Guessing is not a strategy: How to build decision velocity with AI and real-time data
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Andy Kaufman, PMP helps organizations around the world improve their ability to deliver projects and lead teams. His keynotes, workshops, and executive coaching services have reached tens of thousands of people from hundreds of companies, helping them deliver their projects, become more confident leaders, and deliver results. Andy is a certified trainer and author of "Navigating the Winds of Change: Staying on Course in Business & in Life, Shining the Light on The Secret" and an e-book entitled "How to Organize Your Inbox & Get Rid of E-Mail Clutter". He is the host of "The People and Projects Podcast", which provides interviews and insights to help listeners lead people and deliver projects. You can learn more at i-leadonline.com.
A good rapport with executives pays enormous dividends when project managers are flying head-on into the wall of project reality, such as stakeholders who can’t agree.
So many project managers go to workshops and get pumped up with dozens of ideas that can help them deliver project results more successfully. Then they walk into the office the next day and run head first into the wall of reality — the wall with the writing that says, “But we’ve always done it this way” or “Neat ideas, but those just don’t work around here.” What’s really behind this stifling dynamic, and how can project managers achieve more positive outcomes?
Project teams often insist that they must get better at estimating, or that they need to bring in new methodologies. Often they complain that requirements change too often. While all these are important contributing factors to getting a project on a track to success, they don’t come close to the importance of garnering executive support.
Executives have the ability to help project managers through project logjams, such as when stakeholders can’t seem to agree. When decisions need to be made, the supportive executive can help navigate the process in a timely fashion, reducing delays that would otherwise paralyze projects. They have the positional power to secure …
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