October 2010

The Rising Tide: Will All Boats Be Lifted?

Thursday, 30 September 2010 17:42 |

by Tim Jaques, PMP

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PM Perspectives: GSA CIO Casey Coleman

Thursday, 30 September 2010 17:39 |

The General Services Administration (GSA) has begun a new initiative to take control of projects. Dubbed a “Slam,” the technique unites high-level project stakeholders from across the organization in a single meeting room to hammer out a roadmap to achieve successful project completion. Federal PM Focus recently had a chance to sit down with GSA Chief Information Officer (CIO) Casey Coleman—architect of her agency’s complex IT modernization program and a rising star in the federal tech community—to talk about how a recent Slam helped her get projects on track.

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Joining the Obama Performance Revolution

Thursday, 30 September 2010 17:37 |

by John M. Kamensky
IBM Center for The Business of Government

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Audit Report: October 2010

Thursday, 30 September 2010 17:32 |

This month’s report features a few common project management weaknesses—including poor planning and cost and schedule delays—as well as a successful Recovery Act project. In each of the cases, auditors emphasized the importance of strong project planning and oversight.

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FDA Launches Online Performance Management Dashboard

Thursday, 30 September 2010 17:30 |

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently launched an online performance management system to track performance against established milestones at the agency, program, and project level. The web-based system, FDA-TRACK, was officially unveiled on August 31, after a pilot program that began in April of this year.

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