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    The Dark Side of Your 'Net Neighbors

    Mark Seiden’s knowledge about crime and fraud on the Internet is unbelievably deep – and scary! In this Council Opinion, he shares some of the stories and offers advice for your enterprise and also for you, personally. --Anne Mullaney

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    Usability and Aesthetics: The Importance of Being Pretty by Sam McLellan and Andrew Muddimer

    The Four Pillars of Agile Adoption by Nancy Van Schooenderwoert

    A Closer Look at Leadership Versus Management by Peter Hanke

    Fixing the Trust Gap Between IT and Business, Part III by Robert J. Benson and Tom Bugnitz

    Project Management 2.0: Using Agile, Enterprise 2.0, and Other Modern Methods to Manage Today's Projects by Rob Thomsett, Guest Editor


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    Social Project Management

    18 September 2008: How do we find tools that better reflect the reality of a project and support the new breed of project manager? In this hour-long webinar, Cutter Consortium Senior Consultant David Coleman will answer this question and show you how some of the new Web 2.0 tools -- tools that are easy enough for a non-professional to use -- can support non-linear projects and help with better estimation. You'll also discover how project communities or networks offer a new way to run projects more successfully. Spend an hour with David Coleman and get some new ideas on how to run your projects more successfully. Register Now | Learn more ...

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    18 September 2008: Social Project Management, Featuring David Coleman

    16 October 2008: The Agile Approach to Software Package Implementations, Featuring Sam Bayer

    17 December 2008: Sourcing Contracts, Featuring Sara Cullen


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    Cost Reduction Roadmap for IT, featuring Bob Benson

    An Agile Metrics Chat featuring Michael Mah

    Case Study: The Impact of Agile on Productivity at Five Companies featuring Michael Mah

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