Of Lemons, Limes and Late Projects
Of Lemons, Limes and Late Projects: Program Management Skills There is a fascinating story showing how science can regress. In the late 1700s, the British Navy discovered that juice from…
Of Lemons, Limes and Late Projects: Program Management Skills There is a fascinating story showing how science can regress. In the late 1700s, the British Navy discovered that juice from…
Innovative CEOs and CFOs are turning to the fractional CIO to drive strategy, enterprise architecture and IT vendor management without the expense the typical high-powered CIO would incur. The ‘executive…
“How bad is it?”
When asked to assess or take over management of a project in full swing, you need to be able to quickly figure out whether a project is on track, or how far off track it is if not. A problematic project will be weak in one or more of the three pillars of a good project:
But before you can diagnose the problem, you need to determine if there is a problem to be diagnosed. There are a few basic steps to making that first assessment: (more…)
Switching ERP systems in a business is like transplanting all a person’s internal organs at once – and if you are going to take on that kind of pain, you might as well do it right. Three fundamental areas can determine success or failure of even the best managed program: where to set the functional edges; how to design the interfaces for the edges you set; and how to model your business objects in the software. In this post I’ll tackle interface design. (more…)
On a recent ERP project I was a part of, the team absolutely nailed issue management. It seems so simple, but can be the difference between a smashing success – that rare ERP project delivered on-time and on-budget; and the typical project – late, expensive and poorly received.