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SharePoint 2016 Released to Manufacturing

Today Microsoft announced it had released SharePoint Server 2016 to manufacturing. The company’s emphasis in this latest release of its flagship communication and collaboration platform is on hy...

New GAO Guide Formalizes Scheduling Practices

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has published a manual of best practices to help federal, state and local agencies to assess the schedules for government projects. The “Schedule ...

Ernst & Young Buys UMT Consulting

Project and portfolio management consultancy UMT has been acquired by Ernst & Young in the United States. The smaller firm, which has offices in 10 locations, was named Microsoft PPM partner of th...

Barbecana Ships New Release of Risk Analysis Program

Project managers have a new way to perform risk analysis on their project estimates for more realistic scheduling and budgeting. Barbecana has shipped a new version of its Monte Carlo schedule risk an...

PMI Expands Business Analysis Focus

PMI, the Project Management Institute®, will be developing a new standard for business analysis akin to what it already provides for project management with its PMBOK®. The not-for-profit organization...

Project Online Gains New Apps

Microsoft will be building out capabilities in Project Online. The company recently announced that it had acquired the rights to several apps and add-ins from two of its top Project partners, Sensei P...

Agile Companies Report Better Project Outcomes

Truly agile organizations have learned to apply a hybrid approach to get their projects done. Their project management approaches use a blend of practices, including not just agile, but also lean, ext...

Project Managers Invited to Help Transform Education

The Project Management Institute Educational Foundation, the non-profit arm of the global membership organization for project managers, is inviting PMs to participate in a sizable initiative: transfor...

Report: 7 Conditions Will Help Feds Improve PM Muscles

The federal government could improve its project and program management capabilities if it pursued a more systematic approach backed by law. That’s the finding of a new report written by the Nat...