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 project manager, collaborating with MTD I would combine the approaches to get a better result.
Reasons being that there’s no specific approach for any project manager to successfully complete a project, rather the project manager has to combine both the linear and iteractive approaches at some point in the project implementation taking into consideration a lot of factors like
– Project completion time
-Stakeholders requirements
-Finance
-Transparency and how Visible it will be
As a project manager with MTD, the VUCA analysis should be considered before embarking on the project.
I will recommend the hybrid method which is the infusion of both linear and iterative approaches in carrying out projects and achieving the desired results.
It enables the PM to adapt to changes in the course of carrying out the project if need be and also gives room for feedback with detailed plans in place.
Abdsalam Ikram
While project management techniques exist, the complexity of certain projects, whether at the onset or during execution, often demands a flexible approach or a blend of methods, taking VUCA into account.
It’s crucial for a project manager not to rigidly adhere to a specific technique when it becomes evident that a change is necessary.
Linear or iterative methods might yield productivity in a project’s initial stages, but adapting to a hybrid approach becomes essential as the project evolves, considering factors like budget, time, and stakeholders. Project managers, such as those at MTD, could benefit from embracing hybrid models or transitioning between linear and iterative methods for optimal project success.
As a project manager working for MTD, there are no straight approach to handling a project. Be it the linear or the iterative approach . To get the project completed despite the working environment the project manager can employ a combination of the two approaches to resolve the challenge and get the project done.
The agile approach has its advantages and disadvantages but as we know , it all depends on the type of situation being faced at MTD.
Sunday Nathaniel Ngwamah,
Cohort 12, Team 10.
Though there are project management techniques or approaches, the Complexity of some projects either at the beginning or in the course of the project requires a change of method or a combination of techniques taking VUCA into consideration.
A project manager should not hold tightly unto a particular technique even when it’s glaring that a change is required.
Linear or iterative may prove productive in a stage of project, but when it out grows its usefulness, hybridisation should be adoption where necessary considering budget, time and stakeholders. Project manager like that of MTD can adopt the hybrid or a change from either linear to iterative or the other way round for project success.
Sunday Nathaniel Ngwamah,
Cohort 12, Team 10.
Though there are project management techniques or approaches, the Complexity of some projects either at the beginning or in the course of the project requires a change of method or a combination of techniques.
A project manager should not hold tightly unto a particular technique even when it’s glaring that a change is required.
Linear or iterative may prove productive in a stage of project, but when it out grows its usefulness, hybridisation should be adoption where necessary considering budget, time and stakeholders. Project manager like that of MTD can adopt the hybrid or a change from either linear to iterative or the other way round for project success.
As the project manager collaborating with MTD here’s my insight and recommendations:
There is no specific approach in handling a project but taking the project through VUCA analysis to understand the problems and proffer solutions is of importance. I will say combining both linear and iterative approaches having it mind the implications involved in the time to deliver, stakeholders and customers engagement visibility and transparency and accountability. And the linear methodology is done in stages without many challenges. The consequences of iterative is that is more structured, predictable with implications for potential rework, long term cycles, slower response to issues and that of Agile has consequences of increased risk of scope creep, strong team communication, quick to respond to changes, embraces collaboration and it’s implications includes improve customer feedback integration, high development costs. Based on MTD ‘so challenges, I recommend a hybrid approach starting with iterative planning for budgeting, infrastructure and then embrace agile principles for execution.
Micah Chijioke Madu
Project Manager
Cohort 12
Team 6
The choice of project management method and lifecycle to adopt would depend on the challenges presented by the environment. Using the VUCA approach would help to determine the nature of the challenge faced by the project. The different challenges would require different approaches to solving them. A volatile situation requires agility speed. An uncertain situation calls for research and existing information on the situation on ground.
My recommendation as a project manager with MTD for an event would be subject to the challenges faced by the project. In an earlier video, MTD had mentioned that part of their recent challenge had been with clients increasingly getting conscious of their environment and increasing their demand of the quantity of water supply for projects, and this is usually at no additional cost to the client. My recommendation would be to adopt the linear (waterfall) approach to project management with needed agile (Itirative) components infused into the project lifecycle as the need presents itself.
As the Project Manager collaborating with MTD, it might be worthwhile to experiment with the two approaches within the context of the time available on a small scale and then swiftly assess the effectiveness of either and then choose a preferred method which works better to deliever expectations.
Flexibility and continuous improvement are characteristics of iterative approach as project components are circles, can be revisited and refined
Iterative planning and execution will favor MTD as far as event management is concerned. however, regular feedback and adjustments will help them to adapt to evolving changes required, unexpected challenges and loopholes
As a project manager working for Mtd, as said , there is no definite approach to handling a project.either the linear or the iterative approach .but to be on a safer side , bearing in mind the challenges of budgeting, sponsors readjustments, downtime due to challenges such as weatherconditions, approvals from the authorities etc, the recommended best approach is the hybrid approach. Which is the mix of the iterative and linear approach. With this, sprints can be applied to allow for accommodation of downtime , and other contingencies.
The agile approach has its advantages and disadvantages but as said , it now depends on the situation at hand .