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 in charge of MTD. I will do my environmental analysis. The analysis of the environment in which my project is being carried out greatly influences its success or otherwise. It is essential to be aware of the project environment and take measures to deal with its influence on the project all through the project lifecycle.
As a project manager in charge of MTD I will start by addressing and understanding the project by using the VUCA framework which is a tool that helps us to build an awareness of the organization’s situation and develop suitable responses to the challenges that interface in the external or macro environment
As a PM in charge of MTD, I will first do my environmental analysis, pick team members to work with, discuss with them in the nitty-gritty of the project using VUCA, we would evaluate in the method to use in carrying out the project to achieve success project
The first question I would ask myself is: has this project been done before now, was it successful or did it fail? If it was successful what method & tools were useful in making it a success? If it failed, what were the causes of the failure?
The next step is to consider the environmental, economic, social, and technological impact and challenges that could be by carrying out various analysis. How Volatile is the environment, how Uncertain can the economy be, how Complex is the project and how Ambiguous are the conditions surrounding achieving the project.
Focusing on the project’s VUCA would determine what method or tool to approach in delivering a successful project outcome.
As a PM in charge of MTD, I will first do my environmental analysis, pick team members to work with, discuss with them in the nitty-gritty of the project using VUCA, we would evaluate in the method to use in carrying out the project to achieve success.
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i have learnt that ,As a project manager in charge of MTD I will start by addressing and understanding the project by using the VUCA framework which is a tool that helps us to build an awareness of the organization’s situation and develop suitable responses to the challenges that interface in the external or macro environment.
I will combat all forms of volatility using Agility- which is the ability to perceive and respond to any form of changes, and i will also gather and analyze all available information when i don’t know what the impact of an event will be.
Furthermore i will use both the iterative and linear method in solving the problem because in a complex situation, there is always no right answer but only an informed guesswork.
In using both frameworks, we will be able to test ideas while learning about users requirements, delivery of project output will be accelerated, stakeholder engagement will be top notch, there will be visibility and transparency, and we will ensure that we provide assurances to our stakeholders and finally, we will improve on our accountability.
As the project manager, I will do an environmental survey, understand the nitty-gritty of the project,form a team then discuss on method to adopt if it will be linear,iterative or both. Thanks.
As the project manager, I will first do an environmental analysis and discuss it with my team. We will identify all the necessary things to put in place for the success of the project. We will decide which method we are using, or maybe we can use both methods, i.e., linear and iterative methods.
Thank you.
As the Project Manager (PM) of MTD, I would first consider the VUCA analysis with my team.
Combining both the Linear and Iterative approaches (Hybrid) is the method I would deploy since there is no better way to achieve project success. This method will help me:
1) Test ideas and learn about user requirements.
2) Accelerate delivery of project output.
3) Improve Stakeholder engagement.
4) Increase visibility and transparency.
5) Provide Assurance to sponsors and stakeholders.
6) Increase accountability.
As a project manager partnering with MTD, knowing that there is no preferred method of executing a project, one would incorporate both linear and iterative methods where required, and above all great communication should be encouraged between all stakeholders involved, transparency should be prioritized.
As a PM, collaborating with MTD I would combine the right approaches to get a better result because there are no specific approach for any project manager to successfully complete a project, but have 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 if visible or not