Vendor selection

A mandatory skill for any IT leader today is to know how to properly select a vendor. There are few projects/ services nowadays where internal resources, even with staff augmentation, can deliver the entire scope of a project/ service area. More often that not, nowadays cloud is the first choice. Vendor selection should be managed […]

The hidden dangers of hidden costs

Barring some illegal activities, accounting rules for managing financials for an organization are fairly established and reliable. However, when it comes to managing costs for projects in the real world, things are far from being clear cut. I will review a few real live examples of how using various costs models and market forces impact […]

Project Management – an art or a science ?

As any long practicing project manager will attest, being a project manager is both an art and a science. It is an art, because you have to skillfully navigate the people, processes and tools to deliver the value that drives the project. It is a science because it has specific tools and techniques to get […]