Other People's Projects Fail - NOT YOURS! (if you do these things)
Andrea Jones, MBA, PMP, Speaker
Founder | Investor | Speaker | Consultant | Asker of direct questions to clarify intent and help teams execute.
In this week's newsletter recap:
The 4 Reasons Companies’ Projects Fail and How Executagility? solves those pain points
?? The The Wall Street Journal published an article on Sept 7 called "Why Do Companies' IT projects fail so often?
Super compelling because this is a KNOWN pain point for any company that maintains any level of IT in-house.
Interestingly, the antidote the article offered was to distribute IT people throughout departments - effectively de-centralizing IT - so they would better understand what the internal customer really needed and keep the budget in that department's P&L, thereby aligning to the most important needs of that department.
I submit that in most non-enterprise level organizations, and even in enterprise to a degree; it is not cost-effective to do so. Check out our blog post to know more about this.
Does this “Agile” thing work outside of software?
Have you ever asked yourself the following questions:?
1. How can I make my teams more efficient and effective?
2. How can I create more capacity in my teams (without spending money)?
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3. How would I even know what my teams’ capacities are?
If someone suggested to you that Agile may help with this, would you respond with an additional question that runs something something like: "Does this “agile” thing work outside of software?" Read more in our blog post!
Why do Companies’ IT Projects Fail So Often?
The Wall Street Journal published an article called "Why do Companies' IT Departments Fail So Often?"
??One of the reasons was "...the priorities for the business unit aren’t necessarily what’s important to the IT department."The Wall Street Journal published an article called "Why do Companies' IT Departments Fail So Often?"
??One of the reasons was "...the priorities for the business unit aren’t necessarily what’s important to the IT department."
At AJC we have solved this problem. The FIRST step in our Executagility Model? is to PRIORITIZE based on impact to the business at the LEADERSHIP TEAM level.We can teach you how to do this on our blog post!
Why do companies' IT projects fail so often? Here's how we solve the problem!
Thank you for reading this week's newsletter! Feel free to share with your colleagues, friends, team members, and others in your network. Happy Monday, and have a terrific week!
-Andrea Jones & team
Executive Coach @ Vistage Worldwide, Inc. | MBA, Executive Leadership Development | "Enterprise" SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC) | Agile Marketing Strategist | CEO Advisory Group Facilitator
9 个月It's great to see The Wall Street Journal highlighting the persistent issue of IT project failures.?Their suggestion to decentralize IT for better alignment with department needs is intriguing but often impractical for non-enterprise organizations.?Your Executagility? model appears to offer a more feasible solution by prioritizing projects based on business impact at the leadership level.?