Choose a Best-Fit Enterprise Application Delivery Model | Info-Tech Research Group

Large-scale projects are hard. In fact, so hard that 17% of failures of large projects are so bad they threaten the existence of the company.
Enterprise applications have a multitude of stakeholders and can impact fundamental business processes.
Failure to manage this complexity can have significant negative consequences.

Our Advice

Critical Insight

Agility is not absolute. Being agile means using various techniques to get the right work done right. Sometimes that means traditional Waterfall techniques are the right answer.
Look in all areas of the organization for usable skills. IT does not have a monopoly on the use of Agile. Be sure to look at all departments in the organization.

Impact and Result

Leverage the Info-Tech methodology to find the process that fits your company while delivering the best chance to realize business value. Use one of the three methodologies, Waterfall, Agile, or custom, that best fits your organizational culture.
Work with your vendor partner to ensure they are working in a compatible way with your selected methodology and tools.
Find and leverage the skill sets you need from within your organization. Perhaps your marketing department is using Scrum or the help desk is using Kanban. These are capabilities you can leverage in the execution of your implementation.

Choose a Best-Fit Enterprise Application Delivery Model Research & Tools

Start here – read the Executive Brief

Read our concise Executive Brief to find out why you should use the activities in this blueprint to determine the best methodology and practices to give your firm the best chance at success.

Choose a Best-Fit Enterprise Application Delivery Model – Executive Brief

1. Govern and manage revisited

Set the starting point for your implementation by building understanding.

2. Tools, tools, tools

Select the practices that will lead to success.

3. Implementation

Socialization of the process is as important as the implementation.

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Guided Implementation 1: Govern and manage revisited

Call 1: Scoping: discuss preparations that led to implementation.
Call 2: Discuss language and the need to set terms and definitions. Talk about project management types.
Call 3: Discuss organization and vendor capabilities and gaps with intended project management methodology.

Guided Implementation 2: Tools, tools, tools

Call 1: Discuss the benefits of scenario planning and the best practices associated with it.
Call 2: Review the practices and tools available and what might fit with the organization.
Call 3: Discuss why configuration is better than customization. Talk about the importance of data.

Guided Implementation 3: Implementation

Call 1: Review the importance of change management and the need for clear communication and training.
Call 2: Review the overall process and assumptions made during scenario planning. Discuss how a good transition checklist will aid the transition to live.

Author

Robert Fayle

Search Code: 94319
Last Revised: October 5, 2020

TAGS:

Implementation, Governance, Waterfall, Agile, COTS, Enterprise Applications, Pitfalls, Deployment, Execution, Application Portfolio Management, Project Management

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