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Software as a Service (SaaS) has been gaining momentum slowly but surely for several years now. Many people are concerned that software as a service (SaaS) provides security and availability issues, and are concerned about putting their data on posted servers. This is of interest in the Project Management community, as SaaS is very appropriate for project management applications. Here’s a little perspective on that issue.

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It is good for project managers to learn persuasion techniques used in sales. It was discussed how you need to sell yourself first and your products or services second, and how using the person’s name effectively can go a long way to building rapport. This post extends our sales skills discussion to various ways to use language to communicate for results.

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The “devil is in the details” is one of the keys to success in contract management and contract negotiation. Project leaders and project teams will be able to most effectively communicate when they take the time to understand the details fo the contract. Only then will they be able to leverage their soft communication skills to execute on a contract successfully.

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I think the idea of building enterprise architectures is a great ideal. It relates very closely to the idea of project portfolio management – where multiple projects are coordinated as a hole for the benefit of the enterprise. Here are some of the ideas based on experience at the US Army. This topic is sure to be revisited!

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