by DharamCW | Aug 28, 2024 | Leadership in Project Management, Project Management, Project-Program-Portfolio Management Knowledge
Enhance Project Success: Key Skills for Systems Thinking
As a project manager, you play a crucial role in the success of a project. A project is a system of interdependent and interacting domains of activity. Systems thinking entails a holistic view of how project parts interact with each other and external systems. Systems are constantly changing, requiring your consistent attention to internal and external conditions. Your responsiveness to system interactions allows your project teams to leverage positive outcomes.
The following skills support a systems view of the project:
– Empathy with the business areas
– Critical thinking with a big-picture focus
– Challenging assumptions and mental models
– Seeking external review and advice
– Use of integrated methods, artifacts, and practices so there is a common understanding of project work, deliverables, and outcomes
– Use of modeling and scenarios to envision how system dynamics may interact and react
– Proactive management of the integration to help achieve business outcomes
Enhance project success with key systems thinking skills—holistic project management in action.
By honing these skills, project teams can enhance collaboration, adaptability, and, ultimately, project success. Remember, these skills are not just beneficial; they are essential for your professional growth and the success of your projects.
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by DharamCW | Aug 7, 2024 | Leadership in Project Management, Project Management, Project-Program-Portfolio Management Knowledge
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by DharamCW | Jul 31, 2024 | Podcast, Program Management, Project Management, Project-Program-Portfolio Management Knowledge, Strategic Management and Alignment
Reimagining Organizational Culture to Drive Business Results | Justin Buckwalter | Dharam | Episode 18
🔍 Key Takeaways:
– In what ways does cultivating a customer-centric organizational culture, as opposed to adopting a product-centric or industry-centric approach, lead to tangible improvements in business outcomes?
– What essential components contribute to cultivating a positive and results-oriented culture?
– How can organizations navigate potential resistance to cultural change, especially when reimagining established norms and practices?
– What are the merits and inherent hurdles of operating within a formalized corporate workspace?
– To what extent can your project team collaborate successfully with a sponsor from a fundamentally different core culture?
– Why is conducting a company culture survey crucial for assessing organizational dynamics, fostering employee engagement, and promoting growth?
– How do remote work and virtual collaboration impact organizational culture, and what strategies foster cohesive virtual cultures for improved business outcomes while prioritizing employee well-being?
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by DharamCW | Jul 23, 2024 | Podcast, Program Management, Project Management, Project-Program-Portfolio Management Knowledge
Value Creation & Change Management – A Program Manager Perspective | Q&A | Sohan Gunasekera | Dharam
🔍 Key Takeaways:
• Value Creation & Change Management
• Sohan Gunasekera’s PgMP Journey
• In one of your LinkedIn posts, you talked about short-term corporate gratification. What is short-term corporate gratification? Moreover, why does it affect the organization’s business goals in the current scenario?
• Why do sustained investments in strategic priorities matter for the organization’s long-term performance?
• Why does a single approach to culture transformation only fit some?
• What are the critical change leadership competencies for program managers?
• What are the best practices for managing a diverse team during a change management process?
• How do changing team’s mindsets and board behaviors affect the transformation process and value creation? In addition, how do symbolic actions overcome and control the elephant in the room?
• What measurements should be there for the Engineering, Procurement and Construction projects, Change measurements and value creation?
• How much technical ability should the program manager have?
• What is the effect of Empathy in value creation?
• How to create value in a government owned organization where change is not easy to come by?
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by DharamCW | Jul 11, 2024 | Leadership in Project Management, Project Management, Project-Program-Portfolio Management Knowledge
Positive outcomes of Tailoring projects | PMBOK 7TH Edition
Adapting to the environment’s unique objectives, stakeholders, and complexity contributes to project success. Tailoring is the deliberate adaptation of approach, governance, and processes to make them more suitable for the given environment and the work.
Tailoring projects can lead to the following positive outcomes:
– Increased innovation, efficiency, and productivity
– Lessons learned so that improvements from a specific delivery approach can be shared and applied to the next round of work or future projects
– Further improvement of an organization’s methodology with new practices, methods, and artifacts
– Discovery of improved outcomes, processes, or methods through experimentation
– Effective integration within multidisciplinary project teams of methods and practices used to deliver project results
– Increased adaptability for the organization in the long term
Tailoring projects enhances efficiency, innovation, and long-term adaptability! Learn how PMBOK 7th Edition supports tailored project strategies.
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by DharamCW | Jun 27, 2024 | Leadership in Project Management, Program Management, Project Management
Neglecting Stakeholder Relationships: A Risk You Can’t Afford
In project management, overlooking stakeholder relationships can lead to severe consequences. Failing to engage stakeholders may result in reduced trust, tarnished brand reputation, and missed collaboration opportunities. The risks are significant.
Key Risks:
+ Increased project risk (time, cost, quality)
+ Greater known and unknown opposition
+ Shattered project management
+ Reduced team motivation
+ Low cohesiveness within the project community
+ Personal and corporate reputational damage
Ignoring stakeholders can jeopardize project success—engage them effectively for better outcomes.
Organizations must prioritize stakeholder relationships to mitigate these risks effectively.
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by DharamCW | May 21, 2024 | Project Management
Rethinking How To Handle Multiple Projects | Justin Buckwalter | Dharam Singh | Episode 16
In this insightful episode, we dive deep into effective strategies for managing multiple projects simultaneously. Join us as we discuss:
🔹 Prioritization, Communication, and KPIs: Master the fundamentals of project management.
🔹 Balancing Multiple Demands: Learn how to prevent burnout while juggling several projects.
🔹 Addressing Stakeholder Differences: Navigate fears and expectations among clients, top management, and project managers.
🔹 Cross-Project Collaboration: Discover best practices and promote a culture of continuous improvement.
🔹 Safe Expression and Participation: Ensure every team member can voice their opinions for project enhancement.
🔹 Managing Complex Client Expectations: Tackle challenges in intricate project environments.
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by DharamCW | May 16, 2024 | Project Management
Succeeding In Project Economy – Changing Scenario
Join us for Episode 64 in our insightful webinar series with Thomas Walenta. This episode dives into the dynamic landscape of the Project Economy, offering crucial insights for senior project, program, and portfolio management professionals.
Key topics discussed include:
+ Gig Economy Disruption: Discover the significant challenges and exciting opportunities the Project Economy brings.
+ Reshaping Traditional Structures: Understand how the Project Economy transforms business operations.
+ Cross-Functional Teams: Learn about potential roadblocks and strategies to manage conflicts between technical and non-technical teams.
+ Environmental Responsibilities: Explore how emerging social and environmental responsibilities influence project priorities.
+ Projectification: Discuss its impact on organizational strategies and value creation.
+ Workforce Models Transformation: See how the Project Economy changes workforce dynamics.
+ Agile Mindset: Learn how adopting an agile mindset helps navigate uncertainty in project-driven environments.
+ Project Success Assessment: Learn how assessing project success enhances ongoing project delivery.
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by Dharam CW2 | Apr 30, 2024 | Project Management
Stakeholder Relationships
In project management, having strong relationships with stakeholders is critical to success. As someone who has mentored thousands of PMP, PgMP, and PfMP professionals, I have seen firsthand how strategic stakeholder engagement can transform project outcomes.
Ways to approach Stakeholder Relationships
Below are some essential strategies for building and maintaining these crucial relationships:
1. Map the territory: Understand the stakeholder hierarchy and create detailed profiles for individual and group stakeholders.
2. Design relationship pathways: Use relationship maps to illuminate interactions, thereby ensuring timely and effective communication.
3. Consistency and integrity: Always interact with professionalism and authenticity, building trust through reliability and ethical behavior.
4. Meet and exceed expectations: Foster trust and bolster confidence by managing and surpassing stakeholder expectations, committing to your promises, and maintaining transparency.
5. Support to succeed: Focus on how you can support stakeholders in ways that benefit project goals, enhancing mutual success.
Let’s share our ideas on personalizing our approach to stakeholder management and take our projects to new heights of success.
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by Dharam CW2 | Apr 16, 2024 | Project Management
Exploring the Intricacies of Projectification in Societal Impact Projects
As we navigate the complexities of societal impact projects, several key factors emerge that are crucial to the success of projectification. These factors span temporary societal setups, specific goals, funding challenges, implementation focus, and complexity management. Here’s a deeper dive into each:
1. *Temporary Societal Setup and Market Influence*:
– Challenges and practices at project, political, bureaucratic, and market levels often require nuanced management strategies. This aspect includes decoupling, compromising, and combining techniques to achieve consensus despite contradictions.
Temporary Societal Setup and Market Influence
2. *Goal Alignment in Complex Settings*:
– Aligning multiple institutions with a unified vision requires adept handling of differing goals and perspectives, ensuring all stakeholders move together toward common objectives.
Goal Alignment in Complex Settings
3. *Navigating Funding Challenges*:
– Projects often face funding hurdles with budgets tied to social investment funds influenced by entities like the World Bank, EU, and IMF. Effective coordination among diverse stakeholders is paramount for financial fluidity.
Navigating Funding Challenges
4. *Implementation and Cost Efficiency*:
– Focus on maximizing welfare benefits while minimizing costs and understanding potential resistance areas early on, economic, environmental, or social.
Implementation and Cost Efficiency
5. *Managing Complex Dynamics*:
– Addressing task complexity, social interactions, and cultural diversity within projects is essential for smooth execution and successful outcomes.
Managing Complex Dynamics
With a wealth of experience as a trainer in PMP, PgMP, and PfMP, I’ve had the privilege of guiding thousands of professionals to success in their PMI certifications. Please consider how these principles can be applied in your projects to amplify societal impact and achieve sustainable results.
Let’s not just read about these strategies, but also explore how they can be tailored to your unique project challenges. I look forward to our discussion and the insights we can gain together!
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by Dharam CW2 | Apr 10, 2024 | Project Management
Join Thomas Walenta, a renowned Global Project Economy expert, and myself in Episode 62 as we delve into the transformative world of projectification. We’ll unravel how the evolution towards a “project society” reshapes industries. This episode explores the ripple effects of projectification on innovation, digital progression, and the global market landscape. We’ll discuss the dynamic shift towards more agile and flexible work arrangements, the dual-edged sword they present, and the broader societal impacts that extend far beyond project completion.
Engage with us as we challenge the traditional “Business as Usual” model and dissect the evolving roles of PMOs in stable and dynamic organizational contexts. This insightful dialogue, where we share unique perspectives on the topic, is not just about information but sparking thought and discussion on how projectification influences businesses and society.
Don’t miss out on this crucial discussion that is shaping the future of work and societal development. It’s a conversation you need to be a part of. Watch now: https://youtu.be/7IXgqFQc23w
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by Dharam CW2 | Feb 29, 2024 | Project Management
Projectification on Social Projects Globally | Thomas Walenta | Dharam Singh | Episode 61
Dive into a riveting discussion on the transformative power of global project management in the latest episode of our podcast, featuring the esteemed Thomas Walenta and myself.
🌐 Episode 61 explores the concept of ‘projectification’ and its profound influence on social projects worldwide, dissecting the intricate dynamics between project management and societal advancement.
🔍 We delve into:
– The burgeoning impact of project management on society and global practices.
– Unique challenges and requirements faced by the public sector in project portfolio management.
– Strategies for government organizations to embed a robust project management culture.
– The ripple effect of projects on societal structures and organizational operations.
– Analyzing and measuring project quality against stringent criteria.
This episode is an essential listen for senior project, program, and portfolio management professionals seeking to grasp their work’s far-reaching implications on society and understand how projects are becoming the bedrock of operational strategies globally.
🎧 Tune in to gain invaluable insights that will redefine your perspective on the project’s role in societal development.
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In today’s competitive landscape, project management is a complex role that demands a unique blend of skills. To excel in this field, one must possess a combination of effective communication, strong leadership, good decision-making abilities, technical expertise, the ability to inspire a shared vision, adept team-building skills, the capability to handle pressure, good negotiation skills, empathy, and overall competence.
These qualities set a project manager apart and contribute to successful project outcomes.