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The ABCs of program management
here are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure –Colin Powell…
here are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure –Colin Powell
Imagine that you are asked to lead a large-scale business transformation program. Before you start, you can pick 26 instruments that will set you up for success. It can be a mix of tangible or non-tangible items.
What are your ABCs of Program Management? What do you put in your bag pack before you head out and deliver? Here are mine:
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Awareness
Budget
Collaboration
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Decisiveness
Escalation
Finesse
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Grit
High trust
Issues
Judgement
Knowledge transfer
Listen
Management information
Negotiation
Organizational Change
People
Quality
Risk
Scope
Timeline
Usability
Value
Willpower
X-road
Yield
Zero defects
As you have probably noticed my ABC’s are a fine mélange of core program management aspects and transformational values like grit, trust and willpower. Program managers who make-things-happen in today’s world are very capable of applying both dimensions intermittently. I’m curious what your selection is. Let me know!
(Bas de Baat is Managing Director and leads enterprise-wide technology-driven change programs, coaches business leaders and top talent and writes about practical project management).