MIS5102: Process Improvement and Innovation Conflict Management.
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Transcript of MIS5102: Process Improvement and Innovation Conflict Management.
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Why do things go wrong?
And what can you do about it?
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Why do IT Projects Fail?
“No one prevented them from failing. We define success as a lack of failure and failure as a lack of success. If you eliminate the possibility of failure, the only possibility you have left is success.” – Sue Young(Betts, 2003)
What?
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Try it again…Some basic ideas
Technology problems are really just people problems
Some projects are doomed from the start
Lack of objective measurement
(Betts, 2003)
What are some other common
reasons IT projects fail?
What’s so special about “IT”
What does project size have to do
with it?
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How do you spot a failing project?
Intangible signs
Tangible signs• How might the
“triple constraint” be a guide?
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And then when you spot it…
…what do you do?
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The Role of Politics
Proposal: Projects are inherently political.
• Why might this be true?
• Do you agree?
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Sources of power (Berkun, 2008)
Reward
Coercion
Knowledge
Referent
Influence
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Navigating the landscape
• What you want/need• What “they”
want/need• Who has the money• Who has the credibility
How can
these affect your
project?
How can understanding power structures help
resolve conflict? Help get things done?