. Where to start? Read about it.

    Be sure to check out our Dossiers on three Project-Portfolio Management specialists:

    • Niku (“The Old-Timer Is New Again”),
    • Pacific Edge Software (“A Mom-And-Pop No More”), and
    • Changepoint (“Same Script, Different Theater”).
Workbook
    Calculating Costs (p.88)

    Tool: To Buy or To Rent Software?
    Can you save money by renting applications instead of buying software? Compare the options in this Microsoft Excel Calculator.

    Primer (p.92)

    Quiz: Can XQuery Help Our Company?
    XQuery 1.0 is a language that allows users to search for and extract information from databases and documents. Take our interactive quiz to determine your company’s need for XQuery.

    Managing People (p.94)

    Quiz: Where Does Your IT Department Hurt?
    Sometimes it’s hard to know exactly where the pain in your information technology comes from. Use this worksheet to zero in on a diagnosis.