Risk
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Sure Step in action: business process change
Service Providers (or colloquially partners) often refrain from undertaking organization or process changes during implementation projects of Microsoft…
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Sure Step in action: a blurry Degree of Fit?
Sometimes the Degree of Fit might seem like comparing apples and oranges. With 90 extremely detailed fits, and 10 high-level gaps, the degree of fit seems…
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Sure Step in action: more about Fit Gap Analysis
Fit Gap Analysis is one of the core activities of the Sure Step. It’s in fact so important that on most projects this activity should be done twice: the first…
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Do you need contingency reserve?
If projects were completely predictable, there would be no need for risk management. Everything could be planned and executed according to plan. However, we…
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Is an ERP implementation project just a project?
“Software projects are no different from other projects”. This statement is being repeated over and over at project management courses and seminars, even…
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How to prevent failure: project education
According to Standish Group, top causes of failed IT project are these: lack of end-user engagement, unclear specification, changes in scope, lack of…
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The value of Degree of Fit: understanding risks
The degree of fit is an important indicator of your project’s alignment with the standard functionality. After you determine the degree of fit, and understand…
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Sure Step in action: Degree of Fit
I’d like to have a BMW X6. A fantastic car. Only, I’d like it to be convertible, because I love the feel of wind in my hair while driving into summer sunset. I…
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Business case – do I eat it or?
It’s a well known fact that IT projects fail every so often. Standish Group has been researching the success and failure factors of IT projects for a decade…