is there a tool that I can simply use that would recommend which PM approach would work best.

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alan rossney Project Manager| jacobs Engineering Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

I have done some digging in the past to look for a tool that would help with assessing which PM approach to use. The document "Choose Your WoW! – Disciplined Agile (DA) - PMI" is really informative and extensive. I have found some graphs around complexity and certainty that help guide when to use a sequential or adaptive approach.

I have recently come across the following ..... when I get a wrong answer in the PMchallenge quizzes. ;-) https://www.projectmanagement.com/processes/

I find myself wondering what the differences are between Headway or JPACE or PMBOK or DA and whether there a tool that can assist with choosing when to adopt/adapt these processes and thus a way of work?

In summary can anyone point me towards a questionnaire that would help provide guidance on choosing a way of work for projects in a particular organization/industry/discipline.

Regards

Alan

Posted: Oct 14, 2022 9:38 AM

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alan rossney Project Manager| jacobs Engineering Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Hi Aaron, Keith, Kiron, Luis, Peter, Thomas
Thanks again for taking time to give guidance. Much appreciated. I have read through a few times to digest. Here are some additional thoughts.
We have a range of project types in our program and I would like to get to a place where each team is quickly agreeing on their way of work on each project type, potentially, depending on a couple of obvious factors. By definition projects are be unique. Potentially their ways of work may also be.
I was thinking that guiding teams in choosing their way of work will ensure empowerment and thus engagement. I do know how I would like each team to approach their various project types but I would prefer to guide with tools rather than prescribe. We can adapt later based on retrospectives throughout (preferable) or lessons learned at phase end, if appropriate. I will do some more digging through the PMI DA "Choose your way of work" handbook by Mr Ambler and Lines for more specifics.
Since your posts I have also been reviewing the "Managing Change in Organizations" practice guide from PMI as I believe these transformations will need motivation, support and anchorage.

Posted: Oct 19, 2022 12:42 PM

alan rossney Project Manager| jacobs Engineering Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Oct 14, 2022 5:54 PM

Replying to Kiron Bondale

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Given the number of variables involved including:
- Regulatory requirements
- Internal standards & policies
- The innate complexity of the project scope itself
- The make up of the team
- The level of organizational PM maturity & support
- The appetite or bias of stakeholders towards one approach or another
any time of decision-support tool would just provide guidance rather than something one could adopt with full confidence.

Even the DA toolkit relies heavily on the concept of GCI and lifecycle choices are covered under that - if we don't find the choice we've made is suitable, run an experiment with a different one and decide what to do.

I would say that this is part of the judgment which a PM develops over time with regards to a specific category or segment of projects.

Would there eventually be an AI which could pick the right approach based on access to quality data of thousands (if not millions) of completed projects? Possibly, but I'm betting on "garbage in, garbage out" making that exercise extremely complex!

Kiron

Hi Kiron, I found the reference to GCI really useful
thanks
https://www.pmi.org/disciplined-agile/gci/...us-improvement?

Posted: Oct 21, 2022 4:34 AM

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