Right first time : buying and integrating advanced technology for project success

Right first time : buying and integrating advanced technology for project success /

A practical book for managing projects that deal with advanced technology, where major sub-system vendors will be a key element in project delivery.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sammons, Peter A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ely, Cambridgeshire : IT Governance Publishing Ltd., 2021.
Subjects:
Project management.
High technology > Purchasing.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Project Management.
High technology > Purchasing
Project management
integrated technology.
project delivery.
project management books.
project success.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • Chapter 7: Market test
  • Project definition and project strategy
  • Contract strategy
  • Action points
  • Chapter 8: Buy phase and integration
  • Setting the scene
  • Market making
  • Sourcing
  • Clarifying intentions
  • Action points
  • Chapter 9: Project communications
  • Setting the scene
  • Keeping track of communications
  • Tenders and communications
  • Action points
  • Chapter 10: Client-side tasks
  • Project sourcing
  • Recapitulate
  • Specify
  • Manage the procurement process
  • Understand supply market dynamics
  • Negotiate
  • Action points
  • Chapter 11: Business as usual
  • TOM
  • Maintenance
  • As a business opportunity
  • Training
  • As a business opportunity
  • Action points
  • Chapter 12: Contracting
  • What has to be administered?
  • Contract design
  • Back to basics
  • NEC4 contract system
  • Conclusion
  • Action points
  • Chapter 13: Systems integration
  • Systems integration lifecycle
  • Systems integration tasks
  • 1. Requirements gathering
  • 2. Sub-system analysis
  • 3. System architecture mapping
  • 4. Systems integration design
  • 5. System implementation
  • 6. System operation and maintenance

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