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Offshoring -- Management structures for successful offshore arrangements

Sandra Wright — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:07:48 +0100

I am interested in hearing from others how they have structured the management of outsourced offshore staff for software systems development & maintenance
- Knowledge transfer
-Quality and timely delivery

From your experiences how much time is needed for the arrangement to be useful

What has worked and what has failed?
Any advice?

You need to post blogs/thoughts to generate dialogue

Adam Kahn — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:38:23 +0100

Thanks for registering to be a subscriber of PEF. We want this portal to meet you professional needs as a Project Executive. The goal of PEF is Peer-to-Peer Learning. In order to accomplish that goal- you need to get involved and offer questions, thoughts, concerns, etc to the community.

Its easy to do- just create a blog and post to the portal. We want you to put "stuff" out there so that others can read, respond, expand, argue, whatever! Its all about sharing information and growing pRead More...

Welcome to ProjectExecutiveForum (PEF)!!

Adam Kahn — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:27:07 +0100

I just want to officially welcome you to PEF. We've only been promoting this new portal for 2 weeks and we already have 170 approved subscribers. In order to maximize your subscription, I suggest you do a few things:
1) Complete your profile
2) Add your picture (it’s always great to connect a face with a name)
3) Start posting comments, blogging, and connecting

Our goal with this portal is to create a truly collaborative community. We will begin to provide reguRead More...

The Great Divide

Lisa DiTullio — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:27:46 +0100

There is a growing divide between senior leaders and project managers. Senior executives view project management as administrative overhead; project managers view senior leaders as disinterested. Who’s right?

Depending upon your position, the view varies; senior leaders drive the business plan from a high level; project managers toil in the details to execute the plan. NeitheRead More...

PMOs Don't Work!

Adam Kahn — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:46:37 +0100

I've got to say I've spoken with hundreds of PMO directors and managers and my view is that they just don't work. They don't truly accomplish the theoretical goals of why PMOs were created in the first place. Would love to hear what others are doing regarding their PMOs and how they are taking their project portfolios to the next level of true strategic alignment with the enterprise.