Finding IT projects is not difficult in today's world, but making sure your company's IT resources are doing the right things is.
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1. Keeping your IT on track Michael Ksters
2. Make projects measurable 3. Value Business Benefit / Cost
Challenge Risk / Capability Realism Clarity / Urgency 4. Value Aim
for high value No value = No go Business Benefit / Cost 5.
Challenge Low Challenge, high success rate No risk, no fun Risk /
Capability 6. Realism Clarity / Urgency Keep it real Aim for the
sky 7. Classify your projects 8. Go binary low, moderate, fairly
high, very high project value. Has Value No Value 9. Redefine
Growth opportunity Clarify Go Do ! High Value ProjectsLowRealism
HighRealism Low Challenge High Challenge 10. SCRAP Candidate for
Training on the job SCRAP Good to burn idle time Low Value
ProjectsLowRealism HighRealism Low Challenge High Challenge 11.
Optimize your Project Backlog 12. Focus Scrap Kill Reject Po stpo
neNo case, no project You need it later - Well do it later Not
worth it Times have changed Minimizing your product backlog takes
courage! 13. A product backlog before optimization This isnt done
because of that We work on this, this, this, this And that Project
name Priority Focus SpringCore security plugin for user portal 1
Full Linux server security patch 1 High Ordering platform for ABC
product 1 High Create a blog for sales team 2 Medium Internal Wiki
3 Medium Internal chat tool 3 Medium Business report for ABC
product 3 Medium Product homepage for ABC product 3 Medium
Interface to tool XYZ 3 Low Install Jenkins 3 Low Many ongoing
projects reduce efficiency and cause delay. 14. Link value to time
Will it make a difference if the solution is delayed by 1 month?
Focus on stuff that cant wait If it can wait, Let it wait! 15. An
optimized project backlog Project name Mandatory? Value Realism
Challenge Priority Action Linux server security patch Y 1 Do
SpringCore security plugin for user portalY 1 Do Ordering platform
for ABC product N 1 Do Install Jenkins N 3 Do Create a blog for
sales team N 2 Postpone Internal Wiki N 3 Postpone Internal chat
tool N 3 Postpone Business report for ABC product N 3 Scrap Product
homepage for ABC product N 3 Scrap Interface to tool XYZ N 3 Scrap
Dont ask again. Never. Ever. Getting a few things done is better
than having many things not yet done. Well do that if nothing
better comes up. Later. Out of focus, out of mind Focus 16. Kill
projects 17. The Kill Projects arent people. Dont hesitate to kill
them. 18. Lingering projects Frustration The drag of undone. 19.
Kill Triggers Customer gone New assignments Technology changed
Release date exceeded Productivity decline Objectives changed 20.
Dont linger Kill Bury Move on What was good, what went wrong? 21.
Get things done Dont deliver big packages. Get pieces done. 22.
Visible Progress Tasks Every task, a few commits People Every
person, every day one task Stories Every couple of days, at least
one story Iteration Every iteration, at least a handful of stories
Releases Every release, significant new features Product Every 1-3
months, one release Is this happening? Permanent Sanity-Check 23.
Establish momentum Get things done Celebrate small victories Build
on what you have Make realistic promises - and keep them! Make
results visible 24. Keep time in mind 25. Constantly re-evaluate
Product value over time should increase Be wary if value deprecates
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