IS Project Management — Lesson 1: Strategy, Value, Governance, and Success Measures

Learning Objectives

• Clarify the relationship among information systems project management strategic purpose, information systems project management value definition, and information systems project management governance roles.
• Map information systems project management portfolio context while producing a reviewable information systems project management context and decision record.
• Verify how information systems project management strategic purpose should influence information systems project management success measures when the proposed information systems project management governance roles result conflicts with information systems project management portfolio context because ownership, evidence, or acceptance conditions have not been agreed.

Detailed Topics

• Define information systems project management strategic purpose by identifying its purpose, owners, boundaries, dependencies, and measurable decision criteria.
• Apply information systems project management value definition to the scenario and retain the evidence that supports the selected approach.
• Compare alternatives for information systems project management governance roles while explaining operational, ethical, financial, and stakeholder consequences.
• Challenge information systems project management portfolio context with an exception that exposes hidden assumptions or weak ownership.
• Document information systems project management success measures with acceptance conditions, review responsibility, and a clear next action.

Instructor Demonstration

The instructor demonstrates how to frame the information systems project management context and agree priorities. The walkthrough exposes the decision around how information systems project management strategic purpose should influence information systems project management success measures, builds the information systems project management context and decision record, and introduces the exception where the proposed information systems project management governance roles result conflicts with information systems project management portfolio context because ownership, evidence, or acceptance conditions have not been agreed.

Hands-On Exercise

Complete a controlled exercise to frame the information systems project management context and agree priorities and preserve the result in the information systems project management context and decision record.

1. Confirm scope, stakeholders, source evidence, assumptions, dependencies, and acceptance conditions.
2. Perform the core work for information systems project management strategic purpose, information systems project management value definition, and information systems project management governance roles.
3. Introduce the exception where the proposed information systems project management governance roles result conflicts with information systems project management portfolio context because ownership, evidence, or acceptance conditions have not been agreed and revise the proposed response.
4. Record ownership, residual concerns, approval criteria, follow-up actions, and handover information.

Scenario Analysis

• Identify which assumption most strongly affects how information systems project management strategic purpose should influence information systems project management success measures.
• Compare two viable responses involving information systems project management portfolio context and describe their practical trade-offs.
• Specify the evidence required before the information systems project management context and decision record can be accepted.

Troubleshooting Guidance

Locate the earliest difference between the intended outcome and the available evidence. Recheck scope, roles, data, dependencies, decision criteria, and retained records separately. The analysis remains incomplete while the proposed information systems project management governance roles result conflicts with information systems project management portfolio context because ownership, evidence, or acceptance conditions have not been agreed.

Validation Checklist

• Ownership and boundaries for information systems project management strategic purpose are explicit.
• The selected treatment for information systems project management value definition is supported by reviewable evidence.
• The exception involving information systems project management portfolio context was tested and its impact recorded.
• The information systems project management context and decision record includes acceptance criteria, responsible owners, and follow-up actions.

Lesson Outcome

Learners can apply Strategy, Value, Governance, and Success Measures, explain how information systems project management strategic purpose should influence information systems project management success measures, and defend the result through a information systems project management context and decision record.