The success healthcheck for IT projects - J. A. Flinn

“This book is of great benefit to those who manage, sponsor, own or deliver IT projects.” — Alan Harpham, Chairman, Association of Project Managers, UK “An insightful and motivating collection of practical strategies and functional considerations for every CIO and Functional Manager who has IT responsibilities.” — Professor Brian To, HEC Paris “Brilliant. A compendium of good sense, practical wisdom and useful techniques—it comes in bite–size chunks that enable the harassed project manager to chase down ideas for a specific problem or dip in for inspiration.” — Chris Sauer, Fellow in Information Management, Said Business School, University of Oxford “Only 7 percent of all IT projects are delivered within time, budget and with the expected business value. The implications of this are huge! The Success Healthcheck’ s 8–Fold Path to Project Success provides a recipe to diagnose and lift project results. It is a must for anyone planning to start any type of project. Read it and your success rate will increase! — Margareta Barchan, Founder and Director, Celemi International and Senior Partner New Angles “This book will prove invaluable both to CIOs wishing to improve the returns on their IT project investment portfolio and to business executives who want to engage with IT to improve returns on capital. — Steve Ingram, CIO DBS and recipient of 2005 Technology in Banking Achievement Award ( Asian Banker ) “J. A. Flinn addresses a highly relevant issue at a time when capital expenditures receive extraordinary scrutiny. A must–have for any business sponsor—no project manager should be without it. — Peter Seidel, CFO, EAC Industrial Ingredients “J. A. Flinn’s publication is timely, given the importance and overall share of capital investment currently that IT constitutes for most companies. Getting it right, or wrong, is a key determinant of companies’ overall competitiveness. — Darryl Dickens, Head of Marketing, Hewlett–Packard Software and Solutions Asia Pacific and Japan