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Information Systems Project Management—David Olson
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Information Systems Project Management—David Olson
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Information Systems Project Management—David Olson
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IS Control Problems
Lin & Hsieh (1995)
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Information Systems Project Management—David Olson
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Risk Management
Boehm (1989) top risk items
• Personnel shortfalls
• Dynamic requirements
• Externally provided components
• Real-time performance benchmark
• Development
incremental development, requirements scrubbing
• Unrealistic estimates multiple sources
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Information Systems Project Management—David Olson
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Control Devices
• Responsibility Assignment
– Chart activities with personnel
• identify what each is responsible for
• Budget
– variance analysis
– Earned Value
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Information Systems Project Management—David Olson
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Earned Value
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Information Systems Project Management—David Olson
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Information Systems Project Management—David Olson
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Information Systems Project Management—David Olson
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Work Authorization
upper management authorizes
project
↓
project manager authorizes
department work
via work orders
↓
functional managers authorize work
orders to sections
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Information Systems Project Management—David Olson
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Data Collection
upper management continues or
cans
↑
project manager adjusts to solve
problems
↑
work sections report progress
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Information Systems Project Management—David Olson
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Information Systems Project Management—David Olson
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Corrective Action
• identify WHEN ACTION NECESSARY
– how much variance is acceptable?
– rather than preset limits, ought to be constant
projection to completion
– is change worse than current?
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Information Systems Project Management—David Olson
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Information Systems Project Management—David Olson
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Impact of Changes
• cause grief
• the more the project completed,
the more difficult to change
• impact on project scope, cost,
schedule are major sources of
conflict
• may reduce changes & impact by
change review process
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Information Systems Project Management—David Olson
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Summary
• project control guides work toward
goals
• assess actual versus planned
• need data collection, information
dissemination
• focus on work package & cost
account
• use authorization process
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