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23rd May 2009 | Issue 4
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Industry Comment

Laptop theft

So how bad is it? Recent UK police figures show that over 34,000 laptops are reported stolen each year. This is almost 100 a day and only reflects those that are actually reported to the police.... Read Full Article

Analysis of $7.4B Oracle-Sun

Less than a month after it walked away from a $7 billion deal with IBM, Sun Microsystems says that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with database and enterprise software giant Oracle. Oracle will acquire Sun common stock for $9.50 per share in cash. The transaction is valued at approximately $7.4 billion, or $5.6 billion net of Sun's cash and debt. It's been approved by Sun's board of directors..... Read Full Article
In This Issue...

Introduction
Feature Article - Why use Agile methods?
Consultant Availability
This months download
Feedback from visitors

Introduction


Welcome to another newsletter from PSS-Europe.

June is going to be a busy period, with consultants working on Operations Support Systems projects at a telecom network operator and a number of consultants completing assignments and becoming available for new work. In addition PSS-Europe is supporting two new initiatives.

In the first initiative PSS-Europe has taken over the management of Responsa and will soon have an online demonstration of the application. When online the application will be available to all for testing and PSS-Europe will be asking for newsletter recipient participation.

The second initiative will be a new x-games/festival activity orientated brand, PSS-Europe will be supporting the design, research and marketing. Look out for the new designs on future newsletters.

Feature Article - Why use Agile methods?

Improved return on investment
This is the fundamental reason to use agile methods, and it's achieved in a number of different ways. In an agile project, the initial requirements are the baseline for ROI. If the project runs to completion with no changes, then the business will get the projected returns. However, by providing frequent opportunities for customer feedback, agile methods let customers steer the project incrementally, taking advantage of new insights or changed circumstances to build a better system and improve the ROI. Read Full Article
Consultant Availability


Tony Bessent
- Senior Programme/Project Manager

Tony has just completed a senior business director facing role with the NSPCC, developing the business case for a £2 million capex/opex based change programme. Helping to define how a MS Dynamics CRM /SharePoint solution would add benefits to the NSPCC and helping it to achieve a static position in this shrinking market and be better placed when the credit crunch is over.

A delivery focused Prince 2 programme/project manager, experienced in running multiple complex end to end life cycle projects in Infrastructure, Web/Software Development, BI and Change, combining business management & technical expertise. Tony has worked on assignments the BBC, Reed PSO, Fullers & Sons as well as entrepreneurial startup business like Responsa

More information on Tony's career.

To book Tony's time
Tom - 07789 994994 or E-Mail Project Services ___________________________________________________


Francesca Jones
- Senior Business Analyst

Francesca has over ten years of experience, gained in Corporate and Government sectors. She has strong business analysis and delivery management skills and is confident of working and conversing at all levels. She has full project lifecycle experience using standard industry tools and methodologies, including Enhanced Telecom Operations Map [eTOM], I.T Infrastructure Library (I.T.I.L.) and Prince 2 standards.

Francesca is a team player who is committed and focused and has an ability to think on her feet and outside the box to deliver a solution that aligns business capabilities to the technical capabilities.

More information on Francesca's career.

To book Francesca's time
Tom - 07789 994994 or E-Mail Project Services ___________________________________________________

Download of the Week

This month the download is a review and analysis of Agile software development methods... AGILE
Newsletter Feedback

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