{"id":157757,"date":"2021-04-14T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ict-pulse.com\/?p=157757"},"modified":"2021-04-14T06:11:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T11:11:50","slug":"ictp-150-why-it-is-still-critical-to-figure-whether-you-need-to-build-a-lamborghini-versus-a-tricycle-with-liselle-ramcharan-briscoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2021\/04\/ictp-150-why-it-is-still-critical-to-figure-whether-you-need-to-build-a-lamborghini-versus-a-tricycle-with-liselle-ramcharan-briscoe\/","title":{"rendered":"ICTP 150:  Why it is still critical to figure whether you need to build a Lamborghini versus a tricycle, with Liselle Ramcharan-Briscoe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Project Management, Information Management professional, and long-time contributor to ICT Pulse, Liselle Ramcharan-Briscoe, continues the data adventures she started with us in 2018, and shares with us a few of data adventures she has had since her last article in 2019.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1029172177&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-673719274\" title=\"ICT Pulse Podcast\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">ICT Pulse Podcast<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-673719274\/ictp-150-why-it-is-still\" title=\"ICTP 150: Why it is still critical to figure whether you need to build a Lamborghini versus a tricycle, with Liselle Ramcharan-Briscoe\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">ICTP 150: Why it is still critical to figure whether you need to build a Lamborghini versus a tricycle, with Liselle Ramcharan-Briscoe<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This episode is also available in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/ict-pulse-podcast\/id1373550291\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/playmusic.app.goo.gl\/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&amp;isi=691797987&amp;ius=googleplaymusic&amp;apn=com.google.android.music&amp;link=https:\/\/play.google.com\/music\/m\/Icau5acn2xiyl5yjuh7orl2mt54?t%3DICT_Pulse_Podcast%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google Play Music<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/3d0U4ZYX80e5lenYLdzyX4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a> (<span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">NEW!<\/span>!) and on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/ict-pulse-podcast?refid=stpr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stitcher<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regardless of the business or organisation and the strategy it is trying to execute, to a considerable degree, the success it is likely to realise will be due to how well it has addressed the fundamentals. In today\u2019s data-driven environment, and among the basics, should be information management, which facilitates informed decisions, plus project management, in order to ensure that projects remain relevant, are well-executed and address the problems for which they were initially conceptualised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although project management has become a popular area of study over the years, surprisingly, project success \u2013 those completed in time, within budget, functioning well, etc. \u2013 still seems surprisingly low. Consider the following statistics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In a PwC study, only 2.5% of companies reported that they had completed 100% of their projects successfully (Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.workamajig.com\/blog\/project-management-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">workamajig)<\/a><\/li><li>For IT projects with a budget over USD\u00a01M the failure rate is around 50% (Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.workamajig.com\/blog\/project-management-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">workamajig)<\/a><\/li><li>The failure rate for agile projects seems to be between 34% and 97% (Source:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scruminc.com\/why-47-of-agile-transformations-fail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">scruminc.<\/a>).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first instance, these figures appear to suggest that in organisations that supposedly have embraced project management, the project management principles and tools still might not be correctly employed,. Or alternatively, fewer organisations than we might have assumed have actually integrated projected management in their operations and processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With regard to information management, we are all aware of the importance of data, and the attention that is being placed on data \u2013 with numerous jobs, roles and functions, and even industries, emerging to generate, manage and process data. However, among small and medium enterprises, in particular, they may not readily possess the expertise or the resources to begin to identify and mine the data their businesses could be generating, which would in turn help them to make better and more strategic decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introducing our guest<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"126976\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/liselle-ramcharan-briscoe-cropped\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Liselle-Ramcharan-Briscoe-cropped.jpeg?fit=912%2C848&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"912,848\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Liselle Ramcharan-Briscoe (cropped)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Liselle-Ramcharan-Briscoe-cropped.jpeg?fit=300%2C279&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Liselle-Ramcharan-Briscoe-cropped.jpeg?fit=912%2C848&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fgd.dfv.mybluehost.me\/.website_c81a1e61\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Liselle-Ramcharan-Briscoe-cropped.jpeg?resize=350%2C324&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-126976\" width=\"350\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Liselle-Ramcharan-Briscoe-cropped.jpeg?w=912&amp;ssl=1 912w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Liselle-Ramcharan-Briscoe-cropped.jpeg?resize=300%2C279&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Liselle-Ramcharan-Briscoe-cropped.jpeg?resize=768%2C714&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption>Liselle Ramcharan-Briscoe<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Liselle Ramcharan-Briscoe is a&nbsp;Caribbean born information management (IM) professional with a passion for data, project management (PM) and organisational change management (OCM). Liselle&nbsp;views meticulous planning and execution of IM, PM and OCM as the fundamental&nbsp;building blocks for a successful business.&nbsp;&nbsp;Now a&nbsp;certified Project Management Professional (PMP),&nbsp;Liselle brings over twenty years of expertise in information technology and project management, at the business, technical and consultative levels in various functional areas including insurance, finance, retail, media and telecommunications.&nbsp;Additionally, Liselle hosted an \u2018Introduction to Project Management\u2019 seminar for small business to openly share her vast industry knowledge and help them understand PM basics and how it can support their goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Liselle&nbsp;graduated from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine with an Honours Bachelor\u2019s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering, and a Master\u2019s degree in Digital Systems.&nbsp;She earned her&nbsp;PMP from the Project Management Institute, as well as PM certificate and Oracle Data warehousing certificates from Humber&nbsp;College, Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her early years in the Caribbean as an engineering student exposed her to the importance of database modelling and database warehouse development. She then added&nbsp;project management and software engineering to her knowledge database, essential concepts she applied as she furthered her career journey into large-scale project management. Today, Liselle looks at solutions as end user focused applications that have an emphasis on functionality, usability and above all else, ensuring it supports the business in achieving success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Insights into our conversation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For long-time readers of ICT Pulse, the name, Liselle Ramcharan-Briscoe, may ring a bell. About three years ago, she started to contribute articles on her adventures, through which she was highlighting key information management principles, which were also relevant to businesses and organisations generally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Liselle possesses a wealth of knowledge on information management, project management, and even software engineering. She shared several examples, and even explored the difference between data quality and data integrity, during the course of our conversation. Moreover, much of her advice and insights were quite pragmatic, and could be readily applied across businesses and organisations in general, not just in the tech field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>We would love to hear from you!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Do leave us a comment either here beneath this article, or on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ICTPulse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/ict-pulse-consulting-limited\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a> pages, or via Twitter, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ICTPulse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>@ICTPulse<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Select links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are links to some of the organisations and resources that either were mentioned during the episode, or otherwise, might be useful:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lisellekdrbriscoe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Liselle Ramcharan-Briscoe<\/a><\/li><li>ICT Pulse article, <a href=\"https:\/\/fgd.dfv.mybluehost.me\/.website_c81a1e61\/2018\/03\/data-adventures-tricycle-lamborghini\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<em>Data adventures: is it a tricycle or is it a Lamborghini?<\/em><\/a><\/li><li>ICT Pulse article, <a href=\"https:\/\/fgd.dfv.mybluehost.me\/.website_c81a1e61\/2018\/05\/data-adventures-importance-project-requirements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Data adventures: the importance of the project requirements<\/em><\/a><\/li><li>ICT Pulse article,&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/fgd.dfv.mybluehost.me\/.website_c81a1e61\/2018\/06\/data-adventures-quick-wins-project-success\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Data adventures: Quick wins and project success<\/em><\/a><\/li><li>ICT Pulse article,&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/fgd.dfv.mybluehost.me\/.website_c81a1e61\/2019\/02\/data-adventures-logical-data-models-help\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Data adventures: Logical Data Models help!<\/em><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pmi.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;Project Management Institute<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p> &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Image credits:  L Ramcharan-Briscoe;  Thank you for your support Donations welcome to support (<a href=\"http:\/\/pixabay.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pixabay<\/a>);  Lorenzo Cafaro (<a href=\"http:\/\/pixabay.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pixabay<\/a>);  Gerd Altmann (<a href=\"http:\/\/pixabay.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pixabay<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Music credit:  Ray Holman<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Project Management, Information Management professional, and long-time contributor to ICT Pulse, Liselle Ramcharan-Briscoe, continues the data adventures she started with us in 2018, and shares with us a few of data adventures she has had since her last article in 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[355],"tags":[186,274,352,357,319],"class_list":["post-157757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","tag-big-data","tag-data-analytics","tag-information-management","tag-interviews","tag-project-management","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ICT-150-Liselle-Ramcharan-Briscoe.jpg?fit=1024%2C531&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2iE1G-F2t","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157757"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157778,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157757\/revisions\/157778"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}