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Project Management 101 People + Process + Product. To Lead a Successful Project. 20% Tools/Techniques + 80% People Skills. To Lead a Successful Change Effort. Case for Action + Vision + Plan must be greater than our Resistance to Change. The People. Advocate/Sponsor Stakeholders
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To Lead a Successful Project 20% Tools/Techniques + 80% People Skills
To Lead a Successful Change Effort Case for Action + Vision + Plan must be greater than our Resistance to Change
The People • Advocate/Sponsor • Stakeholders • Project Manager • Project Team
+ The Process Project Phases • Initiation • Planning • Implementation • Evaluation
Phase 1. INITIATION • What are we trying to accomplish? • Is it of value to the organization? • Is it do-able? Deliverables: Project Charter Approval to Proceed
Project Charter • Problem Statement • Vision Statement • Desired Outcomes • Major Deliverables • Assumptions • Stakeholders & Customers
Strategic & Resource Assessments • What’s the value? • What’s the do-ability?
Assessment Grid High VALUE Low Low High DO-ABILITY
Phase 2. PLANNING • Study options & identify best practices • Select strategies • Identify specific tasks and sequenced timelines Deliverable: Project Plan
Conduct site visits Read the literature Study customer behavior Talk with colleagues Talk with customers Survey AND Synthesize Study the Options
Select Strategies & Develop a Project Plan • Desired Outcomes • Statement of Work incl. Scope • Work Breakdown (specific tasks) • Schedule • Budget: Capital & Operating • Evaluation Methods • Risk Assessment • Communications Plan • Transition Plan
Phase 3. IMPLEMENTATION • Testing • Roll-Out Deliverables: specific products identified in Project Charter
Phase 4. EVALUATION • Assess how well the desired (and measurable) outcomes were met • Identify lessons learned through a team debrief… and celebrate! Deliverables: Final reports & documentation Assessment of measurable results at least 6 mos. after implementation
Designing a Project Plan • Desired Outcomes • Scope of Work & Specific Tasks • Schedule • Budget: Capital & Operating • Evaluation Methods • Risk Assessment • Communications Plan • Transition Plan
Scope of WorkWhat We’ll DoWhat We Won’tSpecific TasksWho will do What
1. Identify Risks Technical, quality or performance Project management Organizational External 2. Analyze Risks Compare probability with possible impact Choose to avoid, mitigate, transfer, or accept the risk Risk Assessment
Integration • Making trade-offs among competing demands scope time cost • Integration to standard operations
+ The Product(s)Learning Commons Major Deliverables • Redesign of LRC service and resource delivery • Marketing plan • Tools to measure impact of the work of the LRCs on student success, tied to accreditation standards • Redesign and/or realignment of existing physical spaces and proposal for new spaces • Staff training and development plan • Recommended staffing levels and realignments across the LRC division
Projects = Change Components of a successful change effort Cycle of change Levels of resistance1. I don’t get it 2. I don’t like it 3. I don’t like/trust you
Project Management • Strategic • Change • Communications • Process + People + Product
Bibliography The Guide To Project Management Body of Knowledge Project Management Institute, 2008 (4th edition) The Project Management Institute, www.pmi.org “Why Good Projects Fail Anyway” Harvard Business Review, Sept. 2003 Nadim F. Matta and Ronald N. Ashkenas “A Survival Guide for Leaders” Harvard Business Review, June 2002 Ronald A. Heifetz and Marty Linsky JobShift: How to Prosper in a Workplace without Jobs William Bridges, Perseus Books Group, 1995