bringing order to chaos...most large projects look remarkably similar current state review future...

Bringing Order to

Chaos

Patrick Kiley, Director, Towers Watson

Brad Messinger, Director, Towers Watson

Most Large Projects Look

Remarkably Similar

Current State Review

Future Design & Roadmap

Detailed Design

Configure, Build & Test

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Deploy

Yes! We Need This!!

What is Going On?

Okay, Let’s Get This

Done

Why Are We Doing This??!!

Our Big Insight: Large

Projects Behave Like People

Launch

Despair

Reset

Big Finish

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When To Abandon Ship

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Our Hypothesis: We Can

Rescue Failing Projects

Change Management Techniques

Program Management

Rigor

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Today, We Are Going to try

Something Different

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A Very Large Bank

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Global Pharmaceutical

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Lesson #1: Treat the Project Team

Like A Stakeholder Group

The Launch Big Finish

Valley of Despair The Reset

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Lesson #2: The “Valley of Despair” is

Your opportunity To Intervene

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“If Your Project Doesn’t Have Issues, it isn’t a Real Project.”

- Senior Pharmaceutical Executive

Lesson #3: Get the right people

Involved And Good Things Happen

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Lesson #4: Intangibles Trump

Experience

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Lesson #5: Drive Results By Investing

In The Right Relationships

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Questions and answers

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