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Project Management Methodology for IT Operations?

Posted by Cliff on from the transcending-the-programmer's-cubicle dept.

sleeperservice asks: "There are a multitude of books, tools, and educational programs that deal with managing development projects. Whether you subscribe to IBM's Rational Unified Process or maybe SEI's Capability Maturity Model, whether you read Tom DeMarco's Peopleware or possibly Brooks' Mythical Man Month, there's something out there for you. However, most of these deal with projects that have a heavy amount of development, often new development associated with them. What about the folks in Operations? Let's say you need to upgrade your Oracle-based data management system for 1000 non-technical users? Or maybe you need to migrate your enterprise off of Outlook/Exchange and onto an alternative? What pointers are out there that Slashdot readers have used in such situations?"

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  1. Tip. by Primal_theory · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Don't use windows!

    wise words in any situation!

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  2. +11 Insightful! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Windows sucks, you see.

  3. Unabashed Commercial by jimijon · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Well, as the developer of a Portfolio Intelligence product I think our solution is perfect. It is simple, flexible, and really has a nice built in methodology to manage the complete lifecylce of requests, pipeline, project, and finally measurement. It is also a nice inexpensive subscription based system. You can check out the corporate site at: www.3olivesolutions.com Cheers

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    1. Re:Unabashed Commercial by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      It may be a plug... But it was not offtopic. It doesn't deserve a +5, but it did not deserve the -1.

  4. IT Methodology? by ScrewMaster · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Mythology" more likely.

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  5. Methodology == "Study of Methods" by jackstack · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I know this is off topic, but.. "Methodology" is a pretentious way of saying "method". Literally translated means "study of methods" which is rarely what is intended. I hear it used all the time by intelligent people, but if you stop and think about it for a second, it really is pretty silly.

  6. Re:What about managing customers? by itwerx · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    WTF?!? When did this Slashcode change get implemented?!?

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    Re:What about managing customers? (Score:1)
    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 26, @10:38AM (#11788183)