APM South Wales and West of England Branch conference held in Bristol on 11 October 2022 Presentation by Karen Thompson

1. Re-wiring project management
for the next 50 years

2. Agenda

3. What is
project management?

4. What is
project management?

5. What is
project management?

6. What is
project management?

7. What is
project management?

8. What is
project management?

9. What is
project management?

10. The Big
Challenges

11. Data analytics

12. Complexity &
uncertainty

13. Existing systems
are broken

14. Learning from the past

15. Re-wiring for
the future

16. Re-wiring for
the future

17. Future
potential
Project success
(stakeholder satisfaction)
Business value
(economic value)
Project management success
(cost, time, quality)
Traditional view of success
(Adapted from Dalcher, 2011)
Scope shift

18. Future
potential
Project success
(stakeholder satisfaction)
Business value
(economic value)
Project management success
(cost, time, quality)
Project success
(stakeholder satisfaction)
Social, environmental & economic value
(protecting, creating, sustaining resources)
PM
success
Future potential
(sustainable for people, planet, prosperity)
From To
Scope shift

19. Traditional linear process
Process Output
Planning
Managing
risk
Monitoring &
controlling
Objectives
Resources
Constraints
Deliverable/s
Input
Paradigm shift

20. Transformation
process
Developing
objectives
Measuring
resources
Understand
constraints
Planning
with
adaptations
Managing
risk
Monitoring
&
Controlling
Paradigm shift
Iterative process
Systems thinking
Resource (re)generation

21. Concept
Definition
Handover
Operation
Development
Benefits realisation
Project life cycle
Product life cycle
Extended project life cycle
Output Outcomes & benefits
Terminate
Paradigm shift
Paradigm shift
(Adapted from APM, 2022)

22. Concept
Definition
Handover
(Circular) Operation
Development
Benefits realisation
Project life cycle
Product life cycle
Regenerative project life cycle
Output
Protect, create, & sustain social, environmental & economic resources
Measure social, environmental, & economic resources
Paradigm shift

23. Project management
competency framework
(deRezende and Blackwell, 2019)
6
10
7
6
5
5
8
2
4
18
9
Project management competencies
Influencing skills Communication skills Team working skills
Emotional skills Contextual skills Management skills
Cognitive skills Professionalism Knowledge and experience
Project management knowledge Personal skills and attributes
[Initial search = 3,360 documents, included in analysis = 65 documents, 81 competencies]
Mind shift

24. Responsible management
competence portfolio
(Laasch & Moosmayer, 2016)
Analysis
(think)
Intellectual
competence
Knowledge
(know)
Action
(do)
Practical
competence
Interaction
(relating)
Self-
adaptation
(become)
Personal competence
Character
(be)
Mind shift

25. Mapping of PM
competencies
(Thompson, 2022)
Analysis
(think)
Intellectual
competence
Knowledge
(know)
Action
(do)
Practical
competence
Interaction
(relating)
Self-
adaptation
(become)
Personal competence
Character
(be)
Mind shift
22 13
7 23
16 0

26. Responsible PM
Perspectives & Values
1. Conscious
awareness
of project impacts,
opportunities & potential
benefits
2a) Regeneration
& protection of natural,
social, & economic
resources to deliver value
for people, planet &
prosperity
2b) Systems
thinking
to better understand
uncertainty & anticipate
opportunities
for balance of
short & long term
3. Collaborate
& engage
for ethical decision
making & adaptation
Mind shift

27. Competencies for
Responsible PM
(Thompson, 2022)
Requires a shift to
principles-based learning
Mind shift
Becoming a
responsible
project
practitioner
Delivering
value through
projects
Systems,
anticipatory &
uncertainty
thinking
Engaging people,
communities &
organisations

28. Re-wiring
from

29. Re-wiring
from to
Adaptive transition
Regenerative process
Developmental mind set

31. Thank You
www.ResponsiblePM.com
https://www.meetup.com/Responsible-Project-Management/