There is merit in new project management
Project and portfolio management has evolved to the extent that immediate and accurate management via mobile devices, integrated with the cloud, is possible. Executive management from leading project management expert services providers, including McManus Consulting,...
The trade-offs of virtual teams and products
An increasing number of projects involve team members from multiple locations - across cities, provinces, the country or even the world. Many organisations are using virtual teams in place of face-to-face teams not for logistics reasons, but rather for financial ones,...
The future of software testing
It is an interesting time to be a software tester, as the speed at which technology is evolving means that the future is changing rapidly. Ruud Teunissen, who has been a passionate software tester since 1989 and works for Netherlands-based Polteq, told delegates at a...
No holy grail for mobile app development
We work in a fragmented, multi-platform mobile environment – none more so than in South Africa. Our market is heavily skewed towards older "feature phones", although the major smartphone vendors are increasing their market share exponentially year-on-year, says Nevin...
FOXit releases Project Server Report Pack
FOXit, one of South Africa’s fastest growing and most successful providers of project and portfolio management services, has refined its offering to businesses with the rollout of its Project Server Report Packs. This solution adds immediate benefit by offering...
Group Five sees improvements with PPO
In the five years since its implementation of Project Portfolio Office, an online project portfolio management (PPM) and collaboration application, Group Five has seen improved enterprise resource management and project prioritisation, a higher level of project...
Warewolf is released in open beta
Warewolf, a visual, flow-based programming platform, is now available for open beta testing. The new platform is set to empower developers by speeding up business application development time by 400%. Developers anywhere who are keen to experience the positive impact...
Success in 2014 hinges on partnerships
The degree to which project management information systems will empower businesses to better cope with game changers like collaboration, mobility and the Internet of Everything (IoE) will depend on the ability of those systems to accommodate these technologies. The...
Mpact deploys PPO to streamline processes
Mpact, one of the leading paper and plastic packaging businesses in southern Africa, has implemented Project Portfolio Office, an online project portfolio management (PPM) and collaboration application, in a bid to address issues of visibility, standardisation and the...
Next generation project management
One of the major hurdles companies face in being able to extract the maximum value from their project management infrastructure and strategies is perception – or, in fact, misperception of project management in practice. It is time to debunk inaccurate theories and...
Software developers wanted for SA
South Africa is renowned for having a large pool of talented, innovative software developers with first world know-how. So much so, that the country is ranked among the top thirty software development outsourcing destinations in the world, according to information...
IndigoCube, Polteq announce partnership
IndigoCube has entered into a partnership with Polteq to offer its innovative training programmes in software testing to the local market. Polteq is a leading software testing company based in the Netherlands and Belgium. “The quality of a company’s software is now a...