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The Role of the Project Sponsor in Digital Projects!
The Project Sponsor is like the General fighting against the status quo. Customer and vendor-side troops support you. They join hands to win against their common enemy – the status quo. So, you must stay close to customer and vendor teams and strategise the battle...
How much you reap depends on how much you sow!
Most of us would agree with ‘You reap what you sow’. The other aspect is how much did you sow? How much you reap depends on how much you sow! The question is, how much are we investing in sowing the good seeds. What is our plan to irrigate and consistently remove the...
Why are Guiding Principals useless?
You may have seen a little section – ‘The Guiding Principals’, at the start of key project documents. The author writes it. The stakeholders review and sometimes debate it. Then, when the document is approved, no one ever looks at them. Look, the problem is not in the...
What are you prepared to give away?
You must know what are you prepared to give away? Life is all about giving and taking. If you want to attain something, you must first give. The question is, what are you prepared to give! To earn money, you give away your time and energyTo learn, you may give away...
Who is responsible for risk management within Digital projects?
It appears to be a pretty straightforward question: Who is responsible for risk management within Digital projects? I hope you don’t say it is the Project Manager (PM). How could a PM be responsible for managing all project risks? The role of the PM is to set up a...
Why are we too shy to log this significant risk?
Digital projects are all about working collaboratively to deliver the intended outcome within given constraints. However, the reality is that we work in silos of smoky glass walls. Often the Vendor and Customer side Project teams behave like rivals rather than...
Kill the – ‘It is not my problem’ culture!
‘It is not my problem’ is different from ‘It is not a problem.’ When someone says, ‘It is not my problem’, they don’t want to share the problem/risk with any appropriate authority. As a result, the risk remains there. An unreported and unmonitored risk can soon become...
Risks make cross-selling a piece of cake!
You decided to buy a new iPhone from the local dealer. Salesman: So, which colour do you like? You: Black, please! Salesman: That is a nice colour; we have it in stock too. Now, let me show you the accessories. 80% of our customers who do not buy iPhone cases come...
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A Guide for Project Sponsors
Building A Rock Solid Foundation
This book is for the Project Sponsors and executives. There are practical examples, tips and process that will help sponsors to lead from the front. The book will force you to think from different dimensions. If you implement knowledge, methods and tips, you will experience instant results. You will see the improvement in the order, focus and growth in the morale of the team.
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