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9: The Change Planning Framework

by jed simms on April 1, 2008

Every project is a change project. Even the replacement of your IT infrastructure is a change project. One of the major shifts in thinking the Governance team should bring to a project is that it is a change project. That (…)

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2: The Value Equation

by jed simms on February 26, 2008

Benefits management is still a ‘hoped for’ element on most projects. Recent research found less than 30% of companies actually try to measure their projects’ benefits (yet getting the benefits is why projects are commissioned in the first place) One (…)

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1: The Infernal Project Triangle

by jed simms on February 26, 2008

Happy new year to all our VDM readers. We start this year with a series on “10 Critical Models for Governance Teams” – 10 key project dimensions you need to understand to be effective. We start with “The Infernal Triangle” (…)

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What do you do with an absent Sponsor?

by jed simms on February 25, 2008

Sponsors have a critical role on projects. Therefore, it follows, that if they are not participating in the project, there is an adverse impact on the project. Absentee Sponsors can be because they’re just too busy with more imperative demands (…)

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