Every now and then, I get brought in to trouble shoot a payments initiative gone awry. For the last week I was hunkered down in triage mode with a client team suffering from a derailed project. They were exhausted, drowning in user complaints, struggling to fix...
Overstock.com said it will restate its financial results for over five years due to problems stemming from its implementation of Oracle. Revisions to the company's 2003-2007 results probably will reduce revenue by $12.9 million and increase cumulative net loss...
A recent guest post by Mike Kavis at the IT Project Failures blog underscores that the reason IT projects fail has little to do with IT and everything to do with change management and leadership. Most large business transformation projects fail because IT leaders...
The Twitter debacle prompts this post on project turnarounds by Michael Krigsman at IT Project Failures. Among other things, he advises that project management and communications will be key to ensuring success in the end (but it will be painful along the way)....
Benchmarking is a critical first step in identifying opportunities for process improvement. Used correctly, benchmarking allows companies to compare their processes versus the best practices in their industry and develop a road map of how to adopt best practices...
Scott Berkun's excellent "The Art of Project Management" has been updated and released with a new title and cover. The same good stuff is inside - plus more! This is the only project management book I can recommend without reservation. Read all about...
I post often on the failure of IT projects and recommend specific project leadership and change management tips to salvage your key initiatives. Today Michael Krigsman, at ZDNet's IT Project Failures blog, highlights the critical role that training plays in...
Over at the Business Intelligence for Business People blog Tom Hudock considers the multitude of challenges that threaten projects and determines that leadership is the most critical factor in determining whether a project is successful or not. Excerpt:So what...
Sunday's New York Times features a lengthy discussion of the factors contributing to the spectacular failure of the government's $4 billion spy satellite program. The project was ultimately canceled in yet it is clear from the the various participants...
I am speaking next week in Portland, Oregon. It's one of my favorite topics: project management for finance professionals. Oregonians, email me if you want to meet up for coffee, etc. Driving process improvement within your finance organization - and...
