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Position your digital transformation project

Position your digital transformation project

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Position your digital transformation project

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- Digital transformation projects can attract a lot of attention. Sometimes that helps but sometimes it's a problem. Let me share some of the factors that you should consider as you think about positioning your project for success. Projects sometimes involve experimentation, learning and failure. And it can be hard on the organization and on the project team if our failures have a high profile but sharing information about transformation projects can also be a great way to build trust and prepare your stakeholders for the changes that your project will produce. So we really need to use a lot of judgment when we think about how much visibility a project should have. Here are three reasons we might decide to keep a low profile for our project. First, if you think there's a lot of uncertainty and a high risk of failure. Even small failures or delays can send the wrong signal to your stakeholders and to your…

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