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How to Manage Auditability (and other non-functional, non-technical requirements)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Consider the following attributes of a modern transaction processing system, whether located on a server in the corporate data center or delivered as Software-as-a-Service in the Cloud. This article first appeared in 2014 and has been lightly edited to update it. In many cases, advocacy must fall to the project manager.

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Public Infrastructure: Project Management as a Key Success Factor

Inloox

If this had been the case earlier, the building would have been completed in 2014 already. The costs, initially estimated at 190 million euros, have now risen to 332 million euros and are expected to keep increasing. During the extensive approval processes alone, inflation can already pose a threat to budget planning.

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The true value of change

The Lazy Project Manager

But again, it is a rough estimate that is needed for this exercise. And then select or identify the Cost/Impact ratio and the growth Value Add ratio – these really should be part of your business case approval process by the way. The same argument stands in this case if you struggle to identify that percentage mix.

2014 186
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Transport for London’s Signal Failure – £886m more than planned*

Ron Rosenhead

The broader economy will also suffer…. · TfL relied on Bombardier to provide an end-to-end solution. . · TfL’s external auditors, KPMG, conducted a lessons learned review that found that TfL’s procurement process was not well thought out. · TfL seemed to change its procurement process as it went along.

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Process Reduces Agility? Only on De Minimis Projects

Herding Cats

A popular toss off aphrase in some agile circles is process reduces agility. In this domain today, Agile processes are the basis of engineering those systems. IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW ACQUISITION PROCESS FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS. IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW ACQUISITION PROCESS FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS.

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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Managment Processes. Integrated Master Plan: The Foundation of Program Success , College of Performance Management, May 21, 2014. Making the Impossible Possible: Applying Heliotropic Abundance for creating Program and Project Management Processes. Using Technical Performance Measures to Inform Earned Value Management , IPM 2014.

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Part II: A Simplified Approach to Determine IT Project Complexity

PM Times

It will discuss why the Core IT Complexity model is a good approach for most IT organizations and why it is important to determine project complexity as an ongoing and integral part of the Change Management and Risk Management process. 2014; Lessard et al., Introduction. It can also indicate potential risks to existing projects.

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