Avoiding Project Disaster

Imagine you are in one of Titanic’s lifeboats just sighted by the rescue ship Carpathia. As you look back at the wreckage site, you wonder how such a disaster could have happened. What were the causes? How could things have gone so badly wrong? Why did she founder? No one had expected it.Titanic’s maiden voyage was a disaster waiting to happen as a result of the compromises made in the project that constructed the ship. This book explores how modern executives can take lessons from a nuts-and-bolts construction project like Titanic and use those lessons to ensure the right approach to developing online business solutions. Looking at this historical project as a model will prove to be incisive as it cuts away the layers of IT jargon and complexity.Avoiding Project Disaster is about delivering IT projects in a world where being on time and on budget is not enough. You also need to be online – up and running around the clock for the benefit of your customers and partners. This book will help you successfully maneuver through the ice floes of IT management in an industry with a notoriously high project failure rate.Read This Book to:• Improve the probability of success and mitigate the risk in your IT projects.• Deliver your goods and services in an environment of uncertainty.• Anticipate and mitigate online outages to save money, customer goodwill, and maybe your job.• Ensure your investments in individual IT projects, related to online operations, are well directed.• Run with the IT jargon wolves without being devoured.• Know what to measure and how to measure it.Target Audience:Avoiding Project Disaster is intended for readers who want to know about the delivery of online IT projects without drowning in IT complexities and jargon. It is designed to help CFOs and other C-level executives understand key IT project issues.