It’s official now, and it’s time I announce it here: after two years at Microsoft I’ve decided to take the helm of my career and venture into the realm of independent consulting. Two days into it, and all I can say about it is: what have I been waiting for this long?
While at Microsoft, I [...] Read...
“Software projects are no different from other projects”.
This statement is being repeated over and over at project management courses and seminars, even endorsed in books.
It’s true that software (and ERP implementation, as a subset of software) projects have many traits in common with projects in other...
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According to Standish Group, top causes of failed IT project are these: lack of end-user engagement,
unclear specification,
changes in scope,
lack of management support,
lack of planning,
unrealistic and unclear goals. I haven’t seen too many failed Microsoft Dynamics NAV implementation projects, but...
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Feb 26, 2009
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Filed under: Implementation, Best practices, Project management, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Risk, Success, Failure, Project scope, Project, Planning, Standish Group
(A short rant about eye-contact-based specifications.) In short, there is no such things as an eye-contact-based specification. And for a reason.
While kicking-off of a project, we had a discussion with the customer about the change management approach, and specification detail. I was insisting on documenting...