Why Best Practice in Project Management is not enough?

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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