Let’s take a look at how to value an organization. We’ll take the following company as an example: Wide-Comm Wireless provides wireless broadband service using Wi-Max, a largely unproven technology, on a wide scale. As expected the company lost money it’s first few years as it built it’s infrastructure. It does not expect to reach [...]
Some companies that may look profitable based on their cash on hand actually require a deeper look. Absolute Software (http://www.absolute.com/) is a company that makes software that tracks computers when they get lost or stolen. The company works with partners such as Dell to provide it’s services to end users. The company charges $100 per [...]
I have very limited experience with financial management. Most of what I know is self-taught from dealing with budgets, trying to follow conversations between people in accounting departments, and general life experience. Most of my knowledge actually comes from watching Jim Cramer, host of the TV show Mad Money on CNBC. In his books he [...]
I came across an interesting topic while reading “Trading and Exchanges”, by Larry Harris. It dealt with shifting cash flows in time. I personally love learning of new topics, and this definitely was a paradigm shifter for me. I decided to dig a bit deeper to see what else I could learn about the topic. [...]
I think one of the most challenging aspects of portfolio project management (PPM) is actually implementing a PPM system. In my experience, changing the culture of an organization that is used to ad hoc project selection/project management requires a significant ROI, and even then may not be implemented because management is not comfortable with such [...]
Project management can be a difficult enough endeavor, but managing a multi-cultural project team can add additional differences as well. It’s important to remember that not all of the differences that arise are negative. The three main differences are: Team member motivation (Anbari 2010) Communication style Heterogeneous idea generation Team Member Motivation According to Geert [...]
My current company manufactures hardware and develops software that assists Athletic Trainers perform their job duties. They have numerous projects that run concurrently to design and develop new hardware and software revisions. Every fiscal year management develops a list of key strategic goals that will improve the company over the next year. Each proposed project [...]
