Pushing Decisions to the Right Level of the Organization
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Speaker : PAYSON HALL
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When : Thursday, November 07, 2024
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Time : 12 : 00 PM EST
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Payson Hall is a former U.S. Army Ranger and consulting project manager for Catalysis Group, Inc. in Sacramento. Formally trained as a software engineer, Payson’s early career included software development, hardware/software system integration, and Independent Verification & Validation. As his career progressed, his role shifted to include increasing project management responsibilities, with a focus on technology projects
Today Payson coaches project managers, teaches project management skills, consults, and performs project reviews in a variety of fields, including transportation, communication, software development, education, financial services, and healthcare.
Payson has
consulted on projects in both the public and private sectors throughout
North America and Europe during his 40-year career. He has published
over 250 project management articles, developed numerous project
management and problem-solving classes, written a book on project
sponsorship, and is a sought-after conference speaker who specializes in
demystifying project management topics and communicating important
ideas while entertaining audiences.
Managing projects is a challenging job. Project Managers are constantly making decisions, but which decisions should be made by the PM and the team alone, and which should be escalated to leadership?
In this webinar, Consulting Project Manager Payson Hall offers tools for discussing priorities with Sponsors and explores methods a project manager can use to assure decision-making is consistent with organizational priorities and that decisions are being made by the appropriate person.
Areas Covered
- Heads: I win… Tails: You lose - Is Decision-Making a no-win situation?
- Human Nature works against you
- Can You Guess the Sponsor’s Needs?
- How to Better Serve Sponsors?
- Confidence in Questions
- A tool for Priorities – The RSS Matrix
- Authority – The ongoing conversation
- Dimensions of Authority
- Final Thoughts/Q & A
Who Should Attend
Project Managers, Project Team Members, Project Sponsors, Portfolio Managers, Project Management Office staff.
Why Should You Attend
This session offers tools to facilitate conversations with project sponsors to clarify which decisions they are reserving for themselves and which are delegated to the project manager.
It also introduces a tool to help tease out sponsor priorities that will support decision-making.
Attending this session will help you clarify roles and responsibilities on your projects and provide insights for you and others involved in the project.
Topic Background
The project has been defined. The desired scope is understood and documented. Schedule goals have been established. The budget is known. The team has been assigned. Does this mean that the project can be completed successfully within these parameters? Of course not - these represent targets.
In the day-to-day of project life, Project Managers juggle priorities of scope, schedule, and resources, but what happens if “something MUST give”? What is the decision-making process if the project must either be delayed for a month or have a key feature delayed to the next release? Who should make that decision?
The “correct” answers to these questions vary from one organization to the next, but it is imperative that the project manager and project sponsors are on the same page about the answers.
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$160.00
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