Author Sieuwert van Otterloo
Dr. Sieuwert van Otterloo is a court-certified IT expert with interests in agile, security, software research and IT-contracts. He is a also an ISO 27001 and NEN 7510 auditor and AI researcher.
Successful outsourcing to Kiev: visiting Levi9 and Daxx
Kiev is a popular outsourcing location for software development, with many companies like Levi9 and Daxx that focus on the Dutch market. We visited both companies to see how outsourcing works in practice.
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Project risk management fundamentals
In this final chapter in our series on software project management, we have some advice on risk management. As a project manager of an IT project, you can avoid many risks by careful planning and good communication.
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The best books and articles on software project management
In this article have listed all resources we recommend to people that want to learn software project management. To make sure there is something interesting for all skills levels, we included both introductions and more advanced research. The list is created as part of our course in software project management at the VU University in…
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‘There are no IT projects’ – managing organisational change in IT projects
Many IT projects are not completed on time, on budget or fail to deliver much value to the end users. This is especially true for large IT projects, such as IT projects executed by national governments. One root cause of these problems is lack of management of the organisational non-IT aspects in these projects. We explain…
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Tips and tricks for creating a software project schedule
Every project plan should contain an overall project schedule. Stakeholders want to know when results are delivered, and people involved want to know when their activities are planned. There are some standard techniques for creating schedules. In this article we give practical advice for making a workable plan for any software project.
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