Management support for your BPM project
Posted in Change Management, Process Improvement, Project Management on Mar 5th, 2011
Another major factor for success of a project is management support. This can take many forms, but if you don’t have the following from your executives then problem are going to occur. Budget support. Do we have the money in place to do the job? Is the organization committed? A real budget shows commitment. An [...]
Organizational culture and willingness to change: “Moving right along at the speed of business”.
Posted in Change Management, Process Improvement, Project Management on Mar 4th, 2011
It seems that every time another new engagement or project comes up, we face this issue. At the outset of a project it seems that everyone has a different view or perspective of what this means to them. Collectively these individual views are linked by the organization culture and how it addresses change. Yesterday I [...]
Making Change Happen-Top 10 factors that can affect your project
Posted in Change Management, Process Improvement, Project Management on Mar 3rd, 2011
In the business of BPM and projects we are all dealing with change. There are a lot of factors at work that affect how well we can make it occur. Some of those are personal; our management style, experience, empathy, drive and a whole lot more. However, the organizational ones are just as important. Here [...]
Great Project Managers are Great Teachers!
Posted in Change Management, Process Improvement, Project Management on Mar 2nd, 2011
While this might sound a might aggrandizing, the qualities of a great teacher and effective project managers are very similar. Or at least they should be. Palmer Parker, a very well known educationalist has some excellent ideas, derived from many years of successful teaching that we can use as project managers. In his book, “The [...]
Brainstorming you way to Goals and Objectives
Posted in Change Management, Process Improvement, Project Management on Mar 1st, 2011
Some may argue that “brainstorming” is a key part of the planning process and that generating ideas is important to successful planning, do not confuse the two areas. Providing the list of ideas will help you to prioritize your project and the criteria for success So the order for determining goals and priorities could be: [...]
