...A. Miller Purpose The purpose of this paper is to offer and explore innovative strategies for building and sustaining digital initiatives at information organizations. Although the examples provided are based on case studies at an academic library, the practices are rooted in project management...

... support and maintenance contract with Follett. The new ILS would need robust (and improved) circulation, cataloging and serials functions while offering a customizable and clean search OPAC interface. Joshua M. Avery can be contacted at: javery@gbs.edu Project management Koha Open source...

... have. Project management Decision-making Pareto principle Systematic vs intuitive thinking In many organizations, one of the primary concerns with decision-making in teams is that decisions will constantly be revisited. In most cases, the quality of the decisions is not the driving...

...H. Frank Cervone Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the factors that can contribute to successful management of these issues by project managers. Frequently, projects involve significant change efforts. To achieve project success, project managers must have the skills...

... rules for communicating with their stakeholders. Design/methodology/approach – The approach of this paper is to provide a general overview of common themes in the project management literature related to communication within projects. Findings – While communication failures in projects...

...H. Frank Cervone Purpose Project managers must deal with organizational change in order to bring their projects to completion effectively. This article aims to outline the three major change models in organizations and discuss the benefits and drawbacks of each. Design/methodology/approach...

.... Additionally, an often overlooked aspect of project management is defining the assumptions and constraints (both internal and external) that will affect the environment of the project implementation. Originality/value Project managers who follow the recommendations and practices outlined in this article...

...Frederick Zarndt Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe basic and simple practices for technology project management. These practices are the ingredients for all successful software development and digitization projects. Design/methodology/approach Using project management best...

...H. Frank Cervone Purpose In this paper, the author aims to define common causes of resistance to organizational change and describe several tactics project managers can use to overcome some of these causes. Design/methodology/approach Using theory and example from other management studies...

...H. Frank Cervone Purpose This paper seeks to define and describe agile project management using the Scrum methodology as a method for more effectively managing and completing projects. Design/methodology/approach This paper provides a general overview and introduction to the concepts of agile...

..., system managers should not overlook the potential for security problems and management problems given the outsourced nature of the computing resources. Originality/value The paper fills a gap in the digital library project management literature by providing an overview of the server virtualization...

...Bradford Lee Eden; H. Frank Cervone Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe how cost benefit analysis can be used as a tool for financial‐based decision making in digital library project management. Design/methodology/approach Using theory and example, the author discusses the use...

... Decision trees Digital libraries Project management Project planning In this series, we have been focusing on techniques digital library project managers can use to prioritize action items, options, and decisions within a project. So far, we have explored Pareto analysis (Cervone, 2009a...

... and preparing fragile materials for scanning. In another instance, a NDL microfilming and reformatting expert participated in discussions about what type of images and microfilm to produce. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Project management Collections management Digital libraries...

... diverse; for these reasons, individual members are divided into eight working groups with different tasks. List of partners: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Project management National libraries Czech Republic TELplus is one of many projects closely connected...

... techniques, PMA can help a team understand the relationship of multiple issues within a project as well as the individual perspectives project team members and the user community bring to the issues at hand. Originality/value This paper fills a gap in the digital library project management literature...

.... Originality/value This study provides insight into how to overcome the difficulties of working collaboratively on projects across different countries and cultures. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Project management International cooperation Character recognition Newspapers...

... analysis to the successful prioritization of competing demands in digital library projects. Findings Paired comparison analysis is useful to project managers and project teams alike as a means for prioritizing the issues, factors, and courses of action within a single project or among multiple projects...

... of Pareto analysis to the successful completion of a digital library project. Findings Pareto analysis is useful to project managers and project teams alike as a means for identifying, prioritizing and addressing the factors that have the most impact in a digital library project. It is particularly...

... team with negative behaviors often leading to project managers being labeled as “clueless.” By being aware of the implications and impact of behaviors that can be viewed negatively, the project leader can avoid engaging in those behaviors and be more effective in their role. Originality/value...