getting everyone "on board" for a major it project presentation to cumrec may 16, 2002...
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Getting Everyone "On Board" for a Major IT Project
Presentation to CUMREC MAY 16, 2002
Warren Mills, CEO Copyright Advantiv, Inc. 2002.This work is the intellectual property of the Advantiv, Inc. Permission is granted for this material to be shared for non-commercial, educational purposes, provided that this copyright statement
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• Advantiv, Inc– Founded in 1997– RFP Support for Higher Education– Founded by Jan Loomis and Dan Miller– Over 35 Higher Ed engagements– Formerly Marketect
• Headquarters – Phoenix, Arizona
Who Are We?Who Are We?
Challenges of Enterprise Application ProjectsChallenges of Enterprise Application Projects
Span multiple areas and touch many people:
Development of requirements is labor-intensive, time consuming, and error prone
Accurate and timely requirements specification is the key to ensuring quality enterprise software selection, development and integration
Consensus Agendas
Priorities PoliticsScheduling
Collaboration Information
Results!
Process
Information
Collaboration
The ProcessThe Process
•Vision•Critical •Requirements
•Educate•Brainstorm•Prioritize•Evaluate•Decide
•Confidence•Project Success
Issues
•Ideas•Decisions•Objectives•Requirements•Results
•Reports•Charts •Graphs•RFP Documents•Data Exports
Assess
Select
Implement
Verify
TeamCollaboration
Platform
Knowledge Packs
Knowledge Base
Process Teamwork Information
Knowledge
DecisionDirector™: Enterprise View
IMPLEMENTSELECTASSESS
2 MONTHS2 MONTHS3 MONTHS2 MONTHS
enterprise software application lifecycle process map
VERIFY
Determine Implementation
Issues and Priorities
Determine Implementation
Issues and Priorities
Evaluate Business Results
Evaluate Business Results
Finalize Remediation
Plan & Repeat Lifecycle
Finalize Remediation
Plan & Repeat Lifecycle
Determine Detailed Business System
Requirements
Determine Detailed Business System
Requirements
DetermineInitiative•Vision•Goals •Objectives
DetermineInitiative•Vision•Goals •Objectives
DetermineCritical Path
Issues
DetermineCritical Path
Issues
BenchmarkCurrent System
&Identify Future
Needs-
BenchmarkCurrent System
&Identify Future
Needs-
Finalize ActionPlan
Finalize ActionPlan
DevelopRequirementsSpecificationDocument or
RFP
DevelopRequirementsSpecificationDocument or
RFP
Determine Implementation•Vision•Goals •Objectives
Determine Implementation•Vision•Goals •Objectives
AnalyzeVendor
Responsesand MakeSelection
AnalyzeVendor
Responsesand MakeSelection
Finalize Implementation
Plan
Finalize Implementation
Plan
Ste
p 1
Ste
p 2
Ste
p 3
Ste
p 4
Benchmark New System & Measure
Satisfaction
Benchmark New System & Measure
Satisfaction
Review Initiative•Vision•Goals •Objectives
Review Initiative•Vision•Goals •Objectives
Benchmark Current System
&New System
Fit/Gap/Timing
Benchmark Current System
&New System
Fit/Gap/Timing
DetermineNew System•Vision•Goals •Objectives
DetermineNew System•Vision•Goals •Objectives
Advantiv, Inc. ︱ 2600 North 44th Street, Suite 206, Phoenix, AZ 85008 ︱ T 888.580.5204 F 602.808.0649
© 2002, DecisionDirector™ “Patent Pending” ︱ www.advantiv.com
Strategic - BrainstormingStrategic - Brainstorming
Functional AssessmentFunctional Assessment
Requirements DefinitionRequirements Definition
Vendor ResponseVendor Response
We Help Drive CollaborationWe Help Drive Collaboration
• We add value to your existing processes…– Web-enable IT/Stakeholder project collaboration– Easily align stakeholder goals and objectives– Deliver, capture, retain and leverage project knowledge
• To help you…– Reduce project time– Easily generate detailed and summary reports– Deal with geographically-disperse teams– More easily measure and maximize satisfaction – Meet project commitments
ResultsResults• Reduce time and effort
– “DecisionDirector allowed us to put together a very thorough RFP in a matter of weeks instead of the original 18 months that was forecast.” IT Consultant
• Lower project costs– “We saved over $200,000 in application selection expenses related to process staff time and travel.”
University of California
• Success with remote teams– “Advantiv’s tools were particularly appropriate for a collaborative and geographically far-flung project.”
Oracle Project Participant
Advantiv VisionAdvantiv Vision
Empower IT teams, Business Decision makers and Business System users to collaborate and make decisions more easily during the specification, selection, and adoption of enterprise software applications.
• Define business process methodologies for group integration that speed time to deployment and ensure quality• Deliver distributed collaboration and workflow services that empower work groups to work together over the Internet