Tutorial Paper PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR E-BUSINESS INITIATIVES Project Framework, Proven Practices, Coordinated Work, Focused Sub-Teams

Corporate success in the 21st century requires business adaptability and durability. So, e-Business initiatives will need to go beyond their current strategic importance to one of enabling corporate survival. Some executives see this importance. In response, they are undertaking a four-part strategy: a) Exploit the Internet to achieve adaptability. b) Rapidly develop, change and outsource non-core business process. c) Develop modular e-Commerce Platforms. d) Tightly manage e-Business projects to implement on time, on budget and on scope. But many current e-Business initiatives, their project plans, and their project executions, do not provide the management support required to fulfil the four-part strategy. This tutorial identifies specific shortcomings, offering project management practices to support key e-Business initiatives. These practices are: a) a formal project management framework, b) proven practices for tight project control, c) coordinated work activities to ensure system-to-system integration points do not fail, and d) use project sub-teams. 1 NEEDS & SHORTCOMINGS Corporate success in the 21st century requires business adaptability 23 and durability 1. e-Business initiatives are thus going beyond their curren