Virtual Teams, Project Slippage & The ‘Fear Factor’

One of the biggest challenges in managing remote, or viurtual projects, has always been one of communication and collaboration. From the management perspective it is not possible to simply walk down the corridor and see the fear in people’s eyes: not fear of physical harm, but the fear that you are going to ask them [...]

December 30th, 2009 by Peter B. Giblett 

Applying the 80-20 Rule to Add Value

Applying the 80-20 Rule to Add Value

The 80-20 Rule suggests that 80 percent of your return comes from 20 percent of your investment. IT has had a version of this rule since its very inception, including some of the following: 80 percent of time and effort goes into deploying the 20 percent requiring the most customisation. Developers spend 80% of their [...]

March 15th, 2009 by Peter B. Giblett