In the vendor area, management changes happen most often when companies merge or are acquired. In these cases, the vendor software that your project is built on might even be ticketed for retirement.
In your own organization, when a key business sponsor leaves and a new manager comes in, the new person might have their own ideas on which products or software they want to use — and it might not include your project. The best approach is to ask these parties directly if they still support your project. Vendor management best practices can also help in the event of outside dependencies changing.
Business direction changes
Your company wants to move to an omnichannel sales platform where customers can interact seamlessly with the company, whether online, over the phone, or at a physical retail store, so you start an IT integration project that will integrate all these sale channels. But as the project progresses, the company experiences extreme and unanticipated market pressures. The executive leadership team concludes that the company must change direction and get its online sales outlet running right away — even if it can’t be integrated. What does this portend for your all-channel integration project? It’s time to find out.
