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		<title>Nearing the month of decision making!</title>
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August 28, 2009 &#8211; Mark Foster 
 
Well, here we are &#8211; ending the month of August with the weather still treating us very well indeed! September is right around the corner and already signs of vacations coming to an end are apparent. Business seems to be picking up a bit, as some of the companies I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fosterfirst.com/?p=687</link>
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		<title>The ROI of Project Portfolio Management Tools</title>
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July 31, 2009 &#8211; Mark Foster
I came across an interesting study on the cost effectiveness of PPM Tools. Forrester ( no relation &#8211; misspelled, or otherwise ) interviewed and surveyed 22 vendor and user companies to create a return on investment (ROI) model based on its Total Economic Impact analysis framework. Click below to download [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fosterfirst.com/?p=640</link>
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		<title>Ways to ensure your colleague&#8217;s/team&#8217;s participation in collaborative measures</title>
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July 22, 2009 &#8211; Mark Foster
In response to an email commenting on the challenges of gettting team participation in a collaborative management environment I replied with the following &#8211; then thought it would make great blog content.
&#8220;The keys to it I have found are, first a clear message from management that the site collection method [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fosterfirst.com/?p=615</link>
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		<title>“Even In The Quietest Moments!”</title>
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July 21, 2009 &#8211; Mark Foster 



 



 During the past several months as I have introduced new clients to collaborative management online, I have made a few interesting observations in terms of acceptance, implementation and reactions while they cope with the downturn in the economy!



 

1.  I have found many that companies regardless of size or industry/business sector, have been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fosterfirst.com/?p=607</link>
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		<title>Things are looking up!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Based on the amount of response I have received, in the last month, it looks like things are getting back on track &#8211; at least on the real etate development front. I have had a number of companies either respond to data submitted over the last few months &#8211; wanting to schedule a introduction to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fosterfirst.com/?p=593</link>
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		<title>Security &#8211; Information Leakage</title>
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Increasingly, businesses are becoming painfully aware that whilst there are plenty of outsiders who would like to steal some, if not all of their information (people’s views as to what is the good stuff vary rather), those with the greatest access, the insiders, are the biggest threat.
This is what is called, rather pleasantly, information leakage. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fosterfirst.com/?p=546</link>
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		<title>Your edge is the abundance of technology around you!</title>
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April 20, 2009 &#8211; With the amount of information available to you, consider that your only edge over your competition is your ability to learn it, integrate it and manage it! Your competition, the people that you start everyday in high pursuit of, are doing just that. It is the only way you can hope [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fosterfirst.com/?p=529</link>
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		<title>EPM Live update!</title>
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April 12, 2009 &#8211; FFS Clients - Later this month, EPM Live will release an update, to improve some of the existing features, plus add some exciting new ones! Stay tuned!
To arrange an online demo, to see the potential of a Site Collection for your own collaborative online management  - click here!
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		<link>http://www.fosterfirst.com/?p=488</link>
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		<title>March 24, 2007 &#8211; Harry S.Dent on CBC&#8217;s The Hour</title>
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It was a particularly interesting interview with Harry Dent last night - in case you did not happen to see it. If you have read and enjoyed Harry S. Dent&#8217;s economic projections in the past you might like to check out &#8211; The Dent Method 
 Are You Prepared for the Great Depression Ahead?
(Sounds nasty – but if [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fosterfirst.com/?p=467</link>
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		<title>March 23,2009 &#8211; Study shows huge costs savings&#8230;</title>
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According to a 2008 IDC study, organizations had huge cost savings when they implemented an end-to-end collaborative solution online:
•    Cost per project fell by 37%
•    Redundant projects dropped by 78%
•    Project failure rates decreased by 59%
•    Time-to-market for revenue generating initiatives dropped by 33%
In a Gantry Group study, key findings included “savings of 6.5% of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fosterfirst.com/?p=448</link>
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