Patent ID: 8731991

Claim:
A method for managing a deployment project of an information technology (IT) solution which is implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions that: identify and prioritize organizational problems and opportunities that form a basis for a project; determine a set of critical success factors (CSFs) relevant to the project using data from a project management knowledge base; determine a set of knowledge barriers relevant to the project using data from the project management knowledge base; automatically select and aggregate, by at least one processor, a subset of CSFs and knowledge barriers relevant to a current project based on a comparison of the subset of CSFs and knowledge barriers to the current project; generate, by the at least one processor, a project management report for the current project including the subset of CSFs and knowledge barriers that are relevant to the current project; output the project management report to a user during a lifecycle of the project; accept input from the user that the project is not approved; alert a user to CSFs and knowledge barriers that are relevant to a phase of the project; and provide the user with information regarding the lifecycle of the project based on the CSFs and knowledge barriers provided to the user, wherein: the lifecycle of the project includes a visioning phase, a vision matching phase, a deployment phase, and an evaluation and improvement phase; the knowledge barriers include technical barriers, organizational barriers, and behavioral barriers, wherein: the technical barriers are provided to the user during the deployment phase, and include a need to upgrade equipment, recruit technical staff, migrate data from legacy systems, and acquire maintenance contracts; the behavioral barriers are provided to the user during the evaluation and improvement phase, and include personnel training on the project, resistance to new best practices associated with the project, and compliance to the new best practices associated with the project; and the organizational barriers include changes to management processes and practices needed to deploy and implement the project.