IT Management, Part II
Projects, Programs and Business Change
David McKean is a former CIO, having worked for several multi-national companies around the world, including AT&T ventures in Asia, UPC Nederland in Holland and C&W UK. He is now the managing director of IT Leaders Ltd, a leading provider of IT management training. He has worked alongside some...
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The Project, Program and Business change book in the IT Management series is a practical guide for senior managers who are looking to improve their success in delivering projects and realizing clear business benefits. The book is based on the experience of its author David McKean and the feedback from hundreds of delegates and IT Leaders network members, sharing best practice from the industry.
It is targeted for experienced managers who have probably been running projects from some time and are looking for something to take them to the next level. For this reason, the book only gives a cursory overview of the basics of project, program and business change management and instead focuses on higher level issues.
- Choose good projects (be careful what you ask for)
- Choose the right time to start
- Choose a good team
- Be clear on what is being delivered
- Create a high level architecture
- Develop strong project management skills
- Make them sweat the small stuff
- Keep a high level overview for yourself
- Tips for managing costs, contracts and suppliers
- Set up good project governance
- Communicate clearly to all parties
- Keep measuring value (SPRINT)
- The art of managing project portfolios
- Get ready early for the “go-live”
- Make the change “irreversible”
- The basic calculation – Problems vs. Risks?
- The Risk Register
- Assumption based risk analysis
- A smart way of visualizing risk profiles
- Quality based costing and Monte Carlo
- The special role that IT managers play in business change
- Success guidelines for business change
- The emotional side of (business) change (DREC)
- The importance of a good team
- International standards
- PRINCE2
- Project Management Institute
- Agile Development
- Take time to reflect
- Staying ahead