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Lean Project Management
Oxymoron or Possible?
Mike Edwards
TorontoXP - May 21, 2013
@mikeeedwards mike@leanintuit.com
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Two project managers!
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Why do PMs seem to
be such a burden !??!
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Lets follow the
evolution of a PM
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First go hire a virgin PM
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Watch them have some success ...
while they don’t know any better!
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2/2 New document (2/2)2013-04-02 19:52:36
PMP
Then encourage them to get certified!
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They have the holy grail!
• PM Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)
• Program Management Standard
• Portfolio Management Standard
• Risk Management Standard
• Earned Value Standard
• Configuration Management Standard
• Work Breakdown Structure Standard
• Scheduling Standard
• Estimating Standard
• Competency Development Framework
• PMBOK Government Extension
• PMBOK Construction Extension
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Then it starts happening!
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Sound Familiar?
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Does Project
Management make
sense?
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It’s a complex world!
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Lean!
Eliminate
Waste
High Product
Integrity
Team & People
Focus
Always
Delivering
Always
Learning
Optimizing
the whole
Value
Partially done work
Extra Processes
Extra Features
Task Switching
Waiting
Motion
Defects
Management Activities
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Examining current state
People
Process Product
People’s
Satisfaction
Quality
Business risk,
schedule and cost
pressure
They’re People
not Resources!
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People
Clients Everyone!
The
Public
Sponsor
Banker
TestersProje ager Develop
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Let’s build something!
• All you have to do is have the
developer draw a picture in 5 mins
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People
Ownership
Leadership
Collaboration
EmpoweredDisempowered
ServantMaster
InclusiveExclusive
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Process
Focus on how you use a process
Not what process is used
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PMI Processes
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61©2013 Project Management Institute. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®
Guide) – Fifth Edition
3
4. Project
Integration
Management
5. Project Scope
Management
6. Project Time
Management
7. Project Cost
Management
8. Project
Quality
Management
9. Project
Human Resource
Management
10. Project
Communications
Management
11. Project Risk
Management
12. Project
Procurement
Management
13. Project
Stakeholder
Management
Project Management Process Groups
Knowledge Areas Initiating
Process
Group
Closing
Process
Group
Monitoring
and Controlling
Process Group
Executing
Process
Group
Planning
Process
Group
4.1 Develop
Project Charter
13.1 Identify
Stakeholders
4.2 Develop Project
Management Plan
5.1 Plan Scope
Management
5.2 Collect
Requirements
5.3 Define Scope
5.4 Create WBS
6.1 Plan Schedule
Management
6.2 Define
Activities
6.3 Sequence
Activities
6.4 Estimate
Activity Resources
6.5 Estimate
Activity Durations
6.6 Develop
Schedule
7.1 Plan Cost
Management
7.2 Estimate Costs
7.3 Determine
Budget
8.1 Plan Quality
Management
9.1 Plan Human
Resource
Management
10.1 Plan
Communications
Management
11.1 Plan Risk
Management
11.2 Identify Risks
11.3 Perform
Qualitative Risk
Analysis
11.4 Perform
Quantitative Risk
Analysis
11.5 Plan Risk
Responses
12.1 Plan
Procurement
Management
13.2 Plan
Stakeholder
Management
4.3 Direct and
Manage Project
Work
8.2 Perform Quality
Assurance
9.2 Acquire Project
Team
9.3 Develop Project
Team
9.4 Manage Project
Team
10.2 Manage
Communications
12.2 Conduct
Procurements
13.3 Manage
Stakeholder
Engagement
4.4 Monitor and
Control Project
Work
4.5 Perform
Integrated Change
Control
5.5 Validate Scope
5.6 Control Scope
6.7 Control
Schedule
7.4 Control Costs
8.3 Control Quality
10.3 Control
Communications
11.6 Control Risks
12.3 Control
Procurements
13.4 Control
Stakeholder
Engagement
4.6 Close Project
or Phase
12.4 Close
Procurements
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Process
Improving
Process
Application
OngoingOnce
EvolvingEstablished
ScaledRigid
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Product
IT organizations only exists to
deliver valuable products & tools to
enable our customers to succeed
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Product
Product Definition
Achievement Focus
Response to change
LearnedDefined
CustomerProject
AdaptiveControl
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What do the
results tell us?
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Your assessment results?
People
Process Product
People’s
Satisfaction
Quality
Business risk,
schedule and cost
pressure
They’re People
not Resources!
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People
Process Product
People’s
Satisfaction
Quality
Business risk,
schedule and cost
pressure
They’re People
not Resources!
Your assessment results?
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Where to
from here?
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Where to from here?
• First figure out where you are
• Listen to the people
• Everyone must commit to an
improvement program
• Iterate! (aka: Do it again!)
• For best results - get help!
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A word about
certifications!
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http://leanpmsolutions.com/the-lean-pmo-is-possible/
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