Todd's Tech Bite #2 Best Value

Your Host Todd W. Ruopp A speaker, facilitator and coach who promotes understanding and integrated teamwork Co-founder & President of Unleashing Performance, Inc.™ Todd empowers professionals to develop the knowledge & ability to drive personal, professional and organizational growth. www.unleashingperformance.com

Today’s Guest John Goodpasture, PMP Program manager, system engineer, author and coach Managing Principal of Square Peg Consulting, LLC John specializes in applying technology across a broad spectrum to achieve business goals. www.sqpegconsulting.com Author of Quantitative Methods in Project Management (2003)

John’s new book • Agile in the enterprise • Multiple methodologies thoroughly explained • From business case to benefit capture PUBLISHED BY J. ROSS PUBLISHING

1 Inspiring Leadership & Flexible Management The customer’s value proposition drives decision making in short agile cycles that produce incremental results 2 Deliver Best Value Deliver the most bang for the buck as measured by the customer 3 Deliver Frequently & Incrementally Respect the urgency and importance conveyed by the customer 4 Recruit Small Teams Recruit 6 to 12 self-managed, performance-oriented team members 5 Coach for Success Focus on outcomes not activities, remove barriers to success and communicate to sponsors and beneficiaries

Deliver Best Value Deliver the most bang for the buck as measured by the customer 2

Doesn’t every project method deliver value?

Value as seen by the customer Customer writes the value proposition Best value means getting the most bang for the buck

Most Important Most urgent outcomes Most advantages sequence

Business Case It all starts with a business case

Build the best value business case

Value begins in the business case Business case is a framework for details The goal, the shape of the outcomes, not the details ‘Just enough’ for a mind’s eye of how it will be ‘Just enough’ for compelling attraction

Investment, Milestones & More Milestones, Investments, Vision, not Details will not Gantt charts not budgets specifications emerge Milestone

Performance Teams & Customer Collaboration Teams with embedded customers fill in the details

Who’s in charge?

Value? Customer is always in charge Customer is the beneficiary Customers set the value proposition

This way! Project sponsor and/or investor establishes investment Customer votes budget to value Project management delivers the most value affordable

Todd's Tech Bite #2 Best Value

by John Goodpasture on Jan 17, 2010

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