Showing posts with label Current Project Management Trends. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Current Project Management Trends. Show all posts

Saturday, May 10, 2008

The Big Picture: Current Project Management Trends (updated)


"There are some new numbers to back up the unfortunate reality that many projects simply don't deliver as expected. 49 percent of organizations have suffered from budget overruns on IT projects and 62 percent have experienced schedule delays"
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Tata Consultancy Services (TCS),


The study, which surveyed 800 organizations in the United States, Europe and Asia, also found that 47 percent of respondents have experienced higher-than-expected maintenance costs and 41 percent said IT projects failed to deliver the expected business value and ROI.

In short, IT projects are a chronic disappointment. --- baselinemag.com "8 Ways To Save Your Next Project"

http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Projects-Enterprise-Planning/8-Ways-To-Save-Your-Next-Project/


From a previous blog entry


Recent research by CA has shown that IT projects in the UK and Ireland go over budget with worrying regularity and great cost — one third of all IT projects exceed their budget, with one quarter overspending by more than 50pc. The main inhibitors of efficient project performance include inadequate planning, lack of visibility during development and failures in implementation.

Standish group's Chaos Report stated that 30% of all projects are finished on budget, on time, and on target.

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From a previous blog entry
Current trend of project management:

* 60% of all requirements for most projects are re-written. (Borland Intl, Construx.com);


Result:

* 1 out of every 4 projects never leave the starting line (Meta group);
* 30% of all projects are completed on time, on-budget and on target (Chaos Report);
* "Only 59% of our projects reach the market. In Europe only a meager 45% get shipped. ..." Jack Ganssle, Embedded.com (07.10.2006)


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Our Assessment:
Not everyone has an endless stream of money. ... There is a limitation for everything.

Sun Zi’s essay on strategy (and other Chinese strategic classics) highlights the point of how uncontrollable costs slow down the progress of a campaign. A protracted campaign usually create the feeling of anxiety and negativity within the organization or the team.

Beside the problem of mitigating risks and accelerating "time to market" delivery, most companies possess the same problem of minimizing project costs.

How Compass AE works
Our Compass AE process enables a project team to collaboratively use the Tangible Vision to build "top to bottom" connections between the goal, the objectives and the requirements. ...

Once they sees the “connections” from start to finish, the team connects to it.



@ the end, the Compass team completes their Tangible Vision on time, on budget and on target.

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... When a Compass team builds, connects and leads with their Tangible Vision, they collaborates regardless of the distance, the technology and the project culture.


If your company wants to reduce their project costs, mitigate their risks and accelerate the time to delivery, we have a strategic process that enables your team to do that.

You can contact us at service[aatt]collaboration360 [ddott]com.

We will be more than happy to tell you more about our Compass AE process and how it can help your company to operate efficiently while reducing costs.


Wednesday, March 12, 2008

A List of Current Project Management Trends


1 "Within three years, about two-thirds of U.S. professionals will be mobile workers. ..." - International Data Corporation 2002.
/// It is only a matter of time that most project teams will be operating from a virtual office. The question is ... how will these teams stay connected as a team? In terms of communications, tools connect them. Does it connects the team as a collaborative team?

2 "... In a recent survey of 124 financial executives, only 21% said they encouraged value-creating behaviors. ..."- Deloitte Dbriefs Webcast, Driving Enterprise Value, October 14, 2004
/// When building a Tangible Vision, the project team is encouraged to define the specific values.

3 "50% of all projects fail and a staggering 31.1% of projects will be canceled before they ever get completed. ..." - The Standish Group
/// This outcome happens when the teams lack a team collaborative process to connect with.

4 "Only 59% of all projects reach the market. In Europe only a meager 45% get shipped. ..." - Embedded Systems 07/2006.
/// From the Standish group report, 30% of all projects was completed on time, on-budget and on target

5. "The average cost of a Fortune 500 project range between $6-10 million before it goes over budget and over schedule. ..."- Baseline Magazine

6. "1 out of every 4 projects never get out of the starting line. ..." - Meta group
/// One in four implemented projects failed due to poor planning and an unwillingness to modify existing business practice.

7. "60% of all requirements for most projects are re-written. ..."- Construx
/// More than 60% of software projects in the U.S. failed, and poor requirements is one of the top 5 reasons.

8 "More than 50% of the project failures are due to reasons outside of the project. ..."
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Anonymous
/// The project implementors are so focused on daily tasks and activities, that they lose track of their strategic matters and long range goals.