Tom Peters, the guru’s guru, declares that if you, the Brand U, don’t spend up to 70% of your time on projects, you’re sushi. Projects give you visibility, wide experience, and opportunities. Tom Peters has capitalized on the trend that we’ll all be itinerant free agents. He’s trademarked the phrase, ‘The Power of You.’TM Smart. …
If You Don’t Spend 70% of Your Time on Projects, You’re Sushi Read More »
In today’s new work environment, what’s the title and role of the person who brings all the resources together in the project team? Is this Brand U a project manager, leader, coach, facilitator, or some other term? Project leadership is abstract, touchie-feely, and frankly difficult for many of us. The projectized organization looks and feels …
In the projectized model, work gets done differently. A project is still organized around a lead person, who may be called project leader instead of manager. The project leader facilitates more than manages the project. While a project may have started with one person who had the vision and authority to push onwards, one-person management …
Some of life’s simplest and mundane activities are also projects even though they’re not as visible, expensive, or monumental as landing a person on the moon. The phenomenal proliferation of day planners attests to Brand U’s projectizing their work and daily life. Day planners or electronic planners schedule our activities, in other words managing these …
The first Brand U engineering projects can be traced to Egyptian or Mesopotamian pyramids then to Greek and Roman engineering marvels. Many ancient monuments are similar to what we do today in scale and complexity. Think how these ancient projects incorporated many of the same features used in today’s projects. These ancient architects pushed their …
Project Management Institute Core Project Processes Integration management: Ensures all key elements of the project are properly coordinated. Scope management: Ensures all key project activities are successfully addressed. Time management: Ensures timely completion of the project. Cost management: Ensures most effective use of project team members. Quality management: Ensures stakeholder needs are satisfied. Human resource …
Managing by projects or projectizing work is hot – blistering hot! The idea behind projectizing a business is to treat all work as integrated Brand U projects that are completed on time and on budget while satisfying multiple stakeholders. Several converging trends also make project management more critical. The marketplace is global and more stakeholders …
Shared authority and responsibility Access to organizational resources Rapid response to customers Conflicts resolved quickly Available Information and resources Job security and availability for team members Rapid deployment of specialists and team members Shared knowledge, skills, and other resources
Visionary Leader Role model Sponsor Change agent Ombudsperson Champion Manager/administrator Coach Organizer Mentor Enabler Cheerleader Delegator Communicator Entrepreneur Compliance officer Translator System architect Internal consultant
I push in just one direction, not in every direction. Rita Levi-Montalcini, Scientist The high-impact project is the gem … the nugget … the fundamental atomic particle from which the new white collar world will be constructed and/or reconstructed. Tom Peters I find the great thing in this world is, not where we stand, as …