Discusses why project cannot deliver development, but have to be structured and managed in a way that development is likely to happen.

1. Management of
Development Projects
about the challenges to deliver change
Peter Pfeiffer, PhD, PMP,
MANAGEMENT DE PROJETOS E PROCESSOS
Washington DC, 17/06/2014

2.  Project Management – an old novelty, but new
perspectives
 A hot topic for Project Management ... when
projects get complicated
 Development Projects – why are they different?
 8 hints to align the projects with the challenges to deliver
change
Agenda
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3. Gerenciamento de Projetos não é novo!
(1856 – 1915)

4. Henry Gantt
(1861 – 1919)
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5. Gerenciamento de Projetos não é novo!
North American transcontinental railway

6. Panama canal

7. Some assumtions about Project Management ...
Complex entities can be
comprehended by breaking
them down into small units.
Processes and time are
controllable.
There is a direct and
linear relation between
inputs and outputs.
Results can be foreseen
and, if necessary, can be
repeated.
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9. Doubts and Questions ...
Does the command and control model always work?
How much certainty can one have?
How important is the relation between the
project and its environment?
Are projects simple,
complicated or complex?
How can we deal with this issues?
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10. The Growth of
Project Management
Since the 1990th we can observe a strong growth
of Project Management Professionals (PMP).
06/2014:
615.000
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11. Peter Pfeiffer

12. Communication
Conflict management
Stakeholder integration
Technical knowledge
Project Manager’s skills that are considered deficient by the organizations
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13. Leadership
Communication
Attitude
Project Manager’s skills that are considered most important by the organizations
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14. Communications Plan
Evaluation procedures
Existing documents in Project Management methodologies
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15. one that influenced Project Management
in recent years
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17. Simple: controllable;
predictable, can be repeated
or reproduced.
Complicated: control is
limited; partially predictable;
can be partially repeated.
Complex: control is extremely
limited; unpredictable, cannot
be repeated or reproduced.
Chaos: There is no control;
totally unpredictable; cannot
be repeated.
Project as a System
simple
complicated
complex
chaotic
Based on Ralph Stacey
Close to
Certainty
Far from
Certainty
Closeto
Agreement
Farfrom
Agreement
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18. Input Output
El sistema complejo
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Outcomes Goals

19. Development Projects
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20.  Provoke behavioral changes, intangible, but
relevant.
 Are strongly influenced by institutional, social,
cultural and economic aspects.
 Have to deal with a high degree of uncertainty
for planning and implementation.
 Beneficiaries are not commercial clients of the
project.
Development Projects
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21. 1 hints
to align development projects
with their major challenges
8
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26. Plan for the close future,
but maintain a long term
vision.

27. Manage with flexibility,
but with a clear course

29. Communicate! Always! Always! Communicate!

30. Everything that can be counted
does not necessarily count;
everything that counts cannot
necessarily be counted.
– Albert Einstein
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32. My Contact
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