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SHARPENING THE PENCIL ON
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Lynette van Reenen
PROJECT MANAGER’S SAY WHAT?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBr3MM9_zd4
IT PROGRAMMES ARE NOW SO LARGE AND COMPLEX IT CAN BRING
WHOLE COMPANIES DOWN
• Design finished in 2001 – difference in development software
• More than 12 months delay to market; 26% drop in share price
• Resignation of Noel Forgard
• Lord Chancellor’s Department
• Courts computer system • 328% over budget • 167m USD
• Implementation of an ERP system
• Cost more than $5 billion, 7 years to implement
• Project crashed and burned
HIGH FAILURE RATE OF IT PROJECTS
Only 40% of projects meet
schedule, budget and
quality goals - IBM
65-85% of IT projects fail to meet
their objectives – Portland Business
Journal
70% of organizations have suffered at least
one project failure in the prior 12 months - KPMG
50% of projects fail to
consistently achieve what
they set out to achieve - KPMG
Failure rate of large implementation are 50% higher than small to mid size
projects - Gartner
Only 40% of projects meet
schedule, budget and
quality goals - IBM
METHOD
Project Integration
Management
Project Scope Management
Project Time Management
Project Cost Management
Project Quality
Management
Project Human
Resource Management
Project Risk Management
Project Procurement Management
Project Stakeholder
Management
LESSONS LEARNT FROM LARGE IT
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATIONS
• Project Scope Management – Requirements
– Tools / Technology
– Complexity
• Project Time Management – Estimates / Scheduling
• Project Human Resource Management – Staffing
• Project Integration Management – Plans and Controls
LESSONS LEARNT FROM LARGE IT
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATIONS
• Project Risk Management – Identify vs. Manage
• Project Stakeholder Management – Lack of direction
– Lack of commitment
– Lack of ownership
• Project Cost Management – No cost targets
– No cost measures
– Costing of changes
INTERESTING READING
http://pragdave.me/blog/2014/03/04/time-to-
kill-agile/