The processes needed to increase the probability of a project's success include: The cost estimates for the project and the basis of estimate for those costs. The customer wants to know how much the product or service will cost A Work Breakdown Structure describing the products and their components to be delivered...
Here’s a sobering prediction: A new study put out by The New Democratic Leadership Council predicts that American investment in research and development will experience its biggest decline in 30 years. R&D spending is expected to fall 2.4% in 2009- marking the third time in 30 years the nation has witnessed...
My recent post regarding Starbucks’ potentially damaging shift into the packaged coffee market (see it here), has got me thinking about such issues more generally. In particular, I have been contemplating a couple of prominent Aussie examples. The question is whether product or brand extensions, especially within...

