What are the phases of the system implementation process? Are any phases less or more important than others? Why?
Why is it important to involve users in the selection, testing, and implementation process? What can happen if they are not involved?
How would you compare and contrast the skills of a leader with the skills of a manager? Can you think of scenarios where leadership skills are required and ones where managerial skills are needed?
It has often been said about implementation projects that if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Why do you think that lack of planning is so directly attributed to failing when it comes to implementing a new computer system or application?
In what ways do you think failures can be planned for? How does the IT project leadership go about monitoring and analyzing for failure so that it can be stopped in its tracks or prevented from reoccurring?
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