Success is not achieved by chance. To achieve success, meticulous planning needs to take place from the very beginning of the project. This truth is also applicable to any project, and WEF portal project is not an exception.
As WEF consultants, we have been invited to help portal projects that found themselves in a less than desirable situation. The following list sums up the most common points we identified on these projects:
Lack of clear and solid project planning.
Failing to notice important areas, which causes serious problems as the project progresses.
When proper planning is not implemented from the beginning of any portal project, it is very difficult and expensive to correct the problems and put the project back on the right track.
Sometimes, pressure from the project sponsors leads to aggressive and unrealistic schedule to deliver the first portal application release. Some IT departments try to meet the initial deadlines by eliminating several important initial...