CoffeeCAST – #57 – Welcome Back

After a very long hiatus, CoffeeCAST makes a triumphant return! In today’s episode, your intrepid host Stephen Hayward sits down with Project X Ltd. VP Ted Aslanidis for their inaugural CoffeeCAST in our new office. They discuss the challenges of moving into a new space before d

CoffeeCAST – #56 – Carbon Footprint Reporting

Welcome to the 56th CoffeeCAST with Stephen Hayward of Project X Ltd. Today I welcome Scott Boundy as guest moderator with Michael Ianni-Palarchio and me where we discuss the building of a Carbon Footprint Reporting application where we followed our RapidBI methodology. This is Scott&

CoffeeCAST – #55 – One Version of the Truth and Consulting

Welcome to the 55th CoffeeCAST with Stephen Hayward of Project X Ltd. It is a spring cleanup type of coffeecast where we want to talk about how to create efficiency in capturing unstructured project related information. I have asked Michael Ianni-Palarchio to join me today where we wi

CoffeeCAST – #54 – Process

 Welcome to the 54th CoffeeCAST with Stephen Hayward of Project X Ltd. I hope all is well with everyone.  I have asked Michael Ianni-Palarchio to join me today where we will be discussing: Misalignment between scope estimation and the truth Lowball Estimates and Change Request to deat

CoffeeCAST – #53 – BI Governance

Michael and I sat down after a great morning of review on lessons learned and wanted to quickly chat about Business Intelligence Governance. In today’s CoffeeCAST we talk about the main four areas of focus without going too deep on any one.  They are: BI Governance committee BI

CoffeeCAST – #52 – Consultant in the Middle

Welcome to the 52nd CoffeeCAST with Stephen Hayward of Project X Ltd. Happy New Year and we are back on the air as it were.  I have asked Graham to join me while we talk a little about: Consultant in the Middle / Readiness Master Data Management (MDM – IBM, Oracle and Teradata)

CoffeeCAST – #51 – Teradata Partners 2007 – Wednesday Part 2 and Thursday

Welcome to the 51st CoffeeCAST with Stephen Hayward of Project X Ltd. Live from Las Vegas. Hello again from Vegas – baby.  We are coming close to covering the end of a great week at the Teradata 2007 Partners event.  This is a recap of Part 2 of the Wednesday sessions along with

CoffeeCAST – #50 – Teradata Partners 2007 – Wednesday Part 1

Welcome to the 50th CoffeeCAST with Stephen Hayward of Project X Ltd. Live from Las Vegas. Hello again from Vegas – baby.  We are coming close to covering the end of a great week at the Teradata 2007 Partners event.  This is a recap of Part 1 of the Wednesday sessions. There wer

CoffeeCAST – #49 – Teradata Partners 2007 – Wednesday Closing General Session

Welcome to the 49th CoffeeCAST with Stephen Hayward of Project X Ltd. Live from Las Vegas. Hello again from Vegas – baby.  We are coming close to covering the end of a great week at the Teradata 2007 Partners event.  The closing session was great, Graham and I continue with some

CoffeeCAST – #48 – Teradata Partners 2007 – Tuesday Sessions

Welcome to the 48th CoffeeCAST with Stephen Hayward of Project X Ltd. Live from Las Vegas. Hello again from Vegas – baby.  It was the end of a great week at the Teradata 2007 Partners event and Graham and I continue on to discuss more of our thoughts on the conference. Tuesday w