IT Project Rescue Case Study | AlixPartners

IT Project Rescue – International Energy Company

Situation

Project scope targeted North American operations and was in its third year
Fifty million (USD) budget had been consumed without finishing development or implementing the first site
Unit testing logged more than 2,000 defects – end to end testing was not possible, and could not estimate number of latent defects
System testing strategy not formulated
No formal PMO had been established
Application performance/load capacity was below acceptable level

Actions Taken

Client removed the project director and two-person AlixPartners team came to run the project
Re-planned and re-budgeted the project
Implemented a more formal PMO and governance structure with stronger business owner and business unit representation
Reviewed project team, removed some personnel and replaced with stronger personnel, including one additional AlixPartners person to run the PMO
Developed testing strategy (process and data) and scripts to improve testing rigor and efficiency and surface remaining defects
Upgraded development environment; installed stand alone and integrated testing environments
Involved key business subject matter experts
Initiated a performance work-stream to find system bottlenecks and implement corrective actions

Results

Successfully implemented first site within 9 months
Established application foundation for subsequent North American sites
Improved application performance to acceptable levels
Transitioned back to client project management

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