White Papers

Best practiceAcando provides Thought Leadership on Project Management and related Topics. Selected white papers cover topics such as Project Failure, Risk Management and Project Metrics.

 

 

 

 


  • Project Success

    26/10/2012 10:38 - This research paper looks at what the key contributing factors to a successful project are and whether there are lessons we can learn from this to make our projects more successful.

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  • Only in Fairy Tales are Emperors Told that they are Naked

    18/05/2012 12:41 - Most organisations don’t do project governance. Instead conversations like this are heard up and down the corridors of our businesses: “I don’t care what the report says. I don’t care you’re going to deliver late with less functionality. Because that’s not going to happen. You will be on time, and it will work. Now stop wasting time in my office and go make it happen.”

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  • Requirements-driven Design

    18/05/2012 12:27 - This white paper describes an approach to Requirements Management which provides traceability throughout the project lifecycle, linking to requirements at each stage, and to the corresponding designs, as appropriate. Verification mechanisms are provided so that requirements and design decisions can be justified, and used to support proof of safety.

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  • Don't measure time and cost: how to build project metrics that drive project success

    16/05/2012 12:20 - The problem with metrics is that they assume a project is only successful when it is completed according to the initial schedule, budget and requirements and therefore anything else is a failure. But this is not true.

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  • Linking Key Risks to Requirements to Reduce Initial Design Effort

    16/05/2012 12:02 - This article describes how the close integration of risk management and requirements management can be used to advantage to link risks accurately via requirements to specific elements of design, thereby providing the capability to reduce the overall cost of designs.

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  • “What a waste of money” - IT Project Failure and how to avoid it

    16/05/2012 11:36 - This white paper examines the reasons why IT projects fail. The results of several studies are presented, and the trends for failure rates examined. A number of reasons for project failure are considered, and recommendations are made as to how project failure may be avoided.

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