Guessing is not a strategy: How to build decision velocity with AI and real-time data
June 10, 2026 | Live Webinar
Tailored Project Management
Andy Jordan is President of Roffensian Consulting S.A., a Roatan, Honduras-based management consulting firm with a comprehensive project management practice. Andy always appreciates feedback and discussion on the issues raised in his articles and can be reached at [email protected]. Andy's new book Risk Management for Project Driven Organizations is now available.
This month, gantthead is looking at agile and alternative project management. In this article, I want to focus on the alternative part of that, and challenge all of you to think beyond the conventional norms. Your PMO leaders may have a heart attack when they read this, but let’s push the envelope for a few hundred words and see where it takes us.
We all learned about project management when we started our careers in this discipline. We were taught about initiation, planning, implementation and closeout (or similar terms) and we were made familiar with all of the tools and templates that help complete those phases. After that we were let loose on projects in our own organizations and we found out that the reality was somewhat different.
Well now let’s make it different--let’s take control of things again and apply our skills and experience to alternative project management
Breaking the rules
Let me begin by saying that I am not suggesting that you all go out and ignore the guidelines set out by your PMOs--I don’t want to be responsible for you all losing your jobs. Instead, maybe use this article for the basis of a discussion with your PMO leaders about whether your approach to projects is the right one for your company at this time.
In my experience, project methodologies, processes, templates, etc., evolve over time…
Please log in or sign up below to read the rest of the article.
ADVERTISEMENTS
|
It's like deja vu all over again. - Yogi Berra |