IT Organizational Goals

Setting Goals Setting clear organizational goals helps concentrate employee efforts on achieving those objectives. The key is to ensure that the goals are well-defined, relevant and unambiguous. For example, the fuzzy goal of “improving product quality” leaves employees with little idea of where to begin. What is “quality”? What quality attributes are more important, or are they all equally important? How much should quality be improved? Is a 30% improvement sufficient? What about 2%? Is it to be improved this year? Or this month? As you can see, a fuzzy goal such as this gives little guidance for the employee on what to do and where to start.…

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Computer Project Management

How successful are the projects you manage or contribute to? Research into why some projects deliver while others fail indicates some key factors leading to successful outcomes. Here are some things you can do and a selection of project tools and resources you can use to improve your chances of success. From the outset, seek out and adopt a committed project sponsor who can overcome organizational roadblocks on your project. Find out who your project’s stakeholders are and communicate with them regularly. Our project management guide will help you identify your key project stakeholders and compile a stakeholder communication plan. Prevent errors and misunderstanding from propagating throughout your…

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