Benefits realisation is about more than just project delivery 0

Posted on 19, October 2011

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Too often we see projects delivered months or years after initiation with no rigour around ensuring that the project achieves what it set out to. As project teams focus more and more on delivery, the recognition of benefit becomes “did we implement it?” rather than “does it deliver the value we had wanted?” A business case should be a living document. Benefits need to be defined in the early days of the project and, on an on-going basis, the likelihood of delivering the benefits should be assessed. PRINCE2® advocates this is done as part of each stage review. More importantly, [&hellip

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Successful change is about the who, rather than the what, why or how 0

Posted on 19, October 2011

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A change that meets 80% of requirements, but is 100% embedded in the business will deliver more benefit than a change that meets 100% of requirements, but is not embedded in the business. In order to embed the change, stakeholders need to feel a sense of engagement from its inception all the way through to delivery. While the message and the way it’s communicated are important, if stakeholders are neglected during the change implementation, they will feel disconnected, less engaged and potentially hostile. Proactively involving stakeholders throughout the change journey will enable the organisation to build a case for change [&hellip

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Business Analysts make the best Project Managers 0

Posted on 19, October 2011

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Too often, project managers talk about how a delayed deliverable affects a Gantt chart or a projectplan. The leap from project administration to project management comes with an ability to understandhow change affects the ability to deliver the benefits promised rather than merely raising exceptions tomanage budget, scope or resource. It is our experience that business analysts are often best placed toinform this type of decision making and therefore play this role more effectively. Business Analysts make the best Project Managers from BSG (UK)

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Agile projects cannot be successful without business analysts 1

Posted on 19, October 2011

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It is a myth that Agile projects are not requirements driven. The Agile Manifesto is all about bringing business and technology closer through creating a co-located single team environment where requirements can be tested with limited overhead. This does not negate the need to wrap the project with structured requirements or the reality that enterprise systems live well beyond the project teams that deploy them. Agile projects cannot be successful without Business Analysts from BSG (UK)

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