How to Save a Failing IT Project - Webinar By ITXpertPanel

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Deadline: October 08, 2012 | Date: October 09, 2012

Venue/Country: Online Training, U.S.A

Updated: 2012-09-14 18:07:28 (GMT+9)

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Classical project management tools were built assuming that projects execute well-defined, known steps. These tools often fail to predict problems when applied to complex software-based IT projects, because software development (or customization or integration) almost always requires engineering - adaptation and experimentation to find a workable fit to the problem. Such experimentation can't be adequately managed by PERT and Gantt charts alone. In addition to the classical tools, you need insight into how this engineering gets accomplished - or not - in the context of IT projects.

This webinar begins by reviewing the danger signs given in a previous webinar and, for each one of the signs, gives you some countermeasures you can implement. Some of these involve personnel changes, some involve process changes, and some require communicating more clearly. For each of the countermeasures, we'll look at how long it is likely to take and what the costs might be. Discussion will include the skills you need to implement these countermeasures.

The signs are grouped into the following categories:

Progress - or lack of it: Find better measures and milestones. Locate what is missing in the mission statement or requirements. Set achievable milestones.

Management - Communicate better about the goals. Generate more sponsor support. Deepen the team’s skills. Stop rewarding the wrong things.

Processes & tools - Bring in more automation tools. Measure the key performance indicators. Plot the trends.

Team dynamics - Assess the team’s attitude. Listen more. Compare what they say with what they write down.

Complexity - Break the project into smaller bites. Reduce the number of interfaces. Apply Agile methods and set short iterations.

We'll conclude with a review the three stages of project recovery:

Assessment - both top-down and bottom-up review and assessment

Prioritize - create action lists for management, team, and problem-solving super-team

Drive completion of the action list while measuring the results

Why should you attend: Project Managers and non-technical executives trust that standard project management tools will keep big IT projects under control. This trust is not warranted by experience! Designing, implementing and integrating major IT systems has numerous pitfalls that don’t appear, for example, in building construction.

Billions of dollars of project money is wasted every year when half-done projects are abandoned or are allowed to limp along without delivering adequate value. Being associated with one of these disasters tends to limit your career growth!

Famous failures include the Denver Airport baggage handling system (which caused delay in the opening of the new airport), and the FBI integrated case management system (which was abandoned after years of development).

When you see the handwriting on the wall - a project you're responsible for is heading for ? you need to take quick and decisive action. Drawing on over 30 years of experience managing development and consulting for clients, Dr. Levy will take you through the responses you can make to each failure indication, and help you evaluate the value, appropriateness and cost of each one.

Areas Covered in the Session

Introduction:

Review of the 10 signs of failure

What to do about lack of progress

Control scope creep

Shorten iterations

Correct the definition of "done"

Be sure everyone understands the objectives

Management:

Look at your own behavior

Find more support

Get more depth in the team

Processes & Tools:

Force automation through shorter iterations

Measure and plot a few key indicators

Team Dynamics:

Listen and assess the team

Lead with honesty and candor

Complexity:

Reduce scope

Reduce interfaces

Iterate faster on smaller pieces

Conclusion:

How to assess a team and its management

How to create a super-team and what they should do

What to put on the action list, and what to leave off

How to follow up without over-controlling

Who Will Benefit:

Project Manager; Program Manager; Program Director;

COO; VP-Operations; Director of Operations;

CIO; VP-Information Systems; Director of IT;

CFO; VP-Finance; Corporate Controller;

VP-HR; Director of HR;

CEO; President of Division; GM of Division;

Contact Detail

Price List:

Live : $245.00

Corporate live : $995.00

Recorded : $295.00

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