Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
During the month of March, ProjectManagement.com will focus on Leading-Edge PM Trends.
The theme for this month is digital trends for Project Managers. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are finding ourselves in an entirely new paradigm of how we will work and interact with others. Many of us have already been told to stay home and work virtually.
How are you preparing yourself and your teams for this new way of working?
How are will you interact and engage team members and stakeholders in this new way of working?
Please don't feel restricted by the questions posed above. What other thoughts or suggestions would you like to share on the topic of digital efforts and virtual teams?
On the flip side, if there is anything anyone would like to learn more about, please ask the question. Hopefully, someone here in the community can be of assistance. We are all working through this together.
We are strongest as a united community! Saving Changes...
Thomas WalentaGlobal Project Economy ExpertHackenheim, Germany
Andrew, I learned about a wonderful initiative by the Northern Italy Chapter: they are starting a webinar series for noon every workday, an opportunity to stay connected when all the Chapter meetings are cancelled. Saving Changes...
Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
Wow, Thomas, that is amazing! I really like the aspect of it being a daily occurrence. Thank you, for sharing this with the community. Saving Changes...
Luis BrancoCEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, LdªCarcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Dear Andrew
Interesting your question
Thanks for sharing
Really times that we adapt to this new reality
We can use, for meetings, some existing tools (Teams, Skype, Zoom)
Migrate all machines (infrastructure) to the cloud
For the industry that involves physical products (for example: construction, automobile) it is challenging
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1 reply by Drew Craig
Mar 15, 2020 4:21 PM
Drew Craig
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Such a good point, Luis. Not every industry is conducive to remote working, but we will all continue to required those projducts!
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Alexandre CostaScrum Master| Integer Consulting - Pictet technologiesLoures, Portugal
Dear Andrew,
We are in exceptional situation, discussion this matters are important, but beyound discussing PMI should act also, should be leading the transformation by giving the example. We have to remember that PMI is know a set of network institutions ( DA, PMI, PM Edge etc...)
As example why all presential workshops already schedule by DA all over the world were not already changed to virtual, at least the most near ones.
Discussion is good, but in time of crisis acting base in previous discussions is better, the window of opportunity is very important in health matters.
Alexandre
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1 reply by Drew Craig
Mar 15, 2020 5:21 PM
Drew Craig
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Great, insights and point of view, Alexandre. There is significant opportunity right now to take a proactive approach to help the profession to be successful in this unprecedented time.
I hope to see some communications, tools, content, etc., to help the community.
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Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
Mar 15, 2020 7:55 AM
Replying to Luis Branco
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Dear Andrew
Interesting your question
Thanks for sharing
Really times that we adapt to this new reality
We can use, for meetings, some existing tools (Teams, Skype, Zoom)
Migrate all machines (infrastructure) to the cloud
For the industry that involves physical products (for example: construction, automobile) it is challenging
Such a good point, Luis. Not every industry is conducive to remote working, but we will all continue to required those projducts! Saving Changes...
Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
Mar 15, 2020 9:58 AM
Replying to Alexandre Costa
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Dear Andrew,
We are in exceptional situation, discussion this matters are important, but beyound discussing PMI should act also, should be leading the transformation by giving the example. We have to remember that PMI is know a set of network institutions ( DA, PMI, PM Edge etc...)
As example why all presential workshops already schedule by DA all over the world were not already changed to virtual, at least the most near ones.
Discussion is good, but in time of crisis acting base in previous discussions is better, the window of opportunity is very important in health matters.
Alexandre
Great, insights and point of view, Alexandre. There is significant opportunity right now to take a proactive approach to help the profession to be successful in this unprecedented time.
I hope to see some communications, tools, content, etc., to help the community. Saving Changes...
Alexandre CostaScrum Master| Integer Consulting - Pictet technologiesLoures, Portugal
Dear Andrew,
Recently I did some volunteer work as reviewer to a global conference, we were a team of 45 members from all over the world.
We decided to to follow a scrum approach using the following tools:
1 - Zoom for regular weekly progress checking.
2 - Trello to control the progress of work and to whom was assigned
3 - Slack, using several specific channels ( maintenance, reviews doubts, team building, general) to mantain constant between the members.
4 - And finally we used shared Google docs slides already prepared to make the rectrospectives meetings in a way that anyone could express their feelings about the process.
My point is there are so many alternatives in the market some cheaper then others it's all a question of choosing the most appropriate for the job we are doing and sure it is also a question of preference.
Alexandre
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1 reply by Drew Craig
Mar 15, 2020 6:04 PM
Drew Craig
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Absolutely, there are no shortage of capabilities available to us; those you mention and many more. Certainly, there are processes for organizations to adopt new tools, but identifying existing capabilities and how that can be incorporated to fill an immediate need or gap while new tools are brought in and made available. Thankfully, nowadays, this is not, or should not be, a significant hurdle.
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Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
Mar 15, 2020 5:49 PM
Replying to Alexandre Costa
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Dear Andrew,
Recently I did some volunteer work as reviewer to a global conference, we were a team of 45 members from all over the world.
We decided to to follow a scrum approach using the following tools:
1 - Zoom for regular weekly progress checking.
2 - Trello to control the progress of work and to whom was assigned
3 - Slack, using several specific channels ( maintenance, reviews doubts, team building, general) to mantain constant between the members.
4 - And finally we used shared Google docs slides already prepared to make the rectrospectives meetings in a way that anyone could express their feelings about the process.
My point is there are so many alternatives in the market some cheaper then others it's all a question of choosing the most appropriate for the job we are doing and sure it is also a question of preference.
Alexandre
Absolutely, there are no shortage of capabilities available to us; those you mention and many more. Certainly, there are processes for organizations to adopt new tools, but identifying existing capabilities and how that can be incorporated to fill an immediate need or gap while new tools are brought in and made available. Thankfully, nowadays, this is not, or should not be, a significant hurdle. Saving Changes...
Andrew SoswaTechnology leader| Leading global financial institutionElk Grove Village, Il, United States
No change for me. In this 6 project with a volunteering team, I have polished using a hybrid of remote and in-person techniques with following tools: FreeConferenceCall.com (unlimited screensharing/teleconferencing - you can't beat that), Jira ($10/month for up to 10 team members), PlanningPoker.com for estimating (although that one is just cut down to 4 team members free).
For the next project, I already announced that it will be 100% remote and no one even frets, actually they want to learn the "Remote Agile Scrum" skills.
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1 reply by Drew Craig
Mar 16, 2020 7:44 PM
Drew Craig
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Thank you, Andrew. Definitely, the availability of tools is there. I do think there remains a gap, though, for officially vetted capabilities at the org level, as in vetted through whatever compliance policies there are; IT Sec & Compliance, Enterprise Architecture, Vendor Management, etc. Without a defined strategy and approved capabilities, individuals and teams are left to fend for themselves and search out disparate options which ultimately could pose unnecessary risks.
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Priya PatraDelivery Director| Capgemini India Technology Services LtdMumbai, India
