My talk at PMIPCC GyanLahari 2017, annual conference organized by PMI Pearl City Chapter, Hyderabad on Jul 15, Hyderabad

1. Recalibrating Project
Management
in the era of
Knowledge, Design,
Creativity & Innovation
TATHAGAT VARMA
HTTP://THOUGHTLEADERSHIP.IN

2. IronTriangle

3. WaterfallModel
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JnxpB8FPd8c/hqdefault.jpg

4. StandishChaosReport2015

5. Stage-gateNPDProcess

6. Mostnewideasfail!

7. Startupssuffertheworst!
90%fail!

8. Why?

9. StaceyMatrix
http://www.podojo.com/complex-or-complicated-why-the-difference-matters-part-1/

10. TheDesignSquiggle

11. TheDesignThinkingApproach
http://designthinking.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/UCD-process.jpg

12. Iterative…

13. …andnon-linear!

14. Morethanjusta“process”…

15. GEAdventureSeries

16. Literoflight

17. EmbraceInfantWarmer

18. OxoGoodGripsPeeler

19. LuckyIronFish

20. WellWaterwheel

21. NaandiFoundation

22. Impactoftechnologieson
FutureofPM

23. Impactofworkforceonthe
FutureofPM

24. FutureofPM–Trendsand
Drivers

25. Futureisscary…andvery
interesting

26. Recap • Traditional project management approach worked
well for well-defined problems
• However, it is common to work with ill-defined
problems, i.e., unclear boundaries, ambiguous
problem, not enough knowledge, no single “right”
solution, etc.
• Design Thinking offers a better approach to solving
such problems by alternately applying divergent
and convergent thinking, building frugal
experiments, and rapidly testing them until there is
enough clarity to design the solution.