The Complete Project Manager – Introduction
This week I preview material that has occupied much of my time over the last few months—writing about The Complete […]
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Organizational Leadership
What remote managers need to know about staying on top of remote and global employees.
Last article we discussed some of the down-side to working remotely (either from home or from an off-site office). We discussed some techniques an employee can stay in the spotlight, even when they are not located in the same site as their reporting manager, cohorts or those making the salary decisions. Today, we’ll cover the challenges and solutions from the managerial position.
A primary concern for a manager is : as your team starts to grow apart in location, how do I assure the team doesn’t also “grow apart as a team”. How does one keep a cohesive workforce across both distance and time zones?
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Project Management Unplugged: The Loneliness of the Long-distance Program Manager
Until recently, it was an article of faith with me that I could not work remotely from my teams and
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Compromising often leaves both sides wanting
Compromising is a lose/lose proposition, because it often leaves both sides wanting. Another phrase I hear often and somewhat disagree with is: The key to my success is treating people the way I want to be treated.
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Why do projects fail and how to fix them.
You’ve heard the stereotypes: Business analysts thinks IT is a socially awkward group with zero business savvy. IT, meanwhile, scoffs at analysts inability to keep up. So many projects depend on IT-business alignment, and so many fail.
Why do projects fail, who’s to blame, and how to fix them?
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And the Oscar Goes To…
Project managers are on stage and under the spotlight from the moment the project curtain opens until the project curtain
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Corporate development & finance – Business value from the corporate perspective
Now it is time to explore how these services and capabilities are viewed by the enterprise in terms of true business value and competitive advantage. Corporate development concerns itself with the management arm of the enterprise, setting the strategy and priorities, and ensuring that the enterprise wide investments are aligned with future strategic goals.
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Enterprise Architecture – Linking Teams to the Enterprise
Now that the linkage between the delivery and operations of the service has been established and the PM understands how the service enables a capability, it is time to make the connection between the delivery team and the organization.
I believe that helping the PM understand EA and its links to Business Architecture (BA) will help to crystallize the role that their delivery team plays in the broader scope of the enterprise.
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Services Management – The life-cycle of a Service
Linking Project Delivery in the early stages to business value can be challenging at best, due to changing strategic goals of the enterprise. Also, understanding the full life cycle of the delivered service, including the total cost of ownership and the end-to-end life-cycle of the service can be a difficult task to assume and communicate.
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Idea #1 in Agile
Agile isn’t about producing products faster than other methods. Agile isn’t about working faster than other people. The single most
Prototype your way to Real
When project managing for innovation and change, three important steps are getting great inspiration, having an effective idea generation session, and then moving your ideas forward with prototyping. Consider your personal and organizational prototyping practices: do you prototype across a wide range of levels, from rough to real? Do you prototype both your tangible and intangible concepts, as you might for service design and organizational change? Take a look at the following post to imagine your path this year on what and how to prototype – for yourself or across your company.
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