History shows that many companies bi-pass project management during recessionary periods as a cost saving measure. And in growth periods, some companies apportion project management too thinly across their project portfolios. Either measure, when undertaken, is fraught with risks and potential for significant cost overruns...more

Project failures are not an accident of nature. They are purely the outcome of a cumulative and compounding set of events that eventually conspired to derail the project. This non-technical document is intended to help managers dissect some of the critical root causes that may lead to eventual failure...more

While many OLAP tool vendors claim to provide Business Intelligence out of the box the truth of the matter is that these tools need a Data Warehouse as a foundation.

A Data Warehouse is a set of data, drawn from production systems that are subject oriented, integrated, non-volatile, and time variant...more

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how Crystal Reports can be used in conjunction with Business Objects Universes. The purchase of Crystal by Business Objects is gradually adding benefits of interoperability between Business Objects applications and Crystal Reports. This trend will certainly continue in future releases...more