May 2, 2016 | Posted by Rich Garling
Introduction Amazon.com has numerous elements that allow customers to personalize and customize features and products. The question to ask is how effective are the various elements? Do they cause a customer to buy more products? Wal-Mart, too, has similar elements built into the eCommerce (EC) site. Is it effective and will it be a cause […]
Categories: Internet Marketing, Project Management | 
Tags: cultural, decision making, integrated marketing strategies, Internet, Internet Marketing, leadership, marketing strategy, Project Management, social media, Trust, web, web development | 
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April 25, 2016 | Posted by Rich Garling
Introduction eGovernment use of technology has grown over the years from using totally internal systems open only to government workers to today’s internet based systems that allow citizens to interact with their government. Government services today allow citizens to pay local utility bills online, pay taxes, and seek out government services to assist with building […]
Categories: General Interest, Project Management | Tags: communication, cultural, decision making, influencing, integrated marketing strategies, Internet Marketing, leadership, marketing strategy, political, Project Management, social media, Trust, web, web development | Comments Off on eGovernment & Technology
December 23, 2015 | Posted by Rich Garling
Introduction: Bill Swanston and Gary Biggar work, respectively, as an Operations Manager and Senior Business Analyst for Robbins-Gioia, Inc. delivered a presentation to the Project Management Institutes (PMI) annual Seminars & Symposium on September 7–16, 2000 in Houston, TX. I will be summarizing their article “Developing a framework for establishing cross-functional integration within a product […]
Categories: Internet Marketing, Project Management | Tags: coaching, decision making, influencing, interpersonal skills, leaders, leadership, motivation, negotiation, planning, PMI PMBOK Processes, Project Management, Scope Control, Team, team building | Comments Off on Cross Functional Integration in Project Management
November 9, 2015 | Posted by Rich Garling
A Critique of Edward E. Douglas’s Article “Effective Management of Project Change Orders” Table of Contents Abstract Introduction Planning for Change Planning and Design Change during Application Build Closeout Conclusion Abstract Scope is the total sums of all the products/services that are required to complete a project (PMBOK, 2013). But even when the scope has […]
Categories: Project Management | Tags: Change Requests, communication, CPM, decision making, Earned Value, Earned Value Management, PERT, PMI PMBOK Processes, Project Management, Project management Plan, risk, risk management, Scope Control, WBS | Comments Off on Effective Management of Project Change Orders
July 27, 2015 | Posted by Rich Garling
Successful projects are usually the result of strong leadership. The question arises as to what is considered, or what does it take, to be a strong project leader. Especially in today’s world of project teams made up of people from cultures around the world. This paper will examine the many different aspects, interpersonal skills and qualities of what it takes to be the leader of a successful project in the IT world.
Categories: Project Management | Tags: coaching, communication, conflict, cultural, decision making, influencing, interpersonal skills, leaders, leadership, motivation, negotiation, political, Project Management, Team, team building, three spaces, Trust | Comments Off on Project Leadership
