Microsoft Office

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This paper provides a critical analysis of Alan MacCormack and Kerry Herman's "Microsoft Office 2000" (June 20, 2000), to profile the differences in project management in the different permutations of Microsoft Office, followed by a summary of the research in the conclusion. Several graphics are also included.

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"In July 1975, Bill Gates and Paul Allen started a company, originally known as Micro-Soft (the hyphen was removed later). At this time, the market for personal computers was in its infancy; however, Gates and Allen believed personal computers would play a key role in the future (Rosenbaum 1998). This ability to forecast the future has been a continuing theme in Microsoft's growth into the 21st century. Today, Microsoft is a leading developer of personal-computer software systems and applications. Microsoft also publishes books and multimedia titles and offers electronic mail services. The company has sales offices throughout the world but does virtually all of its research and development at its corporate headquarters in Redmond, Washington (Lazich 2000). Microsoft developed the operating system for the PC, the first personal computer sold by International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). Millions of copies of the Microsoft Disk Operating System (MS-DOS) were sold for use with IBM and IBM-compatible personal computers and the vast majority of PCs use Windows today. Since it is hard to argue with success, understanding how Microsoft has managed its product development can provide some useful insights and background for how and why the company continues to dominate the marketplace today. To this end, this paper will provide a critical analysis of Alan MacCormack and Kerry Herman's "Microsoft Office 2000" (June 20, 2000), to profile the differences in project management in the different permutations of Microsoft Office, followed by a summary of the research in the conclusion."

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