Mark Dickson
Programme Manager, HR Transformation
Centrica
Five tips to prevent project failure
Tuesday 24th April 2007, 11.55 - 12.35
Projects fail for a variety of reasons but across different sectors, industries and project types - they fail on a common theme. This session is a simple look at what are the common lessons learned that projects seem to ignore time after time. It also presents a 1-2-3 model of how we can bake these into the various methodologies we use.
From small business improvement initiatives to multi-million technology projects the same critical elements are abused and can lead to calamitous results. Understanding these elements and then protecting them by methodology and behaviour will mitigate the risk of project failure and enable maximum benefit realisation.
Based on a theme the session will focus on the "Big Five" reasons for failure and share experiences of how to manage each of the "Five".
Who should attend? : Any person involved in or leading project no matter how big or small and is keen to track down the "Big Five".
Speaker Biography
Mark has delivered programmes in South Africa and the UK including cross-function SAP lifecycle implementations, self-service portals and business process outsourcing transitions. Having experience in both client-facing and partner-facing roles he can understand the pressures on both sides of the table to deliver results on-time, within budget and most importantly - fit for purpose.
Mark's background began in Organisational Development in corporate organisations in South Africa and then moved into the SAP field where he has delivered large scale SAP business change programmes in South Africa and the UK. With a strong understanding of enabling technology and how this needs to integrate with the business process requirements, which can be unique to different organisations, Mark's role is brokering this integration to deliver a product or proposition which drives improvement.
Mark has worked with a range of industries and organisations - from medium-sized media companies to large manufacturing and utility organisations and his most recent project was transitioning a SAP-enabled HR shared service to an outsourcing partner.