Developing Project Managers For The Needs Of Industry Today & TomorrowSean Petralia C.Eng, CITP, FBCS

“There is nothing permanent except change.”

HERACLITUS OF GREECE, 513 B.C.Rogers’Student’sHistoryofPhilosophy

The Current Environment…..We are now living in the “age of accelerations” - Thomas Friedman

The pace of change (speed) and rate of change (exponential) are in many cases exceeding our ability to cope with change

In one decade we are dealing with change that previously had taken a generation to adapt

(2007 - iPhone, Twitter, Kindle, Android Operating System, change.org, GitHub, clean energy take-up…. - the impact of these advances are underpinning accelerating change!!!)

Moores Law still continues to prove true!

Change is a fact in all aspects of our professional life and the rate of change will continue to accelerate

Technology and work are changing faster than the workplace

TECHNOLOGY processing capacity and speed

doubles every 18 months.

THE BUILDING ENVELOPE will remain for forty or more years.

Rate of ChangeThe nature of work is changing faster than the work space itself. Buildings outlive the technology and workforce they are designed to serve.

40YEARS

Substantial

ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES occur every 3 years.

3YEARS

THE WORKFORCE goes through a turnover every

eight years.

8YEARS

1.5YEARS

The lifespan of a typical

WORK SPACE is about 10 years.

10YEARS

© Knoll, Inc. 2014. Adapted from Kasion Architecture

knoll.comShaping the Dynamic Workplace: An Overview of Recent Knoll Research

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Why Project Management?• Ensures Strategic alignment • Leadership & direction to business

change • Clear Focus & Objectives - plans

aligned with goals • Realistic planning - managing

expectations! • Quality control - delver what was

asked for! • Risk Management • Orderly Process • Continuous Oversight • Managing SMEs • Learning from Success & Failure

Current Issues • Projects fail to

deliver as expected • Cost over-runs/

missed deadlines • Challenging

workload – “do more with less”

Local Themes in Change…..Organisations moving from function to process - system driven, smaller, agile teams

Outsourcing, automation of commodity processes

Business reengineering

Mergers and Acquisitions

Accidental Project ManagersSubject Matter Experts or Technical Experts or People known for getting things done

Generally no initial training, learn by mistakes

Go on PRINCE 2 course - formal training ends there

Career Route Project ManagersAcademic course

Certification Programs

Graduate Schemes

Focussed on tools & methodologies

Entry

Project Team member

Workstream Manager

Project Manager

Senior Project Manager

Program ManagerCOO

Director Senior Manager

Consultant

Basic PM Course Agile Intro

Lean Planning

Certification Course PMP

PRINCE 2 APMP

etc

MBA or Masters

Chartered Member of Professional

Institute

Chartered Fellow of Professional Institute

Domain knowledge

Management Training Course/Program - managing people, managing functions and

processes

Change Management training - culture, people etc

Emotional Intelligence, NLP, relationship management, negotiations, managing conflicts, influencing, empathy, communication skills etc

Business functional Training - improving core business skills

Senior leadership/Director training - IoD etc

Business Process Reengineering,

business analysis

Leadership Training Programs

Finally…

Project Managers must be given room and time to develop learning from experience (reflection, feedback, mentoring and coaching)

Organisations rarely develop Project Managers, they must develop themselves

Companies own jobs, you own your careers - take charge!