Modernization Risk Management: Tools and tips to help you avoid project disasters

• Are you and your team struggling to identify, communicate, and mitigate common modernization risks?

• Are you worried that even though your critical projects are showing green, they are actually red?

You are not alone. Modernization projects routinely blow up towards the supposed end of the project because they fail to identify, communicate, and mitigate common risks.

Trust me, I witnessed this firsthand while leading a $20M modernization, and so to help you save time, money, headaches and your job, I’ve put together:

1. 👉🏽The Watermelon Preventer: A Worksheet with 60+ Questions across 7 categories that enables you to uncover, track, and communicate common modernization risks.

2. 👉🏽 Risk Management Guides: For each one of the 60+ questions, you get a simple explainer outlining why the risk is important, and potential mitigation options.

3. Risk Identification Mitigation Workshop Guide: Just follow this simple guide outlining how in less than 60 minutes you can quickly uncover key risks at any point in your development lifecycle

👇See below for a sample list of questions and links to the guides.

As a subscriber, you get access to the Worksheet, guides and and a one-hour consultation with your truly to

Team & Organization

1. What is the team cohesion & performance like?

2. What is the team's track record in delivering similar work on time, in scope, and with available resources?

3. How much experience does the team have with the technology?

4. How much expertise does the team have with the overall subject matter?

5. How much experience does the team have with the specific existing systems & processes?How much experience does the team have with the specific users?

6. Are key team members able to focus on initiative, or regularly interrupted?

7. Is there an efficient process for addressing issues within the team?

8. Is there an efficient process for resolving issues outside of team's control?

Complexity & Uncertainty Questions & Links to Guides

1. How much will the changes impact other systems or other systems impact you?

2. How much knowledge does team have regarding dependencies with other systems?

3. If interacting with other systems, how much control does team have over the other systems?

4. Are separate IT ecosystems being merged?

5. If merging separate ecosystems, do you have an interpreter who understands the nuances of the organizations and systems being merged?

6. How much customization has been done for different organizations and customers?

7. How well documented are the customizations?

8. Has the team identified and/or solved the hardest problems from a scalability, flexibility, complexity, uncertainty, etc. perspective?

The above is just a small sampling of the questions and guides. In addition to the above you get even more covering all of the issues below

3. Technology: What are the technological risks?

4. Customer Value: What's the likelihood that the solution will deliver the anticipated value?

5. Adoption Barriers: How much friction will need to be overcome for customers to get the envisioned value?

6. Change Management: If change is required, do we have the plan and resources available?

7. Replacement/Modernization: Have we addressed the unique challenges associated with replacing legacy systems?

So if you want help uncovering key risks before they blow up on you, your project, and career, subscribe!