Good projects cause Tangible + Intangible Benefits Jump to long image description ©McGraw-Hill Education ©McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. Authorized only for instructor use in the classroom. No reproduction or further distribution permitted without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education. Hershey’s Case of an ERP rollout Hershey’s wanted to be a hi-volume mfg. & logistics Co. None at the top-level of Co. knew much about IT systems Seasonal/temporary storage for chocolates wasn’t logged in ERP A 3-month delay in phased implementation caused a pile-up The no. of modules to integrate were also a handful Lessons learnt: simulating, organizing dry runs of SW rollouts ©McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. Authorized only for instructor use in the classroom. No reproduction or further distribution permitted without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education. ©McGraw-Hill Education Feasibility Study: what did Hershey’s get wrong ? Jump to long image description ©McGraw-Hill Education ©McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. Authorized only for instructor use in the classroom. No reproduction or further distribution permitted without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education. Cost of Fixing Errors Later in the SDLC: more expensive it is to fix. Sometimes: logical errors cannot be found early. ©McGraw-Hill Education ©McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. Authorized only for instructor use in the classroom. No reproduction or further distribution permitted without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education. The Iron Triangle in _any_ project mgmt. task Project Management’s Interdependent Variables ©McGraw-Hill Education ©McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. Authorized only for instructor use in the classroom. No reproduction or further distribution permitted without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education. Requirements need to be SMART SMART criteria are useful reminders on how to ensure that the project has created understandable and measurable objectives ©McGraw-Hill Education ©McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. Authorized only for instructor use in the classroom. No reproduction or further distribution permitted without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education. Project Planning: Critical Path for slack Jump to long image description ©McGraw-Hill Education ©McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. Authorized only for instructor use in the classroom. No reproduction or further distribution permitted without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education. The Gantt Chart arising out of Critical Path Jump to long image description ©McGraw-Hill Education ©McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. Authorized only for instructor use in the classroom. No reproduction or further distribution permitted without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education. Backup: Outsourcing Models Jump to long image description ©McGraw-Hill Education ©McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. Authorized only for instructor use in the classroom. No reproduction or further distribution permitted without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education. Backup: the new pattern of SOA Service-oriented architecture (SOA) – A business-driven enterprise architecture that supports integrating a business as linked, repeatable activities, tasks, or services Jump to long image description ©McGraw-Hill Education ©McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. Authorized only for instructor use in the classroom. No reproduction or further distribution permitted without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
