There are three senior VPs on a project when there only needs to be one. A few attempts have been made to explain to the trio that there only needs to be one SVP on the project and the others can be primary stakeholders, but they are not buying it. The mindset is, "I'm not eating this entire lunch!"
Can I ask what you all would do in this scenario? 3 SVPs who do not want to be fully responsible for a project. By the way, they are driving the project team nuts. How do I reign them in? What is going on with the trio? What am I missing? This is one of those stakeholder issues where I feel like I don't have the past experience or expertise to handle. I'm ready to send them all to the corner for an extended timeout. Any feed back would be great. It's too early in the year for me to be pulling my hair out :-). Thanks for reading! Saving Changes...
Thomas WalentaGlobal Project Economy ExpertHackenheim, Germany
Hi Rami,
picking is one of my strengths ;-). No threat intended, it worked.
I am good at offering new perspectives (it is even my motto), which mostly means not to chime in with the crowd but to question beliefs and assumptions. Maybe German culture helps, we have a habit called Streitkultur.
Most of the discussion around agile is about respect, harmony, trust, teamwork - and I think it is a good target to have (BTW ethics help with that) but it is not sufficient to succeed.
Reality out there is that it is a jungle, rat eats rat, zero sum games, profit over anything. It is the (dominantly western) culture of achievement. The belief in individual freedom and strong masculinity adds to the misery.
So I see the problem with agile scaling and smooth project management that somewhere is the borderline, between the nice guys and the competitive guys. Seen several times project managers being destroyed in a steering committee or used as pawn sacrifice in a business case.
Thanks for calling me a friend, I humbly accept. And please keep challenging me.
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1 reply by Rami Kaibni
Jan 09, 2020 4:47 PM
Rami Kaibni
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Thomas
To change the topic a bit, of course you're my friend, I don't need to know you in person to call you my friend (I posted about this a few days ago on LinkedIn) and it got lots of attraction. Some people, without meeting them in person, they do:
1)They touch you with their Soul
2)You see the good in their Heart
3)You feel the warmth of their Being
4)Support you when you need them
5)Change your life from bitter to better
You make some very good points in your last comments, I agree with you but real Agility starts from within us.
I might not challenge you but as you probably know me by now, I will always stand for what I believe in :-)
Cheers
RK
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Stéphane ParentSelf Employed / Semi-retired| Leader MakerPrince Edward Island, Canada
Jan 09, 2020 12:47 PM
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Stephane
This could happen in all cases and in any structure or organization, regardless.
Is the Tendency of it happening in such situation higher ? YES
Did it happen before ? YES
Was it resolved ? YES
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Jan 09, 2020 2:31 PM
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Hi Rami,
picking is one of my strengths ;-). No threat intended, it worked.
I am good at offering new perspectives (it is even my motto), which mostly means not to chime in with the crowd but to question beliefs and assumptions. Maybe German culture helps, we have a habit called Streitkultur.
Most of the discussion around agile is about respect, harmony, trust, teamwork - and I think it is a good target to have (BTW ethics help with that) but it is not sufficient to succeed.
Reality out there is that it is a jungle, rat eats rat, zero sum games, profit over anything. It is the (dominantly western) culture of achievement. The belief in individual freedom and strong masculinity adds to the misery.
So I see the problem with agile scaling and smooth project management that somewhere is the borderline, between the nice guys and the competitive guys. Seen several times project managers being destroyed in a steering committee or used as pawn sacrifice in a business case.
Thanks for calling me a friend, I humbly accept. And please keep challenging me.
Thomas
To change the topic a bit, of course you're my friend, I don't need to know you in person to call you my friend (I posted about this a few days ago on LinkedIn) and it got lots of attraction. Some people, without meeting them in person, they do:
1)They touch you with their Soul
2)You see the good in their Heart
3)You feel the warmth of their Being
4)Support you when you need them
5)Change your life from bitter to better
You make some very good points in your last comments, I agree with you but real Agility starts from within us.
I might not challenge you but as you probably know me by now, I will always stand for what I believe in :-)
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