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Haiku for project managers - change

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Simple systems win /

When trying to sell changes /

Build it out later


Posted on: August 04, 2016 12:00 AM | Permalink

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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Robert, I did not get the "Build It Out Later" part ?

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Robert Prol Project Manager| KPMG LLP East Sandwich, Ma, United States
Thanks for asking Rami. I am often told to do an exhaustive requirements gathering process to build a tool. The implementation of the tool will require huge levels of buy-in and change management. These usually fail, if we look at the statistics on project failure.

My approach is to design enough of the tool that we can offer efficiency to the project manager, which makes them want to use it. Since they want to use it, the data we pull for reporting becomes more valuable. As everyone sees the value, they will help define the changes necessary to make the tool better. Build it out later, means that we should launch tools that are simple, with the intent of adding more functionality and complexity later.

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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Thanks for the elaboration Robert - Now that I see your point, I tend to agree with you.

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