Digital transformation projects face failure, budget overruns, or delays when there is a lack of risk control strategies in critical areas
· Technical Environment
· Project Planning
· Skilled Resource
Technical Environment: Poor technical architecture can lead to system performance issues and reduced data integrity, affecting system usage.
Tips to Lower Risks
Plan technical environment sizing early on the projects, considering the growth patterns conduct interim volume and performance testing.
- Most of the cases we ignore to test backup/recovery testing which is crucial for project success, hence disaster recovery plan and procedure to be defined and testing in respective client before cutover activities.
- Specific set of scenarios to be identified for Security and Audit control testing and testing should be executed during integration testing.
- Identify Volume & Performance test scenarios and execute during integration testing
Project Planning:
Project management with a strong vision, goals, and excellent interpersonal skills, Dedicated resource to the project will significantly increases the probability of the success
Tips to Lower Risks:
Most of the time assumptions are made during the estimation of resource during initial phase later which will have major impact on the project timelines, involve SME’s and architects during project estimation.
- Upfront project plan should be shared across team.
- Identify priorities and ensure all project members are aware of the priorities
- Use appropriate tool for project such as HPALM Tool for Project tracking, change management, Testing, automation and reporting.
- Conduct scrum calls, daily weekly and keep track on the learnings.
- Keep a structured process on change control process
- A Client Centered Approach and interim client satisfaction survey are also key factor for successful projects.
Skilled resource:
It is very important to focus on customer satisfaction engage desirable skills and dedicated resource to project result of which high quality and deliverables timelines can be achieved.
Tips to Lower Risks:
- Define Budget and monitor project throughout the project
- Define skill set required for project deliverables
- Build/Identify core consulting and implementing team with desired skill set required for project execution.
- Make certain that key roles in the implementation/consulting team are filled with experienced and proven professionals
- Identify backups resources for crucial project projects/Phases
- Define timelines and make sure project team is aware of the impact
- Enable project team by providing module/industry relevant training so that entire project team will be on same page
- Prepare detailed project plan and ensure project plan should be align with Project managers, SME’s and Architect.