Governance and Management of Enterprise Software Implementation
Being Agile will increase the likelihood of success.
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Please note that the content on this page is retired. This content is not maintained and may contain information or links that are out of date.Implementing enterprise software is a complex task and failure can significantly impact an organization:
- Projects go over budget and over schedule.
- Benefits realization does not happen.
- Users are resistant to change.
- Negative impact to morale.
Using Info-Tech’s approach will guide you in selecting the right level of governance:
- Identification of metrics that will drive success.
- Realization of benefits.
- On-time delivery.
- On-budget delivery.
- User satisfaction with new software.
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Module 1: Assess
The Purpose
- Explicitly define your business objectives.
- Identify the key stakeholders.
- Establish your success criteria.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Goals and objectives of the project.
- Table of key stakeholders.
- Key success metrics.
Activities: | Outputs: | |
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1.1 | Establish your starting point. |
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1.2 | Governance structure. |
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1.3 | Define your metrics. |
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Module 2: Prepare
The Purpose
- Establish your backlog of work and the teams performing the work.
- Test your selected methodology
Key Benefits Achieved
- A better understanding of the work, both short and long term, to complete prior to transitioning to operations.
- Stable teams that will perform better over the long term than temporary teams.
Activities: | Outputs: | |
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2.1 | Establish your backlog. |
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2.2 | Build your teams. |
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2.3 | Assess readiness. |
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Module 3: Govern and Course Correct
The Purpose
- Understand the need for a simple dashboard.
- Course correct with backlog grooming.
- Develop a transition checklist for the executive steering committee to use to determine when to transition to operation.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Team will complete requirements on a steady cadence with regular check-ins to determine if course correction is needed.
- Steering committee remains informed through the dashboard and ability to see progress in the iteration end demos.
Activities: | Outputs: | |
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3.1 | Govern and manage. |
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3.2 | Transition. |
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