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Driven Project Management |
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choices we make, make our projects. Improved decision-making,
within project definition, planning and implementation, yields
significant dividends. Those projects that are driven by structured
choices create clear paths for change. Structured choices
are decisions that have been anticipated and plotted throughout
the project plan. They provide essential points of reference
for stakeholder management, including: expectation-setting,
commitment-gathering, goal agreement, and performance management.
They clarify and capture intent. They also provide a mechanism
for changing direction should circumstances require. Decisions
become sign posts pointing to future success when the change
is achieved. The critical mindset is to approach project management
with not one, but a series of ends in sight. This mindset
is decision-driven project management. |
 Andrew
C. Marshall (Drew) is a Partner and Chief Innovation Officer
of Kepner-Tregoe, Inc. (KT)
His primary focus is on managing the service and solution
design and development for KT and installing project management
systems supporting strategy implementation. Other areas of
focus include: organizational process analysis and change
management, organizational communication systems design, and
critical thinking skills transference in client organizations.
Drew has previous management experience in the software industry,
retail and service industries, and has also worked in education
and manufacturing. He holds bachelor of arts degree and a
graduate diploma of education from the University of Western
Sydney in Sydney Australia, a master of arts in whole systems
design from Antioch University in Seattle, Washington, and
is a certified Project Management Professional. He is also
the current Chair of the PMI Consulting SIG.
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