Category: Project Management

Businesses need to respond to a variety of factors on a constant basis to remain stable. However this can lead to a myopic vision that overlooks the operational and strategic while overlooking the future and in the worst cases completely ignoring it. One of the fall outs of this type of behavior is the difficulty or complete inability to implement enterprise change at a reasonable pace.

 

Ability to change has become a necessity given the ever evolving technology, organizations are experiencing the phenomena of having to run in order to stand still. Many smart companies are taking this challenge and using it as a competitive advantage by being able to change faster than their competitors.

 

Pace and effectiveness of enterprise change is often embedded during project design, analysis and inception. Enterprise projects are complex and complexity requires a holistic approach. Not addressing issues upfront will mean that projects reset mid flight or in the worst cases re-started due issues discovered later in the delivery life cycle.

 

Main reasons why businesses struggle with delivering technology solutions sustainably are:

• Lack of consistent problem and outcome definition upfront endorsed by all stakeholder groups.
• Design isn’t holistic leaving many stakeholders dissatisfied while some are completely ignored.
• Mismatch between project complexity and business maturity.
• Directional changes while the project is in flight.
• Lack of communication and stakeholder buy in.