It’s how you get credit for your strategic
value creation achievements!
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It provides a mechanism for accountability that
will increase the likelihood that you will get the
full potential (and anticipated) benefit from
your IT projects
It provides the hard facts and metrics you need
to get the full-credit for your successes in the
eyes of the other business leaders in your
company--this will build your political capital,
which will help you get future funding for new
strategic IT proposals.
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It provides the feedback and metrics you will need
to improve your organizations ability to assess the
dollar value of intangible benefits for future
projects--this is an extremely valuable skill for IT to
develop as it dramatically affects your ability to
create strategic wealth for your company
The detailed planning for post project audits will
often identify ways to tweak the proposed
implementation plan so as to increase the likelihood
you will get the full benefits you hope to achieve
from your project.
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A description of exactly what business benefits are expected and
how they will be measured
A rubric for each of the measurements that show ranges and grades
of acceptability (e.g.: >90%--green, 80% to 90%--yellow, <80%--red)
The specific dates that these measurements will be taken and
reported
Who will be responsible for taking these measurements on the
prescribed dates (usually the project manager)
To whom they will be reported (usually the CIO and project sponsor,
but maybe the IT Governance Steering Committee)
An appointment on the calendar for the persons to whom these
measurements will be reported for the date when the measurements
are due
A specific list of things the P.M. will do to tweak the project proposal
to increase the likelihood of achieving the target metrics (such as:
automated benefits tracking, modifying the implementation plan to
yield higher achievement of the target benefits, etc.).
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See accompanying class handout of example
Post Project Audit Plan for the Customer
Service Automation project.
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A post project audit provides a mechanism for
accountability that will increase the likelihood
that you will get the full potential (and
anticipated) benefit from your IT projects
A post project audit provides the hard facts and
metrics you need to get the full-credit for your
successes in the eyes of the other business
leaders in your company--this will build your
political capital, which will help you get future
funding for new strategic IT proposals.


A post project audit provides the feedback and
metrics you will need to improve your organizations
ability to assess the dollar value of intangible
benefits for future projects--this is an extremely
valuable skill for IT to develop as it dramatically
affects your ability to create strategic wealth for
your company
A detailed plan for post project audits will often
identify ways to tweak the proposed
implementation plan so as to increase the likelihood
you will get the full benefits you hope to achieve
from your project.