1. Project
Management
Ecosystem
5 key influencing elements
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2. Triple constraint
● Project managers strive to manage the 3
constraints of scope, cost and time to ensure
project success.
● Is this enough?
Certainly not
● Projects are not islands and need to be
executed in an ecosystem
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3. Project management ecosystem
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4. Organization
Several factors at organizational level influence the project
management ecosystem:
● the maturity of the project management office and their
involvement/support for the project.
● internal stakeholder expectations from the project
● external stakeholder expectation from the project and/or
organization.
● Priority of the project within other projects in the
organization
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5. People
● Need to ensure team has right skills
● Knowledge gaps to be addressed by training
● Team morale and motivation need to be monitored
carefully.
● Culturally aware and sensitive team
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6. Processes
● Align the processes between the performing
organization and customer
● Common baseline to be agreed with all stakeholders
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7. Technology and Tools
● Technological maturity of the performing organization
● Tools available for the project
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8. Psychological Contract
● Unwritten expectation that organization or team
members have from a project.
● PM to be aware of them and handle accordingly.
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9. Know and Succeed
● Knowing a problem is first step in solving.
● Awareness of ecosystem helps to minimize risks and
optimize opportunities
● Ensuring project success
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