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Project Managers Wear Suits

Project Managers Wear Suits. Camouflage for the internet era The Human Interface Consultancy Ltd Contact: Duncan@hic.co.uk. Projects Go Wrong . Reasons for project failure Scope changes Requirements volatility Poor communication Impossible/unrealistic timescales Etc. Resolution.

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Project Managers Wear Suits

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  1. Project Managers Wear Suits Camouflage for the internet era The Human Interface Consultancy Ltd Contact: Duncan@hic.co.uk

  2. Projects Go Wrong • Reasons for project failure • Scope changes • Requirements volatility • Poor communication • Impossible/unrealistic timescales • Etc.

  3. Resolution • We know what we need to know • Process • Plans and planning • Estimation • Risk management • Change management • Etc.

  4. So… • So we know the problems • We know the solutions that could be applied • Question • Why don’t they consistently deliver the results that we need? • Why can’t we sell them to others?

  5. People that’s the answer! • If techniques can’t / don’t help • and process is unfriendly • Then we need to polish up on our people skills • Team Building • Collaboration • Conflict management • Motivational theory • Etc.

  6. And it … • Still doesn’t work all of the time • Web developments • Young teams • Fast track attempts at delivery • Virtual teams • Etc.

  7. Why should the devil have all of the good music? (misquote) • All of us will be aware of XP and the Agile movement • We’ll have different views about what we think about it • But lets consider two things • No techie ever says no to it (?) • It’s taking off like a train ….

  8. Not the ‘great debate’ • Don’t want to judge XP • Pair programming • Test first programming • Requirements tests on the back of each card

  9. Not just reinventing wheels … • Cleaning them up and selling them to a new audience as ‘their thing’ • Best practice so that ‘they’ want it done to them

  10. Time to lose the suits • Our challenge • Present Project Management so it looks and feels like a modern skill • Describe it in a language (context) that today's developers and project team members think is relevant and pertinent to them

  11. Project ManagementTraining and Delivery • We are right … • We just don’t sound like it to them! • The issue: • Not content (process, technique, people skills) • But context (current, cool and with a good vibe)

  12. Actions • Am I saying that we should wear shorts and a baseball cap? • But we must understand the issues of environment, models and expectations that we generate looking like we do and sounding like we do!

  13. Silver Bullets? • Practicalities of training • Need for real world experience • Not a theoretical subject • Integrity and honesty • Bridging the gaps

  14. Contact details • Duncan@hic.co.uk

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