Driving Solution Adoption after Project Go-Live

Are there parallels between project delivery / benefits realization and the behavior of the market under bear conditions. Contrarians begin to notice when to make an investment. And, eventually the herd turns and the market moves. Can we learn from this phenomenon and translate into the project space? ...

... "Researchers who study nonconformity, fads, even game theory, agree that in any declining market, investors will inevitably begin to bet against the behavior of the herd. Many of these initial contrarians may be working from their own analyses ... " ...

Via New York Times: How to Turn a Herd

Collaboration Services

IBM offers a set of services to help an enterprise take advantage of collaboration through social networking. The services include support of the adoption of these technologies to create value through expertise location and leverage. ...

... "Adoption - helps introduce collaborative and social networking technologies to an organization through online collaborative events such as company-wide collaborative events (based on IBM's Innovation Jams) or smaller departmental events. Provides social networking analysis, identifying patterns of interaction and the key topic experts and enablers within the organization. " ...

Via IBM: Services for Collaboration

Project Investments During Economic Uncertainty or Contraction

Here's some tips regarding investments during uncertain economic times. This quote makes sense in that ... there's quite a bit of effort necessary to adopt and sustain a new performance level after an IT project go-live. This period of stabilization, adoptions, and maturity is a worthwhile investment after the initial capital investment is made. ...

... "Real, long-term value comes from recognizing at the outset that growth, evolution and value-generation require sustained sponsorship, attention, maintenance and marketing. " ...

Via B-Eye: Smart Investment

Adoption Risks with Innovation Projects

Whether you are implementing a fundamental new innovation or providing a new way to do things, cultural adoption is a risk you can't overlook. Considering your change management strategy? Do you promote methods that drive addiction or use Frankenstein to your advantage? Read on for some insights. ...

... "Great innovations have foundered over human stubbornness. ... Resistance to technology is an omnipresent risk for every innovator. " ...

Via New York Times: Risk

Agile Tipped?

Have agile methods for software development tipped yet? And, the survey says ...

... "There are two interesting observations about these results. First, although the majority of organizations are applying agile techniques on projects of 10 or fewer people, many are, in fact, trying agile on larger projects. " ...

Via Dr. Dobb's Journal: Agile Survey Results

Strategic Execution

Should a role be dedicated to realizing the benefits of digitized business processes? Should this fall to the Chief Operating Officer, COO, if one exists? Ultimately, the role needs to drive adoption and ensure that business leaders are engaged. ...

... "Problems arise not so much from the technology as from the management challenges of driving the business-process changes once systems are in place. Installing and using companywide information-technology business processes requires cooperation and sharing of resources across businesses, regions and functions. " ...

Via WSJ: Role of SEO

Identify and Manage Stakeholders: Position Project For Success

Managing change well on IT projects includes understanding and planning for various stakeholder groups. Use techniques such as customer segmentation to manage communications and stakeholder involvement, as appropriate. ...

... "To deliver both high awareness and support, Everett said that managers should identify key stakeholders, define their current problems, and map how the functionality of a new IT system will improve on these aspects. " ...

Via ComputerWeekly: IT project