The Strategic Project Manager

APRIL 14, 2022

This post provides an overview of the importance of Cost Structure as a canvas component, gives guidance on how to approach identifying the Cost Structure for a business, looks at different types of Cost Structures, and looked at the implications of Cost Structure considerations for strategy and project management.

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The Strategic Project Manager

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

This post explores what Mass Customization means, its importance in strategy, and the Mass Customization benefits that project managers must deliver. How Does Mass Customization Impact Strategies? What Is Mass Customization? Mass Customization is a hybrid of mass production and job shop customization.

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The Strategic Project Manager

AUGUST 23, 2022

This post gets down to the basics of the Project Management Office (PMO): What is a PMO, what is its purpose, and why do you need one (or more) in your organization? Is There a Single Project Management Office Definition? The rest of what a PMO might provide is situation-specific.

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The Strategic Project Manager

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Project management, which is where operational change is made to happen, is right in the middle of this, and the framework has a familiar look because of emphasis on risk management, as well as opportunity management. What Are Dynamic Capabilities? And the level is not permanent – it can and will change!

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The Strategic Project Manager

JUNE 28, 2022

It then looks at implications of the agile scrum process for project management and strategy. It consists of the following key elements or steps: Organization strategy – This is apart from the scrum process itself, but is a necessary input. What is the “product of the project”?

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The Strategic Project Manager

MARCH 1, 2022

This post looks at Time as a strategic element and how it has evolved into a critical consideration in strategy and project management. Let’s look at the benefits of using Time as a strategic factor, and its impact on developing and implementing strategy. Time as a Basis for Competition. Benefits of Being Faster.

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The Strategic Project Manager

MAY 8, 2022

This post looks at what the PDCA cycle is, dives into the specifics of the four steps, looks at pros and cons, and enumerates where it can enhance strategy and project management efforts. PDCA is considered to be a part of the quality movement – but it is also a method associated with change management.

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The Strategic Project Manager

APRIL 7, 2023

It explors the impact to strategy, and links to several relevant strategy models and frameworks for analyzing digital opportunities and approaches. Finally, it looks at what it takes to implement digital value chains on projects in organizations, and again references key models and apprpoaches.

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The Strategic Project Manager

JANUARY 19, 2022

While scope, cost, and time are always a concern in project management, success with them does not by itself mean project success. Fulfilling the project’s purpose gets you a lot closer…but that’s high level. Recognition – Acknowledgment of team members and stakeholders for contributions to the project.

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The Strategic Project Manager

MARCH 7, 2022

Projects are all about producing Value, and products are all about providing Value. This post examines a recent strategic framework, the Value Stick, which is great to digging in to the dynamics of value creation of products and projects. What Is Value Based Pricing – and Value Based Strategy? What Is a Value Stick?

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The Strategic Project Manager

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Finally, the post discusses several impacts to consider in the practices of strategy and project management. Most companies fall in the broad middle, testing a range of hybrid work strategies such as allowing employees to mix time at home and in the office, or mandating that employees come in several days a week.”

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The Strategic Project Manager

OCTOBER 20, 2022

This post provides an overview of Kanban, the key elements of Kanban boards, and the impact and usefulness of Kanban to strategy and project management. What Is the Kanban Project Methodology? It also provides a foundation for continuous process improvement by executing teams. A simple Kanban board is shown at right.

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The Strategic Project Manager

MARCH 14, 2022

This post examines what Channels are, why they are important to the business model, and strategic and project management impacts. Understanding Channels in the Business Model Canvas. Channels sits on the Value Creation side of the Business Model Canvas. They can be physical or virtual, or a combination, as required.

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The Strategic Project Manager

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

In part, the answer lies in developing custom strategies and implementing projects to position the company in the appropriate business ecosystems. The Basics: What Is the Ecosystem Strategy? Ecosystem strategy is a major leap from the strategic basics first put forth by Michael Porter. Here’s how.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Project management, like many professions, has undergone a transformation in the past 12 months. Project managers (PM’s) have experienced disruption and needed to adapt. Businesses had to pivot, causing projects and the way they executed them to also change. The way they, and their teams, have worked shifted.

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The Strategic Project Manager

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Strategy is all about identifying and creating areas of competitive advantage. Project management is all about executing those strategies. This post examines two economics concepts – Absolute Advantage and Comparative Advantage – which provide structure for analyzing and achieving competitive advantage.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 29, 2019

Bühler, Erik Weber, Fin Goulding, Haydn Shaughnessy, Jackie Thoms, Jill Graves, John Seddon, Kurt Bittner, Laurens Bonnema, Liz Keogh, Mark Noneman, Marshall Goldsmith, Mike Burrows, Nader Talai, Ron Eringa, Steve Porter, and Thomas Power. Remove some responsibilities from managers to allow them to become leaders as coaches.

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The Strategic Project Manager

JULY 14, 2022

Low Code No Code, otherwise known as Citizen Development, is a growing development that is closely associated with the project management discipline. In fact, it is very project centric, and also has important strategic implications. What Is Low Code No Code? Relieves overload of work being fed to developers and IT.

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The Strategic Project Manager

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Check out the new Project Management Handbook (paid link): —————————————-. Notice that at a certain point, the number of enterprises actually begins to create inefficiencies. By Contrast, Narrow Scope Defines Economies of Scale.

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The Strategic Project Manager

DECEMBER 26, 2021

In many ways, strategy and project management are very simple. The 80:20 rule works, whether in our personal lives, crafting a business strategy, or managing a project. It really comes down to just a few basic principles. The Power of 80:20 Thinking. The bottom line is that all things do not matter equally.

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ActiveCollab

APRIL 3, 2017

Project management is a big topic, there are 13,000 book on project management alone on Amazon ). We made a list of 12 most relevant project management books every project manager needs to read. To be a good project manager, you need more than the technical know-how (eg.

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