Right First Time : Buying and Integrating Advanced Technology for Project Success

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- About the Author -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- What this book is about -- What this book is not about -- Going bad - Project problems -- Chapter 1: Being aware -- Non-technical questions -- Understand the project/target operating model (TOM) -- Resources -- Planning -- Risk management -- Scope of the project/scope creep -- Communication -- Classic errors -- 1. Goal and vision -- 2. Leadership and governance -- 3. Stakeholder engagement -- 4. Team issues -- 5. Requirements issues -- 6. Estimation process -- 7. Planning -- 8. Risk management -- 9. Architecture and design -- 10. Configuration and information management -- 11. Quality -- 12. Project tracking and management -- 13. Decision-making problems -- Where does your technology border lie? -- Action points -- Chapter 2: Make or buy? -- The make or buy conundrum -- Make or buy - Commercial questions -- Make or buy - Integration questions -- Action points -- Chapter 3: Integrate -- Defining what we mean -- Characterising sub-system materiality -- Integration lifecycle -- Action points -- Chapter 4: Stakeholders -- Defining a stakeholder -- Stakeholder mapping -- Friend or foe? -- Stakeholders and the sourcing phase -- Stakeholders and the public sector -- Action points -- Chapter 5: Project Tiger -- An imaginary project -- Who do we need? -- Key actor tasks -- 1. TOM -- 2. Governance -- 3. Legal and procurement -- Action points -- Chapter 6: Risk characterisation -- Living with risk -- Understanding project materiality -- Completion of the BCMR form -- BCMR - Seven headings for review -- 1. Contract value -- 2. Market concentration risk -- 3. Business risk of counterparty change -- 4. Legal risk -- 5. Reputation risk -- 6. Summary comment -- 7. Assessment notes -- Materiality -- The beauty of the BCMR -- Physical risk -- Action points.