Project Management News: Here Are the Must Reads for This Week
Construction Industry
ANALYSIS
How Silicon Valley is Cracking the Construction Code
WIRED · Nov. 23, 2017
SILICON VALLEY’S LATEST axiom: Move fast and build things. VC firms expect to invest $375 million in construction tech this year—a 420 percent increase from 2014. “It’s one of the last massive industries to be disrupted,” says Darren Bechtel, founder… READ MORE
NEWS
Tendering begins for kl singapore high speed project management contract
railjournal.com · Nov. 23, 2017
MALAYSIA High-Speed Rail Corporation (MyHSR) published a tender notice on November 22 for a Project Delivery Partner (PDP) to support the planning and delivery of civil infrastructure works on the Malaysian section of the Kuala Lumpur – Singapore hig… READ MORE
Energy Industry
NEWS
Australian Government Grants $8 Million for Blockchain Energy Pilot
CoinDesk · Nov. 20, 2017
The Australian government has announced that it will provide over AU$8 million (around US$6 million) in grants for a blockchain-powered smart utilities project. The funding will see a grant of AU$2.57 million go directly to the project, which will b… READ MORE
ICT industry
ANALYSIS
Project Management Part 3: Burning Money, Brain Power and Morale To Make Your Game
Gamasutra · Nov. 21, 2017
This is part three in a series of blog posts about how to work smarter, not harder, on your game! I previously wrote about how to use the iterative ABC-recipe to make your game, and why you absolutely should not crunch when you make games. This time… READ MORE
Manufacturing
ANALYSIS
Trends and innovations in Industrial IoT
Manufacturer.com · Nov. 176, 2017
Cambashi, an international industry analyst company based in Cambridge, has just completed a research project into the industrial application of the Internet of Things to establish the market’s structure and direction. In the sixth and final article… READ MORE
Project Management Best Practices
ANALYSIS
How to build a layered security model into the project management process
TechRepublic · Nov. 16, 2017
In a recent Global Economic Crime Survey, PwC revealed cybercrime, ethics, compliance issues, and money laundering are key areas of economic theft, making financial institutions high-risk targets. Within these institutions, project managers and their… READ MORE
NEWS
Universal credit boss wins ‘project management’ award despite evidence that claimants are plunged into hardship
The Independent · Nov. 22, 2017
Critics of the troubled universal credit shake-up have reacted with disbelief after its boss won a “project management” award. Neil Couling, the Department for Work and Pensions official in charge of the programme, was hailed for “a significant cont… READ MORE
Project Management Tools
NEWS
Pareto Launches All-in-One CRM and Project Management Software
NB Herard · Nov. 22, 2017
Pareto CRM, a European-based technology company that offers cloud-based CRM and project management software, announced today that they have launched a new software that will disrupt the project management and CRM space. Also called Pareto CRM, this s… READ MORE
NEWS
Zoho Looks To Tap Digital Agencies With New Edition Of Zoho Social
Inc42 Media · Nov. 22, 2017
In a bid to bring digital agencies under its cover, Zoho has announced that its social media marketing tool Zoho Social is now available in a special edition for them. Zoho Social for Agencies will enable digital agencies to manage social media accou… READ MORE
LISTICLE
The 5 Biggest Project Management Trends Shaping 2018
Business 2 Community · Nov. 22, 2017
Normally I start off these project management trends pieces with a celebration of what I got right the year prior (all my insights for 2015, 2016, and 2017 are still available), but 2018 is going to be different. What’s special about 2018 is not that… READ MORE