Diversity and inclusion: Challenging the stereotype
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Presentation given by Nina Hartley to the SWWE branch on 18 September 2019
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Diversity and inclusion: Challenging the stereotype
- 1. From Scientific Analysis to APM Chartered Project Professional: The diverse community of projects
- 2. Introduction Nina Hartley Geographical science BSc and Meteorological MSc PRINCE2, MSP, MOP Practitioner, Agile Project Leader, APM RPP and ChPP Career spanning teaching, shop manager, environmental consultancy and 17 years of project, programme and portfolio management Currently Head of Commissioning Portfolio Office and Head of P3M Profession, Met Office APM Volunteer
- 3. My project journey Project Support (Y2K communications project) Junior Project Manager (Forecasting the Nations Health) Project Manager (Fire Risk service) Senior Project Manager (Weather Radar Network Renewal) Head of P3M Profession (setting process, tools and competency standards) Head of Portfolio Office (Project and Programme Assurance and efficiency)
- 4. Definitions Equality Means giving everyone equality of opportunity in line with their needs Diversity Can be described as the differences that make people unique Inclusion Means involving people within a group or within society. Discrimination Means to exclude people because of their differences. It involves treating people differently because of assumptions made about a person or group of people based on their differences. Source: Equality Act 2010
- 5. Protected Characteristics under the Equality Act 2010 Age Disability Gender reassignment Marriage and civil partnership Pregnancy & maternity Race Religion and/or belief Sex Sexual orientation
- 6. Diversity opportunities in projects • Setting the objective • Design the organisational structure • Useful tools: Mandate/Brief, User journeys and personas, vision graphics cards • Equality and diversity brings: different views of the benefits Concept • Stakeholder analysis and engagement • Resource planning and activity scheduling • Risk identification • Budget setting and estimation • Useful tools: stakeholder mapping, workshops, communications platforms, planning poker • Equality and diversity brings: different experiences, innovation and creativity Definition • Team building • Communications • Risk Management • Scheduling • Useful tools: Project plans, communications platforms, highlight reports, stand ups/meetings, burn down charts, backlogs and registers • Equality and diversity brings: different skills, risk mitigations, delivery requirements Develop • Lessons learnt • Performance review • Benefits Realisation • Useful tools: End project review, change logs, lessons workshops • Equality and diversity brings: different views and opinions on the project performance Review
- 7. Assumptions to be challenge WHAT assumptions do we make about people? WHY do we come to the conclusions we do? WHEN do we tend to make these assumptions? WHERE can this cause us difficulties? HOW can we stop ourselves doing this? WHO does it affect?
- 8. EQUALITY & DIVERSITY Equality is not about treating all people in the same way. It’s about recognising and respecting diversity enough to adapt practice and procedure to suit all.
- 9. Thank you
Editor's Notes
- The Act will ensure harmonisation of the law across all protected characteristics for simplification. There are still some difference across some protected characteristics.