Manage Risk through Reuse

Cadbury plans to leverage its enterprise architecture on IT projects by reusing components across independent lines of business. ...

... "Cadbury Schweppes said the aims of the strategy were to improve the way IT delivers projects to the business, to reduce the risks associated with large roll-outs, and to enable the business to adapt more easily and quickly to change. " ...

Via ComputerWeekly: Cadbury Schweppes

Reduce MultiTasking

From the factory floor to the business IT projects comes good advice based on Goldratt's theory of constraints. Useful advice to increase project speed and increase turns. ...

... "The impact on project performance from reducing multi-tasking is profound. Without so many interruptions and delays on individual tasks the work flows much more quickly and smoothly. " ...

Via Theory of Constraints Blog: Multi-Tasking

Project Delivery Speed

Getting good at delivering project on-time? Try speeding them up and accelerating the time to value ... for a potential competitive differentiator. ...

... "It is cause for alarm then that so many of those surveyed deliver IT projects late. Companies who succeed in accelerating IT project and service delivery have an advantage, while those who do not suffer at the hand of the competition. " ...

Via SAP INFO: Project Speed

Mobile Computing for Engineering and Construction Projects

Groups partner to accelerate the integration of mobile computing into the engineering and construction industry. Mobility, instant access to information, and fast decision making can improve the efficiency and speed of the construction jobsite. ...

... "FIATECH and COMIT have already been working closely together on the Capital Projects Technology Roadmap Element #8 – Technology and Knowledge Enabled Workforce. COMIT has commissioned academic research into the cultural and human-centered factors related to mobile IT project implementation and will be publishing a final report on these findings in the fall of 2007. " ...

Via FIATech: Mobile IT in Construction

Late IT Projects Hurt

HP / Economist survey shows that late projects are prevalent and having negative business consequences. Speed of delivery is the key metric highlighted in the findings. ...

... "The survey showed that accelerating speed of delivery does not have to aversely affect quality or positive business results. When project overruns do occur the culprits are usually midstream changes to business priorities and poor coordination between IT and business managers. Better definition of business requirements, greater investment in IT process automation and more collaboration across IT functions are the primary solutions for accelerating time to delivery. " ...

Via HP: Global Survey Reveals Late IT Projects Linked to Lower Profits, Poor Business Outcomes

BT IT Project Model

One way to increase inventory turns is to decrease the lot-size in the supply chain space. For IT, reducing project size can have a similar effect. BT takes this approach to increase project throughput. ...

... "No IT project at BT is allowed to last more than 90 days. Mott says: If you can't deliver it in 90 days, then we're not doing it. So you need to pull teams together for 90 days, then a new team needs to form for the next project. " ...

Via Building: Agile Approach