The document outlines five strategies for successfully implementing project management within organizations amid ongoing digital transformation. Key themes include the necessity of leadership commitment, fostering teamwork, valuing authenticity in personnel, and cultivating a mature project culture. It emphasizes the importance of rethinking organizational strategies to adapt to the changes brought by the digital age.

1. Dr. Stefan Hagen
April 2015
MAKE IT REAL.
5 STRATEGIES TO SUCCESSFULLY
IMPLEMENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN
YOUR ORGANIZATION.

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THE PROBLEM

3. DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION.
▶ 4 big phases in human evolution:
– language: tribal age 100.000 BC
– writing: ancient age 4.000 BC
– letterpress: modern age 1450 AD
– digitalization: networked age ~1980 AD
▶ The digital age has only just begun.
The shift will be radical and durable.
▶ We have to fundamentally RETHINK
the way we lead, manage, and develop
organizations.
▶ At the same time we have to RELEARN
old principles how collaboration and
living together in organization and
society works.
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RETHINK ORGANIZATIONS.

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RELEVANCE OF
PROJECT MANAGEMENT

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If professional project management
is the answer - what is the
QUESTION?
WHY PROJECT MANAGEMENT?

6. HOLISTIC VIEW ON ORGANIZATIONS.
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„red ocean“
„blue ocean“
EXPLOIT THE KNOWN.
MANAGING STABILITY.
EXPLORE THE UNKNOWN.
OBSERVING INSTABILITY.
ROUTINE
WORK
PROJECT
WORK
PIONEER
WORK
New, complex
problems.
REAL innovation &
creativity.
Finding the
right questions.
Inspiration &
open will.
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7. DEEPER PURPOSE
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REALinnovation, creativity,
change, improvement...
OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT

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5 STRATEGIES TO SUCCESSFULLY
IMPLEMENT PROJECT
MANAGEMENT IN YOUR
ORGANIZATION

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1 REAL COMMITMENT.
People in the organization – especially people responsible for
leading the organization – are aware of the fact that professional
project management is indispensible for long-term business
success and viability.
Ensure real management commitment that
project management is strategically important and necessary.

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2 REAL LEADERSHIP.
Leadership means to take responsibility for an organization‘s
strategy, structure, and culture. Making the organization fit for
current and future challenges is one of the core activity of
effective leaders.
Find and support leadership personalities who
really WANT to lead the organization through rough waters.

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3 REAL TEAM WORK.
The core of effective project management lies in the formula
„Who does what by when?“. Experienced project managers
focus on transparency, good communication, systematic
procedures, and disciplined working.
Build an environment where good collaboration and
team work is being both demanded and supported. Period.

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4 REAL PEOPLE.
Trustful organizations are made of truthful and authentic people.
It‘s not about playing a role, but being authentic and focused in
your professional role. All for the benefit of your organization‘s
environment, thus your customers.
Hire for passion and train for capabilities.
Ensure unity in diversity.

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5 REAL GROWTH.
Successful project management requires a mature project
culture. An organization‘s culture can be described as the
collection of habits and routines – everything, which is „just
normal“ in the organization.
Grow your project culture by celebrating the right routines.
Change routines if necessary – learn every day.

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15. KONTAKT
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