success-measures Archive
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IT Project User Segmentation Strategy
Posted on July 27, 2010 | No CommentsDeploy user segmentation to develop strategies to drive adoption. The middle segment of users is the population needed to reach the tipping point towards project success. … … “Note that magic refers to the fact that what really differentiates success – that core region of... -
Project Managers Dig Deeper
Posted on September 17, 2009 | No CommentsProject managers perform the smell test on key measures of success and do not always accept the immediate answer without appropriate validation. Ultimately, the steering team is placing their trust in the project manager to execute on the plan, but also to understand the full... -
IT Branding
Posted on January 22, 2009 | No CommentsWhile substance (project execution, operating discipline) is important, cultivating a personal brand completes the picture of the successful CIO and IT organization. … … “the idea of the personal brand of a chief information officer (CIO) was viewed as being as important as project delivery... -
Beat the Market
Posted on December 17, 2008 | No CommentsYou can use the marketplace as a test of your IT organization’s efficiency and effectiveness. While you may not be world-class on every metric, it is useful to understand your benchmarks and decide where you want to excel, especially if that area of excellence is... -
Project ReBaseline
Posted on August 12, 2008 | No CommentsStatistics on IT projects are not flattering and may be obscured by manipulating baselines. Baselines on budget, schedule, effort, etc. are tools for assessing progress against plan. Re-baselining is appropriate for significant scope changes. For multi-year projects, it may be worthwhile to baseline and track... -
Product Development Best Practices
Posted on February 23, 2008 | No CommentsGuy Kawasaki on product development … keep it dicee. … -
PMO Success Metrics: Proceed With Caution
Posted on June 7, 2007 | No CommentsBased on Benjamin Disraeli’s well-known statement about the three types of lies, “lies, damned lies, and statistics,” Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin wrote an interesting article in Developer.com about the many faulty assumptions people make based on so-called statistics about PMOs. Cabanis-Brewin is editor-in-chief for PM Solutions’ Center... -
Project Forecasting and Uncertainty
Posted on May 8, 2007 | No CommentsYesterday, I posted about the need to focus on time remaining, using a driving analogy. The premise was that, if we were traveling from Philadelphia to New York and we were at the New Jersey Turnpike entrance (and assuming arriving on time is a critical... -
Project Forecasting: More Lessons from Driving
Posted on May 8, 2007 | No CommentsA while ago, I entered a post about the importance of staying tuned in, drawing an analogy to driving. Well, another driving analogy had occured to me, this time about the need to focus on remaining time. Let’s put it this way. If you’re driving... -
Project Success Measures: What Really Counts?
Posted on March 19, 2007 | No CommentsFinally, people are starting to say what I’ve been saying for some time. Often , the most telling measures of project success are qualitative, not quantitative. Consider this quote from an excellent article on PMI’s latest issue of PMP Passport: “Measures like on time, on...
