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 Creating a Healthy Project

Management Ecosystem

By Jim Johnson

Chairman

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Overview

CHAOS Numbers

Laws of CHAOS

CHAOS Five Deadly Sins

CHAOS HealthCheck 

CHAOS Commandments

CHAOS Pipeline

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3 Pillars of IT Value

Cost Gain (ROI) Risk 

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CHAOS 2006

Survey Results

Resolution of Projects 

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CHAOS ResearchStudies

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Waste to Value Ratio

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Waste to Value:

Ratio Changes

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The 10 Laws of CHAOS

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Law of the Two Faces

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Law of the Two Faces

 28% Skilled at finding correct user 

  36% Improvement

 63% Quality relationship  35% Improvement

 16% Always have a evangelist

  17% Improvement

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Cheetah’s Law

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Cheetah’s Law

 Half Skilled at having simple vision

  60% Improvement

 14% Can make swift decisions  32% Improvement

 36% Skilled at measuring progress

  11% Improvement

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Law of the Roads

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Law of the Roads

 5% Always have an elevator pitch

  2% in 2007

 80% Demand quicker results  Speed causes instability

 22% Use industry benchmarks

  41% improved their research skills

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Law of the Long-tailed Monster 

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Law of the Long-tailed Monster 

 2/3 Feel scope creep is a problem

  Not getting better 

 Half feel they have iterative skills

  Rapid feedback a problem

 Most do not look at gain/risk 

  Feel it is painful

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Law of 5 Deadly Sins

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Law of 5 Deadly Sins

 Overambition

  Most very painful

 Arrogance

  Bad to worse Ignorance

  50/50

 Abstinence

  Serious for the majority

 Fraudulence

  Grave and getter graver 

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Law of the Mad Hatter 

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Law of the Mad Hatter  

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Panda’s Law

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Panda’s Law

 Panda’s Bear are few

  Need to be nurtured

 Lucky and Lousy  70% poorly skilled

 Value Misunderstood

  Only 8% have well defined values

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Law of the Empty Chair 

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Law of the Empty Chair  

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Law of the Tuxedo

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Agile

Successful

41%

Challenged45%

Failed

14%

WaterfallSuccessful

16%

Challenged

58%

Failed

26%

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Pain Meter 

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The 10 Laws of CHAOS

1. Law of the Two Faces

2. Cheetah’s Law

3. Law of the Roads

4. Law of the Long-tailed Monster 

5. Law of the 5 Deadly Sins

6. Law of the Mad Hatter 

7. Panda’s Law8. Law of the Empty Chair 

9. Law of the Tuxedo

10. Law of the Fools

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Cycle of Good

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Project

Success

Expect toSucceed

Support

Interested

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Cycle of Bad

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Project

Failed

Expect to Fail

Non-Support

Disinterested

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Cycles

Hard to Break Cycle of Bad

  Pick safe projects

  Create Small Wins

Hard to Stay in Cycle of Good

  Good Measurements

  Re-enforce behavior 

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IBEX HealthCheck

Based on a Real CompanyReader’s note: This assessment document

is given as an example of the type of HealthCheck assessment capabilities of 

The Standish Group. This was an actualassessment, but the client’s name is not

IBEX and some of the attributes of the real

organization have been changed toprotect the confidentiality of the true

organization. 

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Report Outline

Introduction

Goal

Engagement Components

Rules of Engagement

Engagement Process

Overview of results

Success Factor Results

Observations

Recommendations

Next Steps 34

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1. About IBEX

IBEX – Bank Mutual Service Firm

  EFT Services POS & ATM

  1,000 Members

  $200,000 average fee

  $20 Million Project Spending

  $3 Million Average Cost

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Project History

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2. Motivation & Goal

5% Transaction fee reduction

  Reduce operating costs

  Increase transactions

  Increase members

5% Features & Functions  5% project budget

  $20 Million Budget37

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3. Components

Plan & Prepare HealthCheck 

  Project Profiles

HealthCheck Workshops

  Projects – Functions

Results  Recommendations

  Next Steps38

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4. Rules of Engagement

Rule 1: There is no right or wrong answers.

Rule 2. Every person’s opinion counts.

Rule 3. Frank and honest answers only are to be given.

Rule 4. Each group 4 to 8 members

Rule 5. No workshop will last longer than one hour 

Rule 6. What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop

Rule 7. All responses will be kept anonymous

Rule 8. Top of the mind answers for everyone – no hiding

Rule 9. Workshop is to work to building consensus

Rule 10. Facilitator makes final determination 39

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Workgroups

Functional

  Application Development

  Business Operations  Executives

  Finance

  Project Management

  Sales & Marketing

Projects

  ACH Upgrade

 Customized limits

  Fraud Detection

  Gift Card Processing

  Personalized ATM

  SWIFT Interface

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Engagement Process

Obtain Accurate Results

  Common Understanding

Motivate Performance Improvement

  Not Overwhelming

Support Decision Making

  Determine Direction

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Strengths

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Weaknesses

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Observations

23 Successful Projects

  Clearly Defined, Small, No Executive

21 Failed Projects

  Not Well Defined, Large & Complex

56 Challenged Projects

  Broke along above lines

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Recommendation

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Next Steps

Team-Building Workshop

  Executives & Stakeholders

  Team Workers

Agile Optimization Workshops

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For te last 40years IT has worked remove  people out of te  

process b aumaon,during te next 40years we wil be  adding tem backin.

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Project Pipelining

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Hypothetical Question!

Is it better to do:

the wrongs things right?or

The right things wrong?

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CHAOS Commandments

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Cycle of Good

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Project

Success

Expect toSucceed

Support

Interested

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