Live Webinar January 18th, 2011 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI IS CoP (REP #S010 )
Presented by: Todd C Williams and eCameron Inc (@eCamInc)

At the end of the webinar, attendees will understand the benefits of and methods for fostering early stakeholder involvement and methods measure and maintain alignment. This advanced webinar conveys techniques that executives and PMO managers can implement.

With the current rate of IT project failures, estimated anywhere from 40% to 70%, improving project success rates must be one of every project manager’s primary goals.

There are no silver bullets….

Therefore, reversing the tide of project failure entails more than applying process. Process only addresses a small fraction of the problems plaguing our projects. A major missing component is a thorough comprehension of the project’s value to the customer. This is exacerbated by the standard organizational structure placing IT in an isolated silo away from the business.

Dismantling the walls between IT and the business is a responsibility far from the reach of any given project, but is single area where the most benefit can be seen.

It requires using a number of techniques, learned while recovering red projects, to improve the chances of their success. It requires using the concept of Guidance Teams, quantitatively measuring stakeholder alignment for portfolios long before the project is started. These techniques get the project delivery people involved with the project during the customer’s inception.

This presentation covers:

• The concept and responsibilities of a Guidance Team.
• Involving the delivery team at the customer’s project inception.
• Measuring and maintaining stakeholder expectations from inception through delivery.
• Simple tricks to improve communication with the project team.
• Defining the proper methodology for the project.

The focus is customer and stakeholder relationship. By creating and maintaining alignment at a point long before the project actually starts, greatly improves the chances for success.

Todd C. Williams, PMP (LinkedIn profile) is a professional audit and turn-around specialist in IT and manufacturing, and author of the bestseller Rescue the Problem Project: A Complete Guide to Identifying, Preventing, and Recovering from Project Failure. Todd is a speaker, blogger, helping mature companies & start-ups alike.

Project failure is prevalent in all projects. Todd’s Back From Red TM blog addresses the reasons for project failure along with methods to avert and correct the problems that cause the failure. Follow him on Twitter @backFromRed and read his blog. I highly recommend following his work – EdmontonPM

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Doing it right the first time

About eCameron Inc: eCameron is a management consulting firm specializing in projectand organizationset-up, turn-around and recovery services. Excelling in methodologies forrescuingtroubled ‘red’ Projects, they provide senior-level professionals to analyze issues and deficiencies, suggest corrections, and assist with personnel reassignment. eCameron has the personnel and experience to create plans for major acquisitions, restructuring organizations or turn-around and can prevent ‘red’ projects before they happen. They implement changes to get your organizationsand projects on track. See the ECameron Events Calendar for their latest session information.

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