Put yourself in the role of a project manager collaborating with MTD, an events company.
Considering the difficulties and problems that MTD encounters in their projects, what insights have you gained this week that could offer assistance?
If an iterative approach were employed in organizing an event as a project, what would be the consequences? Similarly, what are the implications of adopting an agile approach? If the company sought your advice, what would you recommend?
Contribute your thoughts and ideas to the discussion.
Agile as an iterative approach of project management allows for the deployment of different stages and skills to build a project plan and make it successful
As an MTD manager when I must have considered things that I might alter or promote my plan I will start out with the linear approach which makes it possible to take a gradual process and plans step by step, getting detailed plans from the team after that I will try to get quality feedbacks from my sponsors and customers which enchances the transparency and honest of the project and makes communication frequent and effective
As an MTD PM I will prefer to use both project lifecycles. Linear and interative(agile), hybrid because they are good to use when doing projects in a VUCA world.
The implications of using iterative project lifecycle is mostly positive implications which are it is less risky, there transparency , there is positive impact since clients have the ability to give feedbacks and able to say what they want. Also there is accurate role of management, each Team has its role and the manager is there just to guide( more of leadership role ).
Agile is an iterative approach to project management that allows you to manage a project by breaking it into several stages, uninterrupted collaboration with stakeholders, team input, and constant development and iteration at every stage of the project. Understanding Project Teams.
As an assurance provider with an NGO, we liaise with various stakeholders involved in the campaign process such as the LGA teams and community leaders where the project is to be executed to get us individual’s who are experienced in their communities since they reside within the community coupled with the fact that the project is just a stipulated duration.
Success had in meeting with the challenges is as a result of the training conducted with the teams sourced by the LGA teams and community leaders before the project commences and effective monitoring of the teams while executing the project.
From the study of this week, as a project manager who works with MTD event company I will definitely combine or use the interactive and linear approach because iterative project approaches are been derived from agile soft and digital product development which makes a project managers work easier and better. And also interactive approach connect with *volatility*Ambiguity*Complexity
*Uncertainty which talks about Agile team. Agile team are the ones responsible in responding quickly in a short mini project and also the are in charge of limiting the amount of work in progress.
Using Vuca to ascertain the type of project facing the company, I can then decider whether to use linear or iterative approach or whether to combine both.
Using Vega to ascertain the type of project facing the company, I can then decider whether to use linear or iterative approach or whether to combine both.
As a project manager with MTD, a combination of agile and iterative method will be best, they both combined offer you the opportunities of delivery a perfect project thereby keeping the stakeholders abreast of the situation at hand and also delivering a fast-paced project without wasting time.
From my learnings this week as the project manager of MTD I can adopt the principles of VUCA (Volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity). Keeping in mind there may be uncertainties in the cause of carrying out the project. In addition to this, I will deploy effective communication between the stakeholders (project manager, project team, project sponsors, regulatory agencies, end-users etc.).
Application of iteractive approach will help MTD replan when uncertainty in the project occurs and required feedback ensured. This will produce a faster delivery of product and plans. Completion of the project is more effective so as to fastrack investors decision for another project
As a project Manager in MTD, I will ensure to adopt the right methodology for each project because they are all unique. The key players from the Sponsor -Key players- Stakeholders- Project Team are all unique and different needs must be addressed at different times. The focus is always a successful project.
Considering factors such as the project objectives, project plan, effective communication , risk management, deliverables and vendor management, the Agile approach in most cases will be most effective for MTD because of the Volatility and uncertainty surrounding their projects.