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Global Project Management (11)
2010 S2W1 Communication in 2012 Presentation
Written by Robert HigginsGlobal Communication in 2012
It was our great pleasure to work together on Global Project Management.We discussed the communication requirements needed as a Global Project Manager in 2012. We are here to give some ways the global PM can effectively communicate face to face. The main issues on global projects are the stakeholders have different backgrounds, culture and it is difficult to find consensus.
The dream Solution is to reach a consensus and agreement based on information from the PM
Create Culture
Our road-map today storytelling, visualization, knowledge management.
Storytelling
Logic should be expanded by facts, experiences.
Choose best sequence to explain data
Be positive and optimistic about the project
Use humor!
Visualization
Emphasize your message at a glance.
Prioritize
Use technique and tools
(Software, color, size, animation, and so on...)
Knowledge Management
Convincing information
Share data if necessary
Explain intangible information clearly
Lessons learned (make intangible assets)
Yasushi, Alick, Tetsuya, Yukiko
2010 S2W1 Global Skills in 2012 Presentation
Written by Robert HigginsSkills for Global Projects in 2012
What are the skills that Global Projects managers will require to perform in 2012. What are the critical skills we will need in 2012? It is difficult to decide what the future skill we will need because we are all different. All Project managers want to have better projects and careers. The Problem is we have to keep researching changes in the environment, constraints and make our goals tangible.
The project manager needs to have a plan for personal growth. This means that they have to analyze their personal weaknesses, know their environment and the constraints, get feedback and participate in training to grow.
The other difficult aspect of skills we will need in the future is understanding the trends in Global Project management. In the future we feel that sustainability is a key word. Project Mangers will need to improve at measuring intangible things; for example quality, customer happiness, team member happiness, sustainability, CO2 and technology. All of these are complex and changing project Mangers will need to understand the value and the techniques to manage these.
Syunjiro Izumi
Akiko Yagi
Sharon Shu
Hironori Maejima
Technology in Global Project in 2012
Today, companies are engaging not only local/domestic assignment but global projects. The number of global projects is increasing and global projects are more challenging compare to those of locals. Global Projects are hard because of Time zone difference, having a Face-to-face meeting, Language problems, cultures.. If we can solve those problems, stress free global project management. Project managers will need to utilize technology efficiently in order to do the global project management.
5.Road map
Project managers will need to utilize technology efficiently in order to do the global project management.
We are going to discuss about it
in detail from now.
<Problems Body>
(1)Time Zone
(2)Space
(3)Language
(4)Travel Zone
(5)Culture
<Solutions body>
Solution for the problems:
(1) Virtual office
(2) Automatic real time interpreter
(3) Infrastructure for information sharing
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Project management automation
Hiroshi Sakaguchi
Shin Mizuguchi
Hitomi Michino
Mio Ohira
2010 Summer Global Project Management Presentations
Written by Robert HigginsPresentations on the Future of Global Project Management
Global Project Managers from Japan gathered in a 2 day workshop to discuss the future of global project management. The three main areas that were worked on are Technology, Communication and Skills. The challenge is as Project Managers what are the ways we can improve at managing global projects. While there is not a silver bullet that we can recommend to answer this question. The teams feel that understanding your weaknesses, getting feedback from team members and education and training we can improve our perfromance of global project management.
The three areas are
Technology, Communication, and Skills
Please follow along with their presentations and think about how important it is that the world has good projects that bring value for everyone.
2009 Summer Global Project Managemnt Presentation Communication with no Boundaries
Written by admin2009 Summer Global Project Managemnt Presentation Communication with no Boundaries
No boundaries for communication on Global Projects
Global business is growing faster, Offshore development, globalization, oversea branches and trading with other countries. Even though now we are using Video Conference, emails, we are not satisfied with those tools. The problems are lack of appropriate tools, different regulations. Our dream is to have a Technology Framework that opens a Door to anywhere(Dokodemo Door). We need to Create some place to share multichannels of information.
2009 Summer Global Projectt Management Presentation Effective Organizations for Global Project Management
Written by Robert HigginsEffective Organizations for Global Project Management
Effective Project management on a Global Project requires Self decision making teams. Command and Control limits the productivity of project team members.
We are four PMP’s in Japan. We are the "Organization Team"
We discussed near future project team management. We call it "Organization TNG"
The problem we face is command and control organizations limit the potential productivity of our team members. The reason is the concept of project is still minor in many organizations. We don't have a good method to make a more dynamic team and Make the team members enthusiastic. Our dream is self-decisions making teams who share goal of project. A self decision-making team is important. How to make a self decision-making team? Share the common goals with your team members. Give the necessary authority to team members. Give up the control and focus on coaching and monitoring.2009 Summer Global Project Management Presentation Technology
Written by adminTechnology and Communication on Global Projects
Global Projects are impacted by communication. The problem is that the majority of project managers spend alot of time on communicating but there is not enough information sharing. Global Project Managers need to flatten the organization to improve the communication. How to solve the problem is to introduce more realtime communication tools like Google Wave which can support voice, video data and IT Office tools.
2009 Summer Global Project Management Presentations
Written by Robert HigginsPMBOK Cafe Presentations "Global Project Management"
The theme was what will Global Project Management look like in 2012. They collaborated together and thought about what skills, tools and techniques they will need to perform Project Management in 2012.
Technology Team
Communication Team
The Organization Team
2010 Winter Global Project Management Presentations Communication, Technology
Written by Robert HigginsTechnology and Communication in Global Project Management
The Blue Team discussed how Communication and technology are closely related on global projects. One of the main topics that was recurring was how to keep the technology in the background. Barriers to global communication for example delays to meetings because of technological problems are problems that can be solved by training. The positive effect is that todays Project Managers can have a 360 degree view of their projects.
Title: PM360
Nobita just bacame a PM and as usual he was in trouble.
Team Communication
Doraemon who has had PMP for 10years came in to the rescue.
2010 Winter Global Project Management Presentations Project Organization
Written by Robert HigginsCreate Money by Changing to a Project Organization
The "Green Team" talked about Organizations, Process and Knowledge. The team members Yuichi, Ako and Akiko discussed in detail about their experiences and problems as Project Managers in Functional Organizations. The lack of authority, and responsibility are barriers to delivering value. They recommend that Global Companies adopt Project Management Style Organizations.
Create Money
Japanese Projects are mostly performed in a Functional Organization
In functional organizations projects cost too much and take too long
We can make more money by growing our project management maturity
We have to change our organizations from Traditional to Project Management
Functional vs Project
Benefits to Project Organizations
How to change from a Functional Organization to a Project Organization
Functional vs Project
In functional organization, authority of the organization is very strong and it decides project resource budget, individuals performance assessment, but they do not meet the reality.
In such organization Project Team Members see the Organization not the Project Manager
Project Manager con not control the budget, resources and team members performance assessment
4 Benefits to Project Organizations
Project Manager can grab whole project situation with responsibility
Project Manager can make quick decisions
Japanese concept of Project Member trusts the Project Manager
Performance of team members will increase they will work smoothly "Team Building"
How to changes from a Functional Organization to a Project Organization
Educate the organization-About the value of Project Management
Promise and Persuade the organization that Project organization will lead to successful project which meets requirements
Survey and show the best practice of Project Organization
Functional vs Project
Benefits to Project Organizations
How to changes from a Functional Organization to a Project Organization
Japanese Projects are mostly performed in a Functional Organization
