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.
As a PM for MTD. My approach will be Firstly, identify the problem and challenges, apply the VUCA framework tools in order to develop a suitable response to the problems already identified.
Collaboration and Communication: Agile emphasizes close collaboration among team members and stakeholders, promoting transparency and effective communication throughout the project.
Advice for the Company:
Embrace Iterative and Agile Practices: Encourage the use of iterative and agile approaches in event project management to increase flexibility, reduce risk, and enhance stakeholder satisfaction.
Foster Collaboration and Communication: Promote collaboration and effective communication among team members, stakeholders, and event organizers to ensure a shared understanding of project goals and facilitate feedback loops.
Prioritize Customer Satisfaction: Place a strong focus on meeting customer needs and incorporate their feedback throughout the project lifecycle to ensure a successful and satisfying event experience
In life, every human all face difficulties and apply simple or iterative approaches to them with or without knowing.
For the sake of the question asked, Being the PM of MTD and being cornered to use the iterative approach, i will sought to spell out the challenges. combining both the linear and iterative approach making it a hybrid system. this way all team members have a better understanding of the problem at hand and sprits are developed to curb it, whilst a permanent solution is being formulated underground.
For an event company, major problem that such as these may arise, which will most likely alter the initial desired results of both the clients and the PMs are:
1. Change in Government Policy directly or indirectly affecting events
2. Pandemic Outbreak
3. Clients decides to change venue a month before the event day or even worse change the date of event. This can affect both small and big event companies as they’ll be forced to redistribute man power, recommunicate to team members, to make matters worse, clients shift a date to a day this event company is already booked for.
4. Wrong/Delay specification of food, drinks, chairs or any item required to be supplied on the day. Improvisation, negotiation and subtle communication skills is immediately applied.
5. Misunderstanding between guests, guest & team members, clients and family, client and Team members.
Other complex situations exist, but in all a PM should be able to respond accordingly, be it in a simple approach, iterative, and or Hybrid. Understanding that makes one sense, categorieses, Probe and then respond.
As a project manager team work is very important in achieving a project in other to be efficient and effective.
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As a PM in MTD. First of all like I’ve learnt in the previous topics team work and communication is a key. The project must be clearly defined by the stakeholders and sponsors because no two projects are the same. We must take into consideration the environment which the project will be executed before proceeding. I’ll combine tools and techniques from both iterative and agile to create flexibility, reduce risk and the ability to deliver the project faster to the satisfaction of the stakeholders.
I’ll also apply VUCA framework to effectively get solutions to challenges that arise.
With an iterative approach,MTD seeks to ensure water supply to the various outlets, receive feedback after 2 weeks from both users-players and the staff, forth night review meetings to understand the water situation at the difference outlets being supplied even before the D-Day of event
As a PM, there is need in taking responsibility of every decision I take. Be objective in all decision I take. Be responsive to my team and activities . Objectivity in all definitions and execution of project . Not forgetting communication and feedbacks in the approach of VUCA as there is no one prefered PM method over another and having correspondent valid tools and techniques in mitigating unpredicted varied challenges in PM
As a PM I ought to be dynamic and intentional in my approaches when executing a project with the understanding of the fact that no two projects are the same, hence, I will have to be flexible in my approach as well as adopting the application of the VUCA framework in navigating the task at hand.
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What I have learnt this week that will help me as an MTD project manager are
Having understood how teams work, I will be ready to play my role as a team manager.
I will creat conditions and put up structures virtually or on ground to ensure that the team succeeds. I will safe guard our mental health also. I will develop the project teams and ensure that development is on going. I will give and recipes feedbacks. And ensure that I adapt my management style to best suit the project at hand.
Understanding the nature of a project, the project team/stakeholders as well as the project environment is key in planning and the strategy to deploy for the project. The application of the VUCA framework can provide insights to understanding the nature of these project challenges. As a project manager, the VUCA framework could help me to determine the most appropriate approaches/strategies to address/resolve the project challenges. It is important for a Project Manager to work effectively with all the project stakeholders, seek and analyse expert opinion where required, and be flexible as well adaptable in the use of project management tools/techniques.
Azubuike Princewill | Cohort 8 | Team 2
The validity of the agile, iterative, and linear approaches depends on the context and situation. It is essential for the chosen approach to consider the VUCA framework to effectively tackle emerging issues. In the MTD project, environmental concerns may arise, including actions from environmental activists that must be addressed within the project scope. To handle such situations and other events, a combination of predictive and iterative mindsets is required, adapting to the specific circumstances as they unfold.
As a project manager it’s most appreciated to combine both linear & iterative method & techniques to create a flexible and adaptable project lifestyle. Both approaches has special effect & impact in respect to the type of project.
Using the linear approach is best when ; cost & time are estimated accurately, there’s unlikely change in the project scope.
U like linear project, Iterative often allows team regular & frequent delivery likewise encouraging consumers & stakeholders feedback.
A project may begin with linear method and switches along the line to iterative method depending on the challenges and changes in the project lifecycle.
: Latona Emmanuel.
As the program manager, if I encounter a similar project as the MTD, I will use the two approaches for flexibility. Secondly, I will apply the iterative and agile approaches to tackle problems and challenges am likely to encounter along the line of implementation. Whatever approach i will adopt will depend on the issues at hand
As a project manager I would identify the problem. This would enable me take the next major step in solving the problem.
Then implement the use of VUCA tools to enable me develop a suitable response for the issues and Challenges of the given project.