The Devil's Guide to iT™ » benefits http://devilsguidetoit.com making iT simpler Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:10:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 the Sponsor owns the project http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/the-sponsor-owns-the-project/ http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/the-sponsor-owns-the-project/#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 15:52:36 +0000 oldnick http://devilsguidetoit.com/?p=5331 Reality: the attitude dilutes true accountability and ownership.

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]]> http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/the-sponsor-owns-the-project/feed/ 0 no substitute for ownership http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/no-substitute-for-ownership/ http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/no-substitute-for-ownership/#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 13:51:23 +0000 oldnick http://devilsguidetoit.com/?p=5275 iT folk can be difficult to understand at the best of times, especially when describing our beloved technology. But it’s even more confusing for everyone when we deliberately avoid using plain language for non-technical aspects of project management. For example we still persist with the inconvenient conspiracy that allows projects to have highly visible [...]]]> iT folk can be difficult to understand at the best of times, especially when describing our beloved technology. But it’s even more confusing for everyone when we deliberately avoid using plain language for non-technical aspects of project management. For example we still persist with the inconvenient conspiracy that allows projects to have highly visible ‘Sponsors’ but invisible or absent Owners. The concept of ‘’ is truly diabolical, because there is no field of human endeavour where the Sponsors are held accountable for performance. :twisted:

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]]> http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/no-substitute-for-ownership/feed/ 0 set up a benefits register http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/set-up-a-benefits-register/ http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/set-up-a-benefits-register/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:11:03 +0000 oldnick http://devilsguidetoit.com/?p=4200 Inner Circles; please log-in, or [...]]]> this tip for making iT simpler is only visible from the Inner Circles; please log-in, or join.

]]> http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/set-up-a-benefits-register/feed/ 0 agree who is accountable for benefits realisation http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/agree-who-is-accountable-for-benefits-realisation/ http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/agree-who-is-accountable-for-benefits-realisation/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:05:49 +0000 oldnick http://devilsguidetoit.com/?p=4198 Mutually agree responsibility/ accountability for – don’t just make a unilateral assignment.

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]]> http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/agree-who-is-accountable-for-benefits-realisation/feed/ 0 make sure benefits are delivered http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/make-sure-benefits-are-delivered/ http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/make-sure-benefits-are-delivered/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:00:38 +0000 oldnick http://devilsguidetoit.com/?p=4195 Regardless of whether your programme/ project is working to either the traditional ‘’ or to the trendier ‘’ methodology, make sure that all contracted are delivered.

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