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Why Do Projects Fail?

Why Do Projects Fail?. The main reason for project failure is that no-one prevented it failing! If you eliminate the possibility of failure, the only possibility you have left is success!!. Mike Ward, Gordian Enterprises Associate. Quotations.

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Why Do Projects Fail?

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  1. Why Do Projects Fail? The main reason for project failure is that no-one prevented it failing! If you eliminate the possibility of failure, the only possibility you have left is success!! Mike Ward, Gordian Enterprises Associate

  2. Quotations 31% of application development projects are cancelled, 53% cost 189 percent over their original estimates, and only one third of projects are completed on time and on budget Stephen Lynn (Projects at Work) Nov 2006 By 2010, 40 per cent of existing enterprise architecture programmes will be stopped due to poor execution Gartner The firm failed to ensure that adequate project management procedures were in place FSA January 2007

  3. Fact finding • Part 1: Divide • those who do, and those who don’t • Part 2: 5 minutes only • attributes for success • attributes for failure • Part 3: Present failure – 1 minute • Discussion around failure

  4. APM Group’s 10 reasons for failure

  5. Why, why, why, why, why? • Principle of 5 whys • Use an Ishikawa diagram (fishbone) • Start with a WBS, for example: Technical External Organisational Project Management People Process Technology Political Economic Social Technological Legal Environmental

  6. Recipe for success • Part 4 – Present success – 1 minute • Discussion around success • Now measure it • Group & sort success data • What is the characteristic of a successful project? • Choose five ingredients • Ignore risks at your peril • Identify who will benefit from the project • Appoint a champion • Get a good Project Manager • Identify “quick wins”

  7. Gartner’s 4 Questions • Is the enterprise architecture programme delivering what it said it would? • How mature is the enterprise architecture programme compared to best and common practices? • How does the enterprise architecture programme affect IT directly? • How does the enterprise architecture programme affect the business directly? • The enterprise architecture must: • Support business change • Focus on strong leadership and human behaviour • Include effective metrics

  8. Using Best Practice

  9. P3M3 • Released Feb 2006 • Based on OGC Best Practice and various Bodies of Knowledge • Some KPAs common to projects, programmes and portfolio • Each KPA includes • Goals • Approach • Deployment • Review • Perception • Measures

  10. Metrics Improvement Plan Appropriate KPAs Step 4How will you know? Baseline Assessment Step 3How will you get there? Step 2Where do you want to be? Use P3M3 to Improve Performance

  11. Good planning?

  12. What do we do in this space?

  13. Gordian Enterprises Limited If you would like more information then please contact Mike Ward or Kevin O’Sullivan Tel: 0845 402 5196 info@gordian-enterprises.com www.gordian-enterprises.com

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