I recently read a case study for a small and growing business called UndergroundHipHop.com I obtained from Ivey Publishing. UndergroundHipHop.com is a company started by a college undergrad student in his dorm room. The company started out as a project of passion that lead to a large online community that all had interests in underground hip hop [...]
So you’ve thought of a great idea for a product or service and are ready to start actually implementing your strategy, but you soon realize you need funding to fully realize your goals. This is a point every business owner finds themselves in at one point or another. When someone is looking to fund there business, they [...]
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 [...]
