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AGILITYA Critical Path to Building Resilient Organizations in the African Project Economy

Abubakar Abdullahi | PMI Africa Virtual Conference 2020

06 09 2020

Overview

• What is Agility?

• Why is it an increasingly important part of transformations in the largest organizations in the world?

• What role will it play in helping African organizations chart a course through some of the emerging trends on the continent?

• How can African Project Managers leverage knowledge of this to lead their organizations in the Age of the Project Economy?

06 SEPTEMBER 2020Agility: A Critical Path to Building Resilient Organizations 2

“Agility is the ability of an organization to respond quickly and effectively to threats and opportunities”


81%Of survey respondents consider agility to be the most important characteristic of a successful organization.

2019 FORBES INSIGHTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH SCRUM ALLIANCE. THE ELUSIVE AGILE ENTERPRISE: HOW THE RIGHT LEADERSHIP MINDSET, WORKFORCE AND CULTURE CAN TRANSFORM YOUR ORGANIZATION

• Changing customer needs

• Fluctuating market demands

• Competitive pressures

• Disruptive technologies


WHY IS AN AFRICA

CONTEXT OF A VUCA

WORLD IMPORTANT?


African Continental Free Trade Agreement

Cross-border trade

Reallocation of resources

Specialization

Multicultural teams

Competition


Influx of Capital to African Start-ups

Rapid Innovation

Competition

Disruption


Speed of Technology Adoption

Responsiveness

Efficiency

Customer experience


Changing Nature of Work

Talent acquisition and retention

Resource management

Collaboration


• Superior customer experience

• Improved product quality

• Faster time to market

• Faster innovation

• Improved competitiveness


HOW DO

ORGANIZATIONS

PURSUE AGILITY?


Hire and develop the right mix of talent


Foster an agile-friendly culture and organizational structure

Create a C-suite with an Agile mindset

HOW CAN AFRICAN PM

LEVERAGE THIS TO

LEAD THEIR

ORGANIZATIONS?


Build personal toolkit of Iterative and Adaptive Methodologies

Agile

Scrum

Lean

Continuous Improvement

Design Thinking

PDIA - Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation


Join/Build Communities of Practice


Build Relationships Across the Continent


THE BRIGHTLINE TRANSFORMATION COMPASS; BENEFITS REALIZATION MANAGEMENT: A PRACTICE GUIDE



“Is the impending change

an opportunity or a

threat?”

THANK YOU

ABUBAKAR ABDULLAHIEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EYE AFRICA

LinkedIn – linkedin.com/in/abubakarabdullahi

Twitter – @ab_bakr

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