These are the slides from Carey Schwaber's webcast for the Catalyze Community on June 12, 2008.
"It’s no secret that in the battle to bring effective business software to market on time and on budget, business analysts are on the front lines. What can business analysts do to improve requirements definition practices and make a difference in project outcomes? Join us as Forrester Senior Analyst, Carey Schwaber, shares a set of 10 practical tips that you can immediately put into action in your organization."
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Catalyze Webcast - Carey Schwaber From Forrester Research - 10 Tips For Driving Better Project Outcomes
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2. 10 Tips To Improve Project Outcomes
Carey Schwaber
Senior Analyst
Forrester Research
June 12, 2008
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The Problem with
Business Software
Business people can’t interpret text, use cases,
process flows and static screen shots
Business people don’t know what they want
until they see and interact with it
Coded prototypes are too expensive
Global sourcing brings these risks into sharper
focus
“50% of project timelines are now spent on rework.”
Standish Group Chaos Report, 2007
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The Impact
Late stage rework
Cost overruns
Project delays
Global sourcing nightmares
Missing features
Extraneous features
Blown business plans
Finger pointing
“In the last year, 70% of projects failed to meet deadlines,
and 50% of projects fail to meet the needs of the business.
80% of the issues stem from poor requirements.”
Standish Group Chaos Report, 2007
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The Solution
Visualize before you build
Business analysts, product managers and
UX professionals assemble three
dimensional simulations of business
software
Business and IT stakeholders “test drive”
and provide feedback in rapid, iterative
definition cycles
Dramatically improves communication
between business and IT
“iRise gets business and IT aligned much faster than ever before.”
COO, Global Wealth Organization
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What Can You Simulate With iRise?
New custom development
Enhancements to current systems
Customizations to SAP, Oracle
Mobile applications such as iPhone
Web 2.0 & Rich Internet Applications
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Value of Software Visualization
Get to market twice as fast
Virtually eliminate rework
Outsource more new development
Improve customer experience
Discover new innovations
“General Motors has to succeed through innovation.
That’s where iRise leads and that’s the whole philosophy
of the company right now.”
Dr. Richard Frost, Global Director, Information Systems & Services, General Motors
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What’s in it for Developers?
Forces the business to articulate what they
want in a language everyone can
understand
Doesn’t let them change their minds in the
middle of a project
Gets business off developer’s backs while
they’re designing, coding, delivering
Virtually eliminates rework
quot;iRise is a rapid, iterative definition solution that helped the bank get the
most out of our Agile development approach. iRise lets us get more done
faster.quot;
Alan Buffington, Executive Vice President, KeyBank
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22. The iRise Vision
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By 2020 all business software will be
visualized prior to development, the
same way that visualization is a
common practice in the design of
every car, airplane and
semiconductor today
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