I'm a young Project Manager that likes to combine academical/theoritcal knowledge with practical one.
For that reason, more than once, I see myself within companies/projects that work with complicated project management methods that end up to injure them in what regards to people motivation, project delivery, and even quality.
I'm only 25 and learning so your feedback is kindly appreciated.
I would love to hear your advices on this matter:
Imagine you just entered in a project or company that is working for 10 years now with the same old-fashioned and bad communication methods. What would you do to present them benefits that would come from a change? Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
Ana, the first thing to understand is: things happend in a way for a reason. Reasons can be a lot and if you are interested on understanding the reasons you can use tools like Tom Peter´s Seven S model to better understand the key variables that impacts in the way the organization behaves. When you understand that then you can conclude if there is a better way to behave based on the key and unique principle that matters to evaluate organizations: systemic theory. Organizations are open and adaptable systems that interacts with the environment in order to achieve three main objectives: survive, growth and developt. So, at the end, you stated that the organization has a problem. You have to analyze that trying to understand if the problem exists from an objective point of view (remember: a problem is a difference between the reality as perceived and the reality as desire) and then find a solution. This is not new, and it belongs to business analysis field. Time ago I have wrote an article that was published by the PMi and the IIBA as "best practice". Here the link just in case it could help you. https://www.projectmanagement.com/blog-pos...-right-solution
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1 reply by Ana Cláudia Santos
Oct 10, 2018 7:36 AM
Ana Cláudia Santos
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Dear Sergio,
Your input was really helpful. Thanks for sharing!
You may need to win your existing team members confidence first for change of communication methods. So, please educate them with a initial induction of small change like slack channel rather than emails. Encourage daily standup meetings for quick sync-up within the team.
May plan to encourage to have more team bonding activities, potluck, fun at work etc
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1 reply by Ana Cláudia Santos
Oct 10, 2018 7:37 AM
Ana Cláudia Santos
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Absolutely! I'm asking this to understand what I can do better in a near future with new teams since my previous company had some issues on this regard
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Pench BattaEnterprise Lean Agile DevOps Coach /SAFe Program Consultant (SPC6)| Capgemini, Inc.Bentonville, Ar, United States
Ana, project management is always a continuous journey. Sergio has given excellent information. Follow the discussions in www.projectmanagement.com, here you will get a lot of useful information. Good luck with your endeavors.
I would find a way to speak/present to senior management about the benefits of improving project management maturity within the organization. You need to capture their attention first, and when it comes to senior management or the executive, this will invariably involve benefits such as cost reduction, time reduction, higher quality, resource optimization, continuous improvement etc.
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1 reply by Ana Cláudia Santos
Oct 10, 2018 7:38 AM
Ana Cláudia Santos
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Excellent!
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Anish AbrahamPrivacy Program Manager| University of WashingtonAuburn, Wa, United States
I concur with my colleagues here. I think the executives need to know that project management matters because it delivers success. Moreover project management enabled team can ensure right stuff is delivered, and that makes happy clients.
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1 reply by Ana Cláudia Santos
Oct 10, 2018 7:38 AM
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Exactly! Thank you
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Eric SimmsSenior Program ManagerBaltimore, Maryland, United States
It might be easier to show the benefits than describe them. Find a single Manager who is willing to adopt your ideas, then implement the changes in his or her department. When the Manager you're working with sees the benefits s/he will tell other Managers, and your changes will propagate throughout the company. There might be some Managers who want to stick with their old ways, but it will be hard for them to justify doing so when their peers are outperforming them.
It helps if you create a sense of urgency by providing empirical and ideally financial evidence of what a low level of PM capability has caused. You will also have to apply good change management practices to getting support and buy in from powerful sponsors - what is in it for them to expend their social and political capital to support this work?
Ana, the first thing to understand is: things happend in a way for a reason. Reasons can be a lot and if you are interested on understanding the reasons you can use tools like Tom Peter´s Seven S model to better understand the key variables that impacts in the way the organization behaves. When you understand that then you can conclude if there is a better way to behave based on the key and unique principle that matters to evaluate organizations: systemic theory. Organizations are open and adaptable systems that interacts with the environment in order to achieve three main objectives: survive, growth and developt. So, at the end, you stated that the organization has a problem. You have to analyze that trying to understand if the problem exists from an objective point of view (remember: a problem is a difference between the reality as perceived and the reality as desire) and then find a solution. This is not new, and it belongs to business analysis field. Time ago I have wrote an article that was published by the PMi and the IIBA as "best practice". Here the link just in case it could help you. https://www.projectmanagement.com/blog-pos...-right-solution
Dear Sergio,
Your input was really helpful. Thanks for sharing!
You may need to win your existing team members confidence first for change of communication methods. So, please educate them with a initial induction of small change like slack channel rather than emails. Encourage daily standup meetings for quick sync-up within the team.
May plan to encourage to have more team bonding activities, potluck, fun at work etc
Absolutely! I'm asking this to understand what I can do better in a near future with new teams since my previous company had some issues on this regard Saving Changes...
Ana, project management is always a continuous journey. Sergio has given excellent information. Follow the discussions in www.projectmanagement.com, here you will get a lot of useful information. Good luck with your endeavors.
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