Surveys
and Reports by independent bodies
such as Gartner, META Group, Deloitte
Consulting, and both Cranfield and
Henley Schools of Management all confirm
that the reasons for project failure
do not lie in a basic misunderstanding
of the activities needed to ensure
project success.
Lack
of success results from the failure
to follow a more scientific approach
to the identification of strategic
needs, and a comprehensive mechanism
to manage the delivery of benefits
required from projects.
A
recent survey published by the British
Computer Society shows the most common
contributory factor that leads to
project failure is the failure to
define and manage project scope (81.6%).
Identifying
a positive Return on Investment (ROI)
is a common means of determining which
projects will be selected for approval
– yet if this is the sole criterion
for success why is it that so many
projects are deemed “failures” – some
spectacularly so?
Nobody
sets out to be one of the 81% of project failures. Nobody
sets out to be on the front page of Computing magazine.
The
Interchange assure
project needs and benefits analysis
module uses formal methods to ensure
that project scope has been determined
correctly; that it is aligned with
the key business drivers; and that
benefits have been properly quantified.
The
remaining assure
modules ensure that the benefits
identified are actually delivered!
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