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Part 1: Legal Project Management vs Legal Process Management – Is There...
We recently conducted a webinar on the “Legal Project Management vs Legal Process Management” debate and, I have to say, it was a well-attended event with great feedback–solid evidence that this is a...
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The Butterfly Effect and Managing Project Constraints
What does Project Management have to do with Ashton Kutcher’s time-traveling, past-changing movie from over a decade ago? Everything and nothing. We can take lessons from Mr. Kutcher’s Sci-Fi film and...
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The Complex Evolution of IT
I recently read a fantastic article titled “Understanding IT Complexity” by Chris Curran of CIO Dashboard. In it, Curran states: IT is stressing under the weight of applications, emerging tech, vendors...
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The Company Cocktail Party: How I Managed Social Navigation, Sore Feet, and...
A couple of weeks ago Kraft Kennedy held the second in its series of “Cocktails on the Terrace” nights, a party that included experts from Kraft Kennedy and Intralinks, a document collaboration...
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Part 2: Legal Project Management vs Legal Process Management – Is there...
Back in April, we hosted a webinar titled “Legal Project Management vs Legal Process Management,” in which we discussed the differences between the two terms. You can read the first part of the...
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What Happens When the Cloud Fails?
Customers of a major message hygiene vendor, including many law firms of all sizes, experienced an unexpected service outage recently. Affected firms were unable to send or receive email from the...
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Our Clients Are Asking About These 3 Preparations for 2016
The Top 3 Preparations Leading Firms are Making for 2016 1. Taking care of the security essentials. Don’t leave your firm vulnerable in 2016. End-of-life products are not supported by their vendors...
View ArticleAbove the Clouds
Everyone prefers to fly on a sunny day. It’s nice being able to see the roads and cars quickly transform into lines and dots below as soon as you take off. Eventually, urban areas become grids of...
View ArticleCase Study: Blank Rome’s Laptop/Tablet Rollout Boosts Efficiency and Morale
Kraft Kennedy recently assisted Blank Rome, the 1,100-user international law firm, with an innovative rollout that entailed a complete replacement of all desktop and laptops with Surface Pro 3 devices....
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5 Things I’ve Learned as Project Manager
1. You become the point person The first project I was ever put on required me to play a supportive role. I participated on calls, took notes, and supported the lead project managers. I didn’t have a...
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Microsoft Surface Pro Warranties Explained
Warranties can be confusing. Kraft Kennedy’s Purchasing Group has spent a lot of time navigating them for our clients. Below is a breakdown of a complex warranty system that we know well, that of the...
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Project Communication (and Herding Cats!) – Part 1
Have you been involved with a project and no one knows what’s going on? Is the right hand not talking to the left hand? Is everyone talking about what needs to be done, but nothing is getting done? Is...
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Project Communication (and Herding More Cats!) – Part 2
This is second part of a two-part blog series on Project Communication (and herding more cats!). In part one of the Project Communication series, we discussed examples of non-effective communication...
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Developing Awareness of Legal Process Management (LPM)
While legal project or process management is not overtly ‘new’ to the industry, it has been slow to formally catch on within the majority of firms. Many law firms, however, stand to benefit from...
View ArticleAn Inside Look at Tech Day, a Kraft Kennedy Conference
Last week Kraft Kennedy employees across the U.S. and U.K. gathered in-person and remotely at sessions with titles such as: Escape the Room: Breaking Out of Citrix Sessions Modern Perimeter Security...
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Legal IT Planning- March Madness Edition!
CIOs and CTOs feel the madness all the time, not just in March! They are constantly filling out brackets and giving priorities to the projects and investments they believe will result in the biggest...
View ArticleYou’re Going to Have to Upgrade to Windows 10 Before Buying Anything Else
CTO Marcus Bluestein writes about an important issue affecting firms in Legal IT Professionals: Microsoft is eager to get customers to Windows 10. Part of this campaign involved pushing the new system...
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6 Reasons Why the Move to Windows 10 is Unavoidable and Urgent
Microsoft is clearly eager to get its customers to Windows 10. Incentives to move to the new OS are piling up. Meanwhile, problems with running older versions are growing. 6 reasons why the move to...
View ArticleBreaking Up and Getting Closure: 5 Reasons Projects Stay Open (and How to...
The hardest phase of a project is often its most underappreciated. Proper project closeout could mean the difference between success and failure. Why should you endeavor to officially close out a...
View ArticleBusiness Continuity in Severe Weather
Whether it’s a natural disaster like Hurricane Harvey or interruptions to transportation, events that keep you from the office are bound to happen. It’s important for IT to make the proper preparations...
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