Titanic Lessons for IT Projects
Details
Refreshments from 18:15. Talk starts at 19:00.
Speaker
Mark Kozak-Holland, Senior Business Architect, HP Consulting and Integration Services & Author of "Lessons from History" series.
Contact Name
Andrew Mohan
Contact Email
To register please email Andrew_Mohan@bcs.org.uk
Synopsis
Every year we experience IT projects from "hell" that we know will turn into an operational disaster. But do any come close to a Titanic's track-record of four years in development (1909-1912) and 4 days in operation? Imagine you are in one of Titanic’s lifeboats. As you look back you wonder how such a disaster could have happened. What were the causes? How could things go so badly wrong? No one had expected it. Titanic’s maiden voyage was a disaster waiting to happen as a result of the compromises made in the project. You will learn from Titanic's construction project and voyage, and how to take stock to understand key issues of project management to ensure success long after deployment.
About the Speaker
Mark is very passionate about history and sees its potential use as an education tool in business today. Mark is a Senior Business Consultant and certified in the Consultant Profession. He specializes in helping organizations evaluate how emerging technologies can impact their business. In his book series, Lessons-from-History, he uses relevant historical case studies to examine how projects and emerging technologies of the past solved complex problems. Mark believes history has great relevance in business today.