A Senior Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University’s SoftwareEngineering Institute, Watts Humphrey is a National Medal of Technology winner who is known as the “Father of Software Quality.”Humphrey pioneered concepts such as the Capability Maturity Model in 1988, which overhauled software-project management. In his new book, Reflections on Management, Humphrey provides these insights that reveal to [...]

Global Knowledge recently released a whitepaper that discusses what the formal project management is and who needs it. For the purpose of this discussion, I will to refer to PM activities in the absence of operating guidelines as “informal” project management. By contrast, project management that takes place within the restrictions of an imposed set [...]

As mobile workers are getting to be the norm, many companies have put their trust in these workers, too. Even if these workers are mobile, they are treated as part of the organization. In fact, many of them are integral parts of the organization. So what is your business model for work-at-home workers? Here’s a [...]

a WEBCAST Join us for this LIVE Event on: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT / 6:00 PM GMT Join this live BNET Webcast, hosted by James Hilliard and featuring special guest Lisa Phifer of Core Competence. Lisa will demonstrate why you should rethink your remote-access strategy to maximize the [...]

There’s a saying that goes you cannot love someone you do not know. The same is true for employees. If you do not know them, then you cannot take care of them… well. The big question now is how do you take care of your remote workforce? I’ve been thinking about that for months now. [...]

A common scenario today is that organizations are cutting cost left and right. Either they delay expansion or lay off employees, anything just to save up on more expenses and hold on to whatever savings that they may have. Contact centers, by the very nature of their business, are viewed as costly—from logistics to operations, [...]

Let’s face it, the new media is here. Businesses are already seeing the benefit of using this new media. By new media, I mean the website, the blogs, and the social networking communities that have incorporated micro-blogging as apps. Thus, this digital webinar is very timely. Digital PR Webinar: Building Community & Reputation Online With [...]

From BNET Business Dictionary, head and shoulders is: “used to describe a graph plotting a company’s stock price that resembles the silhouette of a person’s head and shoulders. Analysts see this as an early indication of a market fall.“ Do you foresee a head and shoulders?

From BNET Business Dictionary, painting the tape is: “an illegal practice in which traders break large orders into smaller units in order to give the illusion of heavy buying activity. This encourages investors to buy, and the traders then sell as the price of the stock goes up.“ Do you paint the tape? ^-^

From BNET Business Dictionary, a hip shooter is: “an executive who follows his or her immediate instinct when responding to a question or problem rather than considering it rationally.“ Are you a hip shooter?