“Titanic Lessons for IT Projects” - FVP PMP Luncheons - Noblis

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Following Titanic’s s disaster, both the U.S. and British authorities conducted post-mortems. The U.S inquiry came close to uncovering the cover up. • US inquiry called 82 witnesses, specialists and technical experts. • Determined the ship had reached top speed through the ice-field with no attempt to slow down. • Forced Bruce Ismay to remain in U.S. & grilled him over role as director, and relationship with captain, officers and crew. • Recommended lifeboat space for every person on all ships from U.S. ports; lifeboat drills; adequate manning of boats; and 24-hour operation of radiotelegraph equipment. • British inquiry saved White Star from bankruptcy to stop German competition. • Saw European war looming, needed large ships for troops and materials. • Condemned Captain Lord for not responding to Titanic’s flares. • Criticized British Board of Trade for failing to update lifeboat regulations. • Today private lawsuits would have brought White Star. • Titanic unnerved western society’s faith in technology progress. • Olympic, served distinguished 24 year career before being scraped. Titanic Lessons for IT Projects Strictly Proprietary & Confidential Copyright 2007 Page 40
Lessons learned - what can you take from all this. Your IT project is little different to Titanic’s project. • Historical analogy cuts away layers of jargon and complexity that shroud project’s today. • Roots of Titanic’s disaster in the project, compromises to safety features and elevation of expectations allowed business pressures to override operational procedures. • This lead to numerous violations of the “rules of good seamanship”. • The probability of failure was very high because of the inability to recognize the introduced risks. Titanic Lessons for IT Projects Strictly Proprietary & Confidential Copyright 2007 Page 41
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