Government IT Projects: Opportunity For More Success

I heard of a wonderful blog on Zdnet regarding additional oversight and transparency in Government IT projects costs, schedule: S.920 the Information Technology (IT) Investment Oversight Enhancement and Waste Prevention Act of 2009. 

The bill is targeted to prevent issues:

1. cost overruns and schedule slippage from the estimates established at the time the program is initially approved

2. Number of requirements and business objectives at the time the program is approved that are not met by the delivered products

3. Number of critical defects and serious defects in delivered information technology.

The bill requires specific items be available on project performance including:

• Cost, schedule, and performance using Earned value (ANSI-EIA-748-B)
• Project Trends
• commencement of the project;
• Variance from cost, schedule or performance & rationale
• Number of times projects are re-baselined

  This can really help, if done correctly. ” When Performance Is Measured Performance Improves, When Performance Is Measured and Reported the Rate of Performance Increases”

Related posts:

1. Opportunity To Participate in Software Success Survey
2. Eight Causes of Project Failures: UK Government IT Projects
3. 2009 Standish Chaos Report.. .Software Going Downhill
4. 7 Characteristics of Dysfunctional Software Projects
5. Why Projects Fail From A Technical and Process Viewpoint

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