Clearing the fog shame on you as a project manager if you havent heard of eddie obengs foggy projects, you could be in one without realizing it. Eddie obeng runs pentacle, an online business school where he teaches new world management. He also has more energy than seems quite feasible in one human being. By downloading this pdf file the recipient agrees to use this information for personal use only and may print one copy. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Competent people and simple tools or clever tools and incompetentaverage people. This project classification mainly focuses on the stake holders and organisation point of view on how sure and unsure about project. Eddie obeng and his team of virtual tutors will work with you and the key executives, managers and leaders in your organisation to help you create and make it part of your culture.
In practice and in its aims, program management is often closely related to systems engineering, industrial engineering, change management, and business transformation. Possibly the first business book i read as a new publication was an innovative take on project management. Delivering innovation projects the next place to be. What refers to the degree of uncertainty about the objectives of the project and how refers to the degree of uncertainty about how to achieve the objectives. In the defense sector, it is the dominant approach to managing. These factors represent documented causes behind cost escalation problems. Dr david lomas, who was attending on qube, took the opportunity to teach. Dombkins referred to the two dimensions of uncertainty as the whow matrix. Program management or programme management is the process of managing several related projects, often with the intention of improving an organizations performance. Making a movie lost in a fog painting by numbers going on a quest. Toby scott, michael anaman, david lomas and eddie obeng spent over 80 hours on qube, looking in detail at what keeps o2 project managers awake at night. The implementation phase may become a type 1 project, amenable to more prescriptive planning. Confronting and solving common project problems and delivering projects on time and on budget are extraordinarily difficult challenges that often involve dynamics beyond the project managers individual control.
We term these models plandriven, problem structuring, and. The idea of wicked problems reminded me of eddie obengs four types of project. Its title is emblematic of the focus of eddie obengs career. Ken dore said, this was a life changing experience. Professor eddie obeng about a month and a half ago at 15. Eddie obengs project types lecture content locked if youre already enrolled, youll need to login. Project type description by obeng general description.
They now have full visibility into every request, consultant availability, and expenses all in one place. Soon after his arrival onstage, its clear why he won the unofficial award in rehearsals for most words per minute. Eddie obengs perfect projects is a companion book to all change. In this track we look at the pieces that are necessary for all types of organization, including developing a strategy, understanding the role of data. June 10, 2016 project management can be a complicated world. Eddie obeng new rules for the new world, 1995 quest lost in the fog painting by numbers movie d s how to go about the project is not well known how to go about the project is. The zombies of project management, programme and portfolio management. I will share with you how you can download a pdf version of this slide set later on in the presentation or look out for it on slideshare. Eddie obengs take on the whow matrix was to give each of the quadrants a memorable descriptive name. It was like being given the exam answers before the test and being able to. My simple idea is that the real 21st century around us isnt so obvious to us, so instead we spend our time responding rationally to a world which we understand and recognize, but which no longer exists. Eddie obeng, a british educator, author, and motivational speaker, reckons there are four types of projects. The type depends on how much is known about what needs to be done, and how much is known about how to do it.
O2villestyled meeting rooms, eddie obeng and dr michael anaman of pentacle had a chance to meet a wide range of o2 programme and project managers, and to explore their learning needs. Project managers immersion program online pm courses. Eddie obeng born 1959, british educator and writer. Delivering innovation projects the next place to be but. The project management activity pack plan your work effectively and efficiently managing the budget and your time develop your teamleading and interpersonal skills develop a systematic approach to problem solving selecting, motivating and leading a project team.
The pm is responsible for these once they accept the project prior to accepting responsibility for a project, the pm maywill need to negotiate for resources. In this section we describe three examples of project management process models, and show how they fit into the uc framework, as shown in fig. The world is changing much more rapidly than most people realize, says business educator eddie obeng and creative output cannot keep up. One that i came across many years ago that i think fits well in this context is eddie obengs project typology in all change the project leaders secret handbook. Short biography eddie obeng was born in ghana in 1959, and grew up in britain, attending a. What you do not know what i know public private blind discovery. Logically, the way to tackle a foggy project or a wicked problem would be in three steps.
The inhouse consultancy team at merck are changing the waywork is done across the company. Knowing the type of project is the key to this, and the four types of a project are as follows. One measure of uncertainty developed by eddie obeng measures how much is known about what has to be achieved and how much is known about the methods of achieving the outcomes. Paul victor obeng, ghanaian mechanical engineer and politician. An agent provocateur financial times our resident guru project manager today unusual as an academic to back. Eddie obeng identifies the four corresponding types of projects as fog, movie, quest and. It was developed by eddie obeng 1995 in the project leaders secret handbook, and it asks two questions. Reviewing the classification of project types information. Managing stakeholders to achieve true implementation success. The book had a charismatic style, much like that of its author. Inspirational speaker award winning business theorist. This webinar looks at a model for benefits realisation, a tool that can help to align the perspectives of the project delivery team and operational users. A project contingency framework based on uncertainty and. Are you clear about what to do the outcome to be achieved.
In this spirited talk, he highlights three important changes we should understand for better productivity, and calls for a stronger culture of smart failure. Q the challenges and successes of project cost recovery victoria cli. An individual can make a massive difference, in portfolio, programme and project management. Share on twitter share on linkedin qwikmeet on qube get qube. There is an increasing diversity both of project types and pm approaches, but decision tools and theory connecting the two are limited. Writing your first business case be the change, te papa. But when project managers fail to manage what they can control, such as sufficiently engaging their projects stakeholders in the initiative, they unnecessarily impedeno matter how. Blogs and posts is your programme being derailed by psychopaths. Concrete customer connection in a complex, fastchanging world professor eddie obeng, author, innovator, educator 12. Clearing the fog shame on you as a project manager if you havent heard of eddie obeng s foggy projects, you could be in one without realizing it. Innovation, transformation, change management and project.
The typology describes four types of projects based on these criteria. This project categorization matrix, originally thought up by project management professor eddie obeng, is a useful framework to put projects in. Drastically, one of the most concerning impacts is the risk of cost escalation. It aims to assist organizations in making the shift from a narrow, strong, technical focus on project management to a broader, more business. One size does not fit all for managing projects what. Painting by numbers traditional project management works well when both whats to be done and how to do it are well. A frequently asked question in scrum classes is this. Eddie obeng project types the zombies of project management, programme and portfolio management so you think youre ready to be a consultant. It is especially useful in agreeing on project success criteria with your project sponsor for projects that are not just factory projects with welldefined approach but with welldefined objectives.
All change the project leaders secret handbook financial times series. The lecture was on project types i found the lecture very interesting and felt i learnt allot. Our first professional practise lecture with sam aspden was about different projects types, in particular the four project types outlined by eddie obeng. Earned value using lego bricks human alchemy turning people and projects into gold.
This pdf may not be copied, altered, or distributed to other. Innovation, transformation, change management and project delivery tools, methods and case studies. The changes, good and bad, in the domestic and global economies have far reaching ripple effects throughout the construction industry. Eddie obeng was a professor of education and business man who created the theory that all projects fall into one of four categories. Type 3 projects moviemaking have clear processes, but unclear outcomes and often success can only be judged at the end of the project, once the outputs have been adopted by customers and users.
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