risk-management Archive
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8 Ways to Save Your Next IT Project
Posted on April 17, 2011 | No CommentsIT project performance continue to disappoint organizations everywhere. This article offers 8 tips for IT leaders and Project Managers to improve their chances of success. -
CIO Perspective on IT Project Management
Posted on June 20, 2009 | No Comments -
Scalable Project Discipline
Posted on May 14, 2009 | 2 CommentsShould we classify projects by size and scale project discipline using size (cost / effort) as the meter for project discipline? I’ve seen that more often, since investment size (cost / effort) at risk warrants discipline to improve likelihood of success. But how about situations... -
Project Risk Transparency
Posted on April 23, 2009 | No CommentsTransparency to projects and the types of risks they may or are encountering can build credibility with business stakeholders. Watch out for the most-frequently occurring for IT projects: cultural / organizational risks where managing the change is the key mitigation. … … “Gliedman breaks down... -
Goal Setting
Posted on January 28, 2009 | No CommentsSetting your annual goals and objectives? Consider fail fast, fail cheap. Is failure your goal? Go ahead. Take some risk. … … “It’s not stupid to have a stated goal of starting several ventures that will fail, or asking three stupid questions a week …... -
Risk Management is a Strength
Posted on January 13, 2009 | No CommentsWhether buying stocks or investing in projects, risks must be understood, accepted, and mitigated. However, no matter how many controls are in place, some risks (see below) are impossible to see. … … “Addressing risk, even in companies and stocks we like, is not a... -
Risk Analysis for Projects
Posted on November 29, 2008 | No Comments -
Project Quality Assessment
Posted on November 28, 2008 | No CommentsAn enterprise can assess its own quality and remain objective. There’s thinking to the contrary. … … “Some quality functions within such organisations are genuinely trying to promote good practice. However, this is rare, in my experience. ” … Via ComputerWeekly: Regulations for IT -
Project Benefits Realization with Compensation Escrow
Posted on November 16, 2008 | No CommentsThere’s no doubt that Wall Street risk, returns, and accountability got out of whack. Since most investments, whether IT or other, are founded on the principle of ROI, how about using this escrow account / variable compensation approach until project benefits are realized ? …... -
Project Strike Force
Posted on November 14, 2008 | No CommentsProposed bill will legislate identification and remediation of risky federal IT projects using a strike force. … … “S. 3384 also would establish an IT Strike Force (a group of information technology experts) overseen by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to respond to...
