Assured Failure: Five Mistakes that Guarantee Project Collapse
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ASSURED FAILUREFive Mistakes That Guarantee Project Collapse
WE’VE ALL BEEN HERE…
ASSURED FAILURE
WHAT IT CAN FEEL LIKE
ASSURED FAILURE
AGENDA
AGENDA
Lack of Stakeholde
r Alignment
Hero TimeEstimatesScope
Creep
Failure to Communica
teUndefined
Success
THE IRONTRIANGLE
ASSURED FAILURE
SCOPE CREEP
SCOPE CREEP
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
The Expansion or Changing of Project Goals While the Project is in Progress
SCOPE CREEP
THE SILENT KILLER
SCOPE CREEP
r
Clear Alignment of Project Goals “BE
ON THE SAME PAGE”
Strong Sponsor Support
“PROVIDE AIR COVER”
Exhaustive Requirements
Collection “MINIMIZE THE
MISSES”
Extensively Documented
Change Log “BE ABLE TO TELL THE STORY”
PROPERLY
MANAGED SCOPE
THE SILENT KILLER
LACK OF STAKEHOLDER ALIGNMENT
LACK OF STAKEHOLDER ALIGNMENT
Qantas, Australian Airline, 2005
Introduced the ‘Jetsmart’ Parts Management System
Cost $40 Million AUD
LACK OF STAKEHOLDER ALIGNMENT
IT TAKES A VILLAGE
LACK OF STAKEHOLDER ALIGNMENT
Lack of Business Goal
Knowledge
IT TAKES A VILLAGE
Unidentified Stakeholders
and Expectations
Lack of Clear Goals
Lack of Stakeholder Alignment
14HERO TIME ESTIMATES
YOU’RE NOT ONE OF THE AVENGERS
Police Chief Simon Overland Victoria Police Department,
Australia, 2005 Replace an 18 Year Old
Criminal Database System Cost = $100 Million AUD
HERO TIME ESTIMATES
HERO TIME ESTIMATES
HERO TIME ESTIMATES
YOU’RE NOT ONE OF THE AVENGERS
Project Cancellation
Not Meeting Deadlines
Poor Quality Deliverables
Failure to Properly Schedule
Project Plan
Inflexibility
Poor Resource
Management
JUNK IN JUNK OUT
FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE
FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE
FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE
Summer Olympics & G4S London, 2012 G4S Contracted with the
Olympic Games to Provide 10,000 Trained Security Personnel
Cost = $60 million
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
• Transparency • Confidence
• Managed Expectations
• Engaged Stakeholders
On the Same Page Trust Building
Tell The StoryPropels Engagement
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UNDEFINED SUCCESS
HOW TO KNOW YOU GOT TO WHERE YOU WERE GOING
British Home Office, 2012 Equip 41,000 British Police
Officers with Blackberry Devices
Projected Savings = 125 Million GBP
UNDEFINED SUCCESS
UNDEFINED SUCCESS
UNDEFINED SUCCESS
HOW TO KNOW YOU GOT TO WHERE
YOU WERE GOING
METRICS
• What is important?
BASELINE
• Where are we today?
WRAPPING IT UP
QUESTIONS
?THOUGHTS
!COMMENTS
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ASSURED FAILURES
