For active on-going initiatives and projects, many of our clients engage us to provide periodic analysis of their plan and their progress against that plan. The objective of this effort is to identify risks and develop a plan to reduce deficiencies and the impact of those deficiencies on the success of the overall initiative.
With this information, the client can take steps to address gaps and mitigate risks. Risks and costs are reduced while value to the business is increased.
The deliverable covers the following areas:
- Business Impact: assess the value of the positive impact expected on business revenue productivity.
- Requirements Gaps: areas that may have been overlooked in the documented requirements.
- Functionality Gaps: requirements that may not be adequately addressed by the proposed initiative.
- Vendor Product Deficiencies: determine if current releases will deliver committed functionality without defect.
- Resource Availability Risks: determine if appropriate resources are adequately allocated.
- Skill Deficiencies: determine if staff has or will have skills required.
- Accountability Gaps: assess executive sponsorship and chain of command for gaps.
- Completion Date Risks: identify risk factors that may present barriers to completion dates.
- Financial Budget Risks: identify risk factors that may increase costs.
- Mitigation Plan: recommendations for steps that should be taken to reduce risks in the above areas.
