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PROJECT MANAGEMENT N ot so long ago, project management was a relatively new concept floating around the legal IT world. The discipline has quickly evolved to become a critical component in many of our organizations. The 2010 Project Management Survey highlighted in this publication chronicles part of this journey. In This Issue 6 RETHINKING THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN LEGAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT by Pamela Woldow of Edge International Legal technologists can reposition themselves as essential contributors to the legal project management implementation process, valued for more than just possessing technical expertise that no one else in the firm has. This repositioning process will help legal technologists redefine what it means to be “indispensable” at their firms. 10 A ROLLOUT THAT NETTED GOOD RESULTS by Jennifer Potter of Fish & Richardson P.C. Fish & Richardson participated in the Office 2010 Early Adoption Program (EAP) with Microsoft in spring 2009 and was selected to participate in the Rapid Deployment Program (RDP) in November 2009. The RDP consisted of rolling out Office 2010 and, by choice, Windows 7 x64, to 10 percent of our firm by April 2010. Read about the award- winning project management strategy that led them to a successful rollout. 16 LEVERAGING PROJECT MANAGEMENT PHILOSOPHIES TO DELIVER A SUCCESSFUL BPM INITIATIVE by Laura LiVecchi of InOutsource Initiating a business process management (BPM) project can be a daunting undertaking, and many firms often underestimate the size and scope of such a project. However, using a structured project management approach provides you with a roadmap for success. 20 “PROJECT OF THE YEAR” AWARD an interview with Corey Wells of McInnes Cooper McInnes Cooper is the winner of ILTA’s 2010 Distinguished Peer Award for “Project of the Year.” Corey Wells, Communication Services Leader at McInnes, sat down with Kate Cain, Vice President of ILTA’s Professional Services Peer Group, to chat about the success of their unified messaging project. The articles you’ll find here are indicative of the myriad ways in which project management touches our world from process improvement initiatives to major software and hardware implementations to changing the way we look at managing the actual practice of law. Our contributors offer the benefits of their experiences in each of these areas along with sage 4 Project Management ILTA White Paper