Posts by Terry

When I was managing the Supply Chain Project team that consolidated the IT systems of 9 hospitals and 23,000 users, the first thing I asked for was to map out business processes.  This would provide all team members with an exact picture of business functionality and also make sure all the technical requirements were included as well. The main reason why IT projects fail are due to inadequate Business Process maps producing poor gap...

Methodology Use the method called Five Ws (WWWWWH) when you model business processes. This method uses organised questioning in order to collect necessary information to analyze and map business processes.   Question                     Sub questions                     Examples WHO? From whom, with whom, for whom Responsible,...

I learned about power and influence in the workplace years ago. I was a Senior Buyer at the time in a large Aerospace company, when all of a sudden I inherited a new boss (from the outside). He was about 8 years younger (around 28 years old) than I was.  The odd part was that my current boss was doing a great job, but he was basically forced out of his position (to make room for my new boss) and politely asked to take a leadership...

Managing a large scale IT Project or Program can be like being VP of Operations for a set time.  You are leading a team from various departments. You create project plans from Business cases to reach goals within a given budget and timeline. You are affecting multiple business Process, developing a comprehensive blueprint, testing solutions and finally implementing the solution in a Production Environment. In a nutshell, your...

I am currently looking for a contract as a Senior Project Manager. I was recently the IT Project Manager within a 400 million dollar Project and prior to that, at the highest level of consulting at IBM. I am incorporated and also have a second side business (I am experienced and very hardworking…see?).  You will see President and Founder now on my LinkedIn. How is my Job search going?  Job searching (or contract searching) is one of...