Why Best Practice in Project Management is not enough?
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Why Best Practice isn’t enough
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Andy West
www.ilxgroup.com
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Introduction
Andy West
An experienced and professional Project & Change Management Skills Trainer with experience across a range of market sectors.
Involved in a number of projects covering the design and implementation of business systems and training solutions within a number of organisations.
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Purpose of this Webinar
• To consider the difficulties in embedding and using PRINCE2® in organisations
• To suggest some reasons for the lack of success and to suggest strategies to improve success.
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What is PRINCE2?
A Management Method with four Integrated Elements of:
• 7 Principles (guiding obligations and good practices)
• 7 Themes (raw materials of project management knowledge)
• 7 Processes (step-wise progression through a project)
• Tailoring to the project environment (flexibility)
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What PRINCE2 doesn’t do
• Specialist aspects of the Project• Detailed techniques in project management• Leadership advice or people skills
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What is PRINCE2 supposed to provide
• Best Practice model • Set of documents• Guidance on
embedding & tailoring
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Embedding & Tailoring
Embedding is organisation based and focuses on:• Process responsibilities• Standards (templates, definitions)• Integration with business processes • Process assurance• Scaling rules/guidance• Training and development• Tools
Tailoring is project based and focuses on:• Adapting the themes (through the strategies and controls)• Incorporating specific terms/language• Revising the Product Descriptions for the management
products• Revising the role descriptions for the PRINCE2 project roles• Adjusting the processes to match the above
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Embedding Difficulties
• Bureaucratic• Don’t like ‘rules’• Baby and bath water• Change in language
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Tailoring Difficulties
• How big is this Project?• How risky is this Project?• What techniques should I use this time?• Where do I find guidance?
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Results of poor embedding or tailoring
• Lots of training, little use• Disaffected Staff• Poor Control• Heroic or Robotic Project Management
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Embedding Strategies
• Implement as a Project• Look for business
reasons• Retain current language• Keep it simple• Be wary of formal
standards
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Tailoring Strategies
• PRINCE2 Guidance• Project Assessment• Knowledge is shared
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PRINCE2 isn’t Project Management
• And Project Management isn’t just PRINCE2• Remember the techniques, leadership, specialist
knowledge• Senior management support
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A final thought…
Every project is unique…
How you deal with each project should be too.
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Courses recommended
PRINCE2Programme &
Project Sponsorship
APM Project Management Qualification
Change Management
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