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The Drama Is Real. It Isn’t The Whole Story.
The Drama Is Real. It Isn't The Whole Story. Watch an executive get defensive in a steering committee. Someone asks a direct question about the go-live date, and the sponsor's jaw tightens, the voice sharpens, the justification arrives before the question has finished...
Incompetence in the Executive Suite
Incompetence in the Executive Suite We rarely use the word incompetence for executives. It sounds too blunt for people with the right titles, the right degrees, the right number of years behind their name. So we find softer words instead — bandwidth, style,...
How to keep it simple? It starts with you!
We covered that as a Project Sponsor, you must keep things simple. The complexity of human interaction is the biggest challenge in any project. We also discussed that ‘I’ thinking is the underlying root cause of complexity. ‘I’ thinking is protecting and glorifying...
Why do we complicate things? Top reason you must know!
In the last post, we covered that Project sponsors must keep things simple in the project. Complexity is one of the most significant challenges within technology projects. But, the complexity is generally not due to the technical challenges. Instead, it is because of...
You Never Trained the System User
You Trained the Tradesperson. You Never Trained the System User. A tradesperson cannot pick up a tool on day one and start using it at will. They are trained on it. Assessed on it. Reassessed on a cycle, to confirm the skill hasn't decayed. Certified against a...
Patterns
Our brains were built to follow patterns. Then somewhere along the way we convinced ourselves we're running on free will and conscious control. Most of the time we're not. We're following the groove. This is worth sitting with if you're a leader trying to change your...
What is the most crucial thing for the project sponsors? Keep it simple!
Keep it simple! Yes, that is right; success is yours if you keep things simple throughout the project! It appears that humans have a general tendency to complicate things. Here are a few common examples: During project start, the project roles and responsibilities are...
Are you wasting time seeking permission or taking action?
Yesterday, I sat on the APMG Level Up panel of the live Q&A. The topic was how to become a Business Analyst? You can find more here. From the live questions, few want to learn about the Business Analysis profession. It appears that many want to become Business...
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