living in a fantasy world – theoretical system implementations
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The theoretical implementation Why systems fail Four types of system failures Consequences of system failures Organizational risks So, why do systems fail? [email protected] www.peproso.comTRANSCRIPT
Living in a Fantasy World?
The Theoretical System Implementation
June 19, 2012
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• 25 years experience in enterprise systems
– USAF Research Project (1985)
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Thought for the Day
It would be illogical to
assume that all conditions
remain stable.
Spock, "The Enterprise Incident“
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Today’s Discussion
• The theoretical implementation
• Why systems fail
• Four types of system failures
• Consequences of system failures
• Organizational risks
• So, why do systems fail?
Theoretically…
• System is purchased
• System is implemented
• All issues are known and addressed
• System is activated – “the go live”
• Post production support and training is performed
• Company maintains the system
• The consultants leave
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Why Systems Fail
• Failed to identify key business requirements
• Data conversion issues
• Testing is delayed
• Go Live is delayed, over and over again
• Reporting is inadequate
• Inadequate resources – “people have full time jobs”
• Project becomes adversarial
• Project goes live with no post-production support
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Four Types Of System Failures
• The unmitigated disaster
– millions spent, junk the system, lawsuits
• The big failure
– way over budget and way over time frame, with less
functionality than promised
• The mild failure
– A little over budget, a little late, most functionality
• The forthcoming failure
– Under budget, on time, but….
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The Forthcoming Failure
• Key mistakes that will haunt
the organization
• End users do not understand
the system and revert to the
old ways
• Documentation is poor
• Only a few employees
understand the system
• Key benefits not realized
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Consequences of System Failures
• Employee’s job’s become more difficult
• New system with no benefits
• Data lost, inaccurate, ….
• Key employees quit
• Company moral drops
• Executives, project manager’s get fired
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On-going Organizational Risks
• Systems upgrades
• New functionality
• Mergers & acquisitions
• Staff reductions
• Employee turnovers
• Changes to business processes
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So, Why Do Systems Fail?
• The people
• The process
• The technology
• The approach
– Vendors push software
– Company’s buy software with poor preparation
– Company’s implement software with
• Inexperienced project managers
• People with full time jobs
• Without understanding their processes
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How to Do Systems the Right Way
Use Systems Out of the Box
Create User Models That Sit on Top of The System
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Things to Remember….
• Rare is the implementation that is under budget
and on time and give users the functionality that
was promised
• People, Process & Technology
• Culture will each technology for lunch
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