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Category Archives: Information Management
Cost Management Solutions (1)
There are two concepts which are central to change management and contracts management on projects: Cost Attribution and Cost Segregation. These concepts relate to a systemic thinking of costs and promote a proactive approach to the treatment of costs including … Continue reading
Less is More in Structured Cabling
Less is More in Structured Cabling by Patrick Smith, President, SK Cabling Inc. In today’s IT business environment, whether its virtualization or cloud servers, less is more. Less space, less power, less management, less expense and more horse power, giving … Continue reading
Challenge the Status Quo
Effective project and business leaders challenge existing processes and question the status quo. They recognize the need to rethink assumptions and evaluate issues objectively. Preconceived notions and biases favoring existing thinking limit our critical thinking, and diminish our ability to … Continue reading
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Common Cost Control Problems on Construction Projects
Here is a list of common cost control problems found on construction projects: Improper estimates, standards and budgeting techniques. Unrealistic budgets. Activities started or completed out of sequence. Inadequate WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) or insufficient WBS detail. Lack of management … Continue reading
Tagged with acceleration, ambiguities, Auto, Breakdown, construction projects, Contractual, Control, control practices, Creep, detail, discrepancies, Draft, escalation, eventual failure, excessive pressure, governance structure, Inadequate, management policy, management reserves, material costs, Problems, Project, Schedule, schedule delays, scope, Unrealistic, WBS, work, work breakdown structure
Information Technology and the Disruption of Global Taxation
We are at a crossroads of taxation in the U.S., as well as globally. The recent spread of anti-Government spending fervor in the U.S. has been spurred by the frustrations of taxpayers who are financially stressed, and are trying to … Continue reading
Tagged with attractive tax, Auto, Draft, excessive government, Federal, fervor, government spending and taxation, high speed communications, initial wave, location, loss, megatrends, model, order, Software, software producer, state, state governments, storm, storm is brewing, tax havens, taxation, threat
Information Wants to be Free!
The unrest in Egypt during the last two weeks further demonstrates the power of information technology in promoting and sustaining activism in nations where totalitarianism was deeply entrenched. Mubarek’s knee-jerk response was to cut-off Internet access. What dictators and and … Continue reading
