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Chapter 12:Project Management and Strategic

Planning

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Learning objectives

1. Project definition

2. Project management processes

3. Project management software

4. Success and failure

5. IS strategic planning

6. Human element

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Electronic medical records

• $3 million project fell behind

• Some physicians did not support

• Many projects struggle because of project

management

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Projects Processes

• Temporary• Own budgets and

timelines• Unique• Uncertain

• Repeated• Efficient and cost

effective• Streamlined and

predictable

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Update Figure

Projects vs. processes

Triple constraint

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• Initiating Monitoring

• Planning Closing• Executing

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Project managementprocesses

Initiating

• Ground work

• Project charter

• Kickoff meeting

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• Project

management plan

• Deliverables

• Work breakdown

structure

• Gantt chart

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Planning

Executing

• Coordinating efforts

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Monitoring

• Track progress

• Predecessors

• Critical path

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Closing

• End in orderly way

• Document lessons learned

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Role of project manager

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Project managementsoftware

• Managing time

• Managing people and resources

• Managing costs

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Why do projects fail?

• Lack of executive support

• Lack of stakeholder involvement

• Unclear requirements

• Scope creep

• Poor communications

• Escalation of commitment

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Success factors

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Strategic planning for IS

• Vision, principles, and policies

• Project portfolio management

• Disaster recovery

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Vision, principles,and policies

• Funding models

• Acceptable-use and security policies

• Enterprise architecture

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• Deciding which projects to pursue• Managing the portfolio

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Project portfoliomanagement

Disaster recoveryand business continuity

• Disaster recovery

• Business continuity

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Human element

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Summary

1. Project definition

2. Project management processes

3. Project management software

4. Success and failure

5. IS strategic planning

6. Human element

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• Leading research and advisory company• Hype cycle

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Gartner case

WestJet JetBlue

• Did not warn

customers• Did not reduce

volume• Migration glitches• Long waits

• Communicated with

customers• Backup site and

temporary agents• High marks from

observers

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JetBlue and WestJet case

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