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Conquering Complexity with Agility
When managing projects--especially those in extreme environments where speed and agility are the name of the game--complexity can be a real killer. There are three areas where organizations struggle most:
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Overly complex or burdensome processes
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Verbose and/or unclear communication to team members and stakeholders
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Lack of focus, leading to distraction and diluted efforts
This is true for organizations at the highest level, and--not surprisingly--it’s also the case with project management. No doubt, simpler processes, clearer communication and greater focus can lead to breakthrough success in organizations and in projects. Let’s look at these three areas in more detail.
Simpler Processes
I often see two types of organizations--those with hardly any processes and those with overly burdensome processes. For the latter, what typically occurs is a phenomenon I call “process creep”. Let’s take an IT software project as an example. First, there’s the overzealous PMO that tries to implement PMI standards verbatim, launching a full suite of end-to-end processes and trying to reach “full maturity” overnight. Then there are usually separate departments involving quality, security, application deployment, architecture and a whole host of other parties that have some stake in the …
I often see two types of organizations--those with hardly any processes and those with overly burdensome processes. For the latter, what typically occurs is a phenomenon I call “process creep”. Let’s take an IT software project as an example. First, there’s the overzealous PMO that tries to implement PMI standards verbatim, launching a full suite of end-to-end processes and trying to reach “full maturity” overnight. Then there are usually separate departments involving quality, security, application deployment, architecture and a whole host of other parties that have some stake in the …
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