Will Your Project Get – and Keep – A Green Light?
Why Project-Based Solutions May Be The Answer
By: Margo Visitacion
Introduction
In 2007, centralization emerged as a more consistent theme. Today,
centralizing IT functions is continuing as a trend and with it, more
authority (and accountability) is residing with the CIO. IT must
continue to deliver if this trend is to become a standard.
As attention turned to quality, the Office of Management and Budget’s
(OMB) scorecard became a litmus test for how well agencies were
performing. Initially, there were clear indications of trouble, but eventually
agencies began to demonstrate greater proficiency in delivering within
the President’s Management Agenda (PMA) guidelines. The scorecards
turned increasingly “green”,
but as technologies and
staffing decisions become
more complex, will they
stay there?
Many organizations place the majority of their focus on individual
aspects of an investment lifecycle. They have detailed processes on
developing the business cases for funding that can include an accepted
methodology, predefined forms and communication practices, agreed
upon practices for the prioritization and selection programs, and
perhaps even have defined project management practices in place.
Unfortunately, uniting these practices to form a successful lifecycle
often becomes an afterthought, if it occurs at all.
Government agencies are realizing that the various processes required
to get a green light for an investment or a project, and then stay there,
must be integrated and consistent. Today, centralization has become a
much more uniform theme in the world of IT, particularly within the
federal government. And although centralization provides new opportunities
for many organizations, it also brings a whole new set of challenges.
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