Posts Tagged "Project management"

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...

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...

                  Hey, it’s brutal out there. Work has become a 24/7 affair, emails are drowning us, restructuring with layoffs is common and companies are buying back their own stock instead of investing. Same thing goes for Projects. There are many factors why projects fail, here are a few fundamental reasons. The consulting firm sold the client an overly complex solution. Always best to...

I’ve worked on many major projects and here are the best lessons learned. Don’t budget so many projects in the New Year that you can’t deliver them. I worked at one pharmaceutical company and there were a limited amount of projects driven by a Project Officer and designed to fit the team’s work throughout the year. One project focused on streamlining the SAP Planning and Procurement exception messages. This one project contributed to...