at itec achieving it success through pm best practices
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Achieving IT Success Through Project Management
Best Practices
Jan SchillerVP, Project Management
Berkshire Consulting, [email protected]
Achieving IT Success: Defined?
• (more opportunities to ) Improve– key financial and nonfinancial corporate assets– top-and bottom-line performance; – cash flow and free up working capital.– turnover – profitability
• Reduce – capital appetite of the company; – total cost of ownership– Overall costs– Head count
Best Practice #1: Having Best Practices• Help everyone apply them effectively. • Keep It Simple • Distinguish between
– Project Management and Solution Delivery processes
– Standard and Rigor
Best Practice #2: Share and Grow• Capture, use and share experience. • Cooperate with one another.• Collaborate with each other.• Become culturally competent.• Exploit each other’s strengths.
"Corporations that embrace Knowledge Management for Project Management can expect productivity of application development increases of 40%."
(Murch, 2001)
Best Practice #3: Have Confidence• Get comfortable being uncomfortable. • Be curious. • Never assume. Know when you are
making an assumption.
Best Practice #4: No Corporate Craziness• Be ….
– open, – honest, and – timely ….with your communication.
Best Practice #5: Plan • Have a plan• Work the plan. • Track against the plan.• Never describe progress as a
percentage.
Best Practice #6: Prioritize• Have strategic objectives.• Prototype.• Act accordingly.• Review and screen regularly
Best Practice #7: Not All Projects Deserve to Live• Kill the project that is without clearly
understood: – requirements. – scope.– adequate resources.– sustained sponsor commitment and
involvement.
Your action items:• Understand your organization• Determine the best way to develop and
apply best practices. • Select and focus on one or two at a time• Rinse, and repeat.
What else should we explore?
What questions do you have?
What best practices would you like to share?
