3. Husband & Wife
(Don’t worry love is there!)
Risk never sleeps,,, watch
your back!
“Anything that can go
wrong, will go wrong”
Murphy’s Law
4. Time
Cost
Information system
Maintainability
Reliability
Validity
Information - quality use
Quality
Benefits - Stakeholders
Benefits - Organisational
Improved efficiency
Improved effectiveness
Increased profits
Strategic goals
Organisational learning
Satisfied users
Social & Environmental Impact
Personal development
Contractors profits
Capital suppliers
Content project team
Economic impact on surrounding community
Source: R. Atkinson 1999, in Cammack, MSc, 2007
1999, Cammack,
7. Project definition:
Risk assessment:
What to do?
What are the
targets?
How can things go
wrong?
Business case:
Staffing and
organization
Why do it?
With whom to
do it?
8. Define the project
• What is the objective?
• What are prerequisites?
• What is the impact on
business processes?
• What are IT implications?
• What are key phases?
Check strategic
alignment
Specify project targets
• What is the company
• What are measurable and
strategy in related areas?
• Has the contribution of the
project to reaching
strategic targets been
defined?
verifiable business targets
of the project?
• When will they be
achieved?
9. Question
Check list
• Business problems/opportunities addressed
What is the overall objective
of the project?
by the initiative are identified?
• Business objectives are identified?
• Other alternatives are considered in terms of
costs, benefits, and risks?
• Dependencies on the other ongoing projects
What are the nuts and bolts
for project success?
are identified?
• Information/data requirements to support
the project are available?
• The project can be realized with existing
processes/IT applications?
• The project can be realized with existing
resources/skills?
• All processes related to the project have
What are project
implications on business
processes?
been considered?
• Change of the business processes has been
defined with sufficient detail?
• New business processes are realistic and
consistent?
10. Question
Check list
• Have all IT applications related to the project
What are project
implications for IT
infrastructure?
Is the project aligned with
overall strategy?
What are key phases of the
project?
been considered?
• Has the IT development been planned in
sufficient detail for all applications in
question?
• Have all the interfaces been considered?
• Has strategy in the related areas been
considered?
• Has the project’s contribution to reaching
strategic targets been defined?
• Is there an analysis phase (if required*)?
• Does the project have a clear end product?
11. To be discussed in small groups first, then in class plenum:
Remember the last project you have been involved in at your organization:
1. Go through the checklist and discuss how this project has been defined and
which areas have been missing:
- What was the overall objective of the project?
- What were prerequisites for the project success?
- What were expected project implications on business processes?
- What were project implications for IT infrastructure?
- Was the project aligned with overall strategy?
- What were key phases of the project?
2. if not, What was the reasons that created an unclear definition of your
project?
3. How could these reasons of unclear project definition be
addressed for future projects?
