Crowdsource Your Project Planand build stakeholder buy-in

PRESENTER: SEAN HULL

June 27, 2013

TheProblem

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Hi, my name is SeanAnd this is my story. Actually, was my story…

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Hi, my name is SeanAnd this is my story. Actually, was my story…

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Hi, my name is SeanAnd this is my story. Actually, was my story…

TheProblem

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Hi, my name is SeanAnd this is my story. Actually, was my story…

TheProblem

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Hi, my name is SeanAnd this is my story. Actually, was my story…

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Linear

Middle management

Not ideal for people

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• Problem solving• Risk management• Team leadership• Project control• Negotiation• Team leadership

PM competencies

CollaborationArchitect

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Temporary social systemStart with people, not plans.

Start by evaluating the networkA hopped up stakehoder analysis

Organizational Network Analysis (ONA)

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Collaboration

Transparency

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The Problem The Hack The Science

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VS

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NOT this one…

The Lazy Project Manager by Peter Taylor

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Switch by Chip & Dan Heath

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Define success

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Define success

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Bring the group together and share

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Define success

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Define success

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Define success

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Define success

Ask the group to come up with ideas

Bring the group together and share

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Cultural miscues

Time zone differences

Harder to build cohesion

The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman

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Define success

Ask the group to come up with ideas

Bring the group together and share

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Use technology to make your life easier

Trello.com

Even better, use technology that enables collaboration

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Define success

Ask the group to come up with ideas

Bring the group together and share

Build on / out the ideas

Agree on the ideas

Make it real

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The Problem The Hack The Science

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SCARF

A brain based model for collaborating with and influencing others

Hinges on the approach (reward) - avoid (threat) response

A survival instinct

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Domain Defined Fit

Status Relative importance, pecking order, seniority. Status is important to humans relative to others in conversations.

Asking for input v. “telling.” Level playing field for team.

Certainty Pattern recognition, certainty. Even a small amount of uncertainty can create an error message in the brain.

Creating a plan, which, in turn, creates a sense of certainty. Shaping the path.

Autonomy The perception of exerting control over one’s environment, work. A sense of “choice”

Asking team members for ownership, clarification on planned work. NOT

micromanaging the work itself.

Relatedness Deciding if others are “in” or “out” of a social group. Architecting teamwork (and peer pressure to perform) up front.

Fairness The need for fair exchanges. Fostering a peer group v. hierarchal. Collaboration v. orders.

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Collaboration

Transparency

AboutMe

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Sean Hull

MBA, PMP

www.linkedin.com/in/seanthull/

@Shull