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- 1. What Makes a Good PM? A Developer's Perspective Joe Combs Principal Consultant, Systems Evolution Inc.
- 2. The Challenge Average schedule overrun on IT projects of almost 70% Average cost overrun of 27% and higher in many cases Harvard Business Review Why Your IT Project May Be Riskier Than You Think September 2011
- 3. The Challenge Top 5 reasons Projects Fail: Requirements Resources Schedules Planning Risks PM Solutions Strategies for Project Recovery 2011
- 4. The Challenge $135M of every $1B spent on projects is at risk 56% of that ($75M of the $135M) is due to ineffective communication PMI's Pulse of the Profession The High Cost of Low Performance: The Essential Role of Communications May 2013
- 5. Understand The Problem Space Deep understanding of the domain you're working in is a must Lingo, concepts, TLA's Also need to understand the team's role in that space Development, DevOps, Infrastructure, etc. Know the Business
- 6. Become A Risk Management Expert Recognize that EVERYTHING is a trade-off Elicit the pro's and con's from the team FACILITATE the decision making process
- 7. Understand The Subtleties Of Your Process Are you Agile? Waterfall? Lean? Something else? What are the boundaries with other organizations?
- 8. Meet Often - If It Adds Value Communication is the key! Truth be told, EVERYTHING we're all doing should be adding value
- 9. Understand Your Team Know their capabilities Know their personalities Identify the gaps and work with management to fill them
- 10. Dodge The Silver Bullets If it were easy they wouldn't need US to do it If anyone tells you their solution creates a Nirvana for your team, RUN Understand the trade-offs
- 11. Wrapping Up Understand The Problem Space Become A Risk Management Expert Understand The Subtleties Of Your Process Meet Often – If It Adds Value Understand Your Team Dodge The Silver Bullets
- 12. THANK YOU!! LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/jcombs Twitter - @jgcombs Blog – jgcombs.wordpress.com SlideShare - http://www.slideshare.net/JoeCombs1/sei-pmi-talk