In his post Cause of Death: Invalid Assumptions, my colleague Mark Moore observed that project risk management often excludes consideration of underlying assumptions on which…
What is Risk? Many people think about risk as the potential impact of an exogenous event, like a hurricane or an auto accident. However, it…
There have been several posts on LinkedIn recently about IT Steering Committees—what their charter is, what information they should have available and how they should…
OVERVIEW In the previous post, I discussed how employing accelerated delivery strategies, specifically generative software engineering, can reduce overall project risks. This post recounts the…
Mark Moore’s recent post entitled Corporate Cataracts focused on the need to match vision with strategy in order to achieve success at the enterprise level. …
How we design and implement systems and processes can play a large role in determining their usability. Poor usability can contribute to avoidable risks. This…
OVERVIEW Enterprise Architecture (EA) is a discipline focused on aligning an Enterprise’s execution capabilities with its strategy. In this article, I show how the EA…
OVERVIEW Generally, every effort is made to reduce risks in software development projects to ensure achieving functionality, time and cost goals. One common risk-mitigation practice…
OVERVIEW In the previous post, I discussed an approach to valuing projects using Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis. In this post, I will use the…
OVERVIEWIn the process of gaining approval for and initiating projects, many companies create a major risk of failure by committing to a scope, schedule and…