Building Project Environment Resilience

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.

  Change Management   Organizational Project Management   Strategy  

Projects are the lifeblood of the modern business. In today’s world, organizations have to continuously evolve in response to emerging technologies, shifting customer demands and in response to competitor actions. Projects are how those evolutions are delivered, and it’s one of the main reasons why demand for project management has grown so rapidly over the past two decades. And headed into 2021, the need for excellence in project delivery has never been greater.

Organizations are poised to implement their strategic recovery plans and to build a foundation that will springboard them into the future. Everything from the mundane optimization of new, pandemic-driven operating processes to the aspirational embracing of digital transformation is going to depend on the successful delivery of projects. It is therefore critical that organizations create an environment for those project teams that provides the greatest possible chance of success. And in 2021, that means ensuring those teams are as resilient as possible.

There are still a lot of unknowns around how the world is going to emerge from the pandemic. As details evolve and more is learned, organizational plans are going to have to change. Priorities will shift, project teams will have to respond quickly—and with the minimum of disruption (and chances are they will have to do that repeatedly throughout …

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