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THE NEED FOR A STRATEGICINFORMATION AUDIT

The Value of a Strateg ic Information Aud it

• Tells you what you don’ t know

• Confirms/ Does not confirm what you suspec t

• Is a “ second opinion”

• Identifies problem a reas

• Identifies a rea s for improvement in the projec t

ma nagement p roc ess• Enab les you to “ audit the prog ress” of p rojec t

management

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WHO CONDUCTS THE STATEGICINFORMATION AUDIT?

• Preferab ly: An outside c onsulting o r resea rc h firm withexpertise in a ud its

• An internal team that is not a “ stakeholder” in the p roc ess




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STRATEGIC INFORMATION AUDITRESEARCH METHODS

• App lic a tion of trad itiona l ma rket resea rc h qua litative andquantita tive resea rc h method olog y

• Qua lita tive: In-dep th fac e-to-fac e interviews with p rojec tmanagement team

• Quantitat ive methods: telephone, fac e-to-fac e a nd websurveys whic h ra te and rank p rojec t managementprocedures

• Foc us groups: group d isc ussions with key p rojec t tea m

members

• Review of vendor selec tion p roc ess [trad itiona l “ paper tra il”review method s]




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THE OUTPUT/ THE DELIVERABLEFROM THE AUDIT

• Qualita tive Assessment of deg ree ofc omp liance w ith orig ina l p rojec tma nag ement ob jec tives, budg et,c ontrac ting, performa nce

• Quantitative Assessment of the perc entag edevia tion from the expec ted p rojec tperformance

• Comp rehensive rec ommenda tion for futurep rojec t ma nagement proc edures




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CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS FOR STRATEGICINFORMATION AUDITS

• To p revent “ sab otage” of the audit , sec ure“ buy in” from senior management [CEO,COO, CIO]

• Use an outside firm whic h does not have“ threa t” power or a reputa tion of theelimina tion of jobs, as a result o f the aud it

• Hold initia l b riefing meetings to exp la in theob jec tive, sc op e a nd the output of theaudit.


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