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The Biggest Trend in Project Management
and How To Thrive
Diane Dromgold
Organisations are only doing two things:
1. Stuff that gets today’s results (business as usual); and
2. Stuff to get tomorrow’s results (projects).
A brief ‘modern’ history of projects
Society had a problem.
We needed a way to get things done – things that couldn’t be achieved in
normal daily operations and activities.
We invented the corporation as a way to get things done that couldn’t be done
otherwise…
In the 2003 film, “The Corporation”
Noam Chomsky said corporations were groups of people chartered by the state to perform a particular function (that they couldn’t perform on their own); and
Mary Zepernick Director Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy stated that corporations operated under charters constrained by:
• how long they could operate;• the amount of capitalization allowed;• what they made and did; and• provided for the shareholders being responsible. Sounds a lo
t
like a project
Corporations got complicated, bureaucratised and rigid
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Then they needed a way to get things done
So they invented …. Projects!
(mini corporations)
Projects (or mini corporations)
• Temporary organisations to get something done that has no other way of being achieved;
• Established with clear accountabilities, for specific periods and to achieve specific things;
• Sits outside existing structures; and
• Controlled by the boss (project manager).
They worked…
and organisations wanted more.
Enthusiasm for using projects keeps going up
1990 2000 2010 2020 2030
605040302010
Some commentators argue we’re already here
RNC evidence (1000+ cases)
%
% of org. spend on projects
The project driven
organisation
Enter the productivity and efficiency consultants
Maximum utilisation of all resources
•Matrix reporting
•% allocation of time to line and project activities
•People working on several things at the same time.
Projects no longer stand alone
This is the biggest trend in projects and their management
today.
Business
Project
ProjectProject
Project
Yesterday
Business
Projects
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Today
It’s all blurry now
It’s not going back any time soon.
How do we…? ??
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…succeed without overt control?
?
Succeed with competing demands on people?
?
?
Plan and budget without control over resources?
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Those were the days my
friend
?
?
Get people to do what we want them to do…
and when we want them to do it?
No matter what we learn in project management education.
No matter what tools, procedures, processes and
reports we need to use…
… It’s all about youand them.
Think in terms of campaign management...
Influence is the key.
Being Influential
“Seek first to understand; then to be understood.”
St Francis of Assisi - Stephen Covey
Notes to self
Work out who cares – and what it is they care about
Run the project they want – not the one I think they should want
Craft the project story – and get everyone on script
Don’t take people’s commitment for granted – no one works for or with me unless they want to
No one buys in unless it works for them
I need to know who has the power of yes – and the power of no
Beware the delegate sponsor.
Talk to us –
Diane DromgoldManaging DirectorRNC Global Projects
Head Office Level 5719-29 Martin PlaceSydney NSW 2000
Other OfficesSingapore; Hong Kong; USA; Canberra
[email protected] 622 649+61 2 9238 1990