Projectified Folgen

To deliver an organization’s strategic objectives, project leaders must be able to look across the portfolio and decide which projects provide value and should be pursued, which go on the back burner and which are abandoned entirely. We discuss this with:Sunando Chaudhuri, PMP, PgMP, PfMP, director of IT, Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company Group, Abu Dhabi: Chaudhuri discusses why project leaders must understand their organizations’ goals to best prioritize projects, the different types of business value projects can deliver—and how that factors into project portfolio decisions—along with ways project managers can keep executive leaders aligned, even in the face of personal agendas and pet projects.B. Firat Dengiz, PMP, PgMP, PfMP, program leader, Turkish Aerospace Industries, Ankara, Turkey: Dengiz discusses the metrics and data he considers when making project portfolio decisions, how he factors stakeholders into his decision-making process and ways to build buy-in from the C-suite. Key themes[02:57] The different ways to calculate business value [04:14] Ways to manage pet projects and personal agendas[07:10] Ensuring project portfolio decisions align with organizational strategy[10:28] Metrics to consider when prioritizing project portfolios[12:01] Engaging stakeholders to build support for decision-making[14:38] Tackling challenges project managers face when prioritizing portfolios[16:36] Determining how to build buy-in with different C-suite leaders

From feats of engineering and art to exploring the unknown, the 2022 Most Influential Projects showcase innovative and creative efforts from teams across sectors and regions. We discuss two of these projects with:Alicia Tkacz, partner and architect, Stufish, London: Tkacz discusses how producers, animators, architects and pop superstars ABBA collaborated to create the immersive ABBA Voyage show and the bespoke ABBA Arena, how clear decision-making processes kept team members aligned, and how the show and venue could impact the future of entertainment.Steve Hebda, VP of farm development, Crop One Holdings, Newport, Rhode Island, USA: Hebda discusses developing Dubai’s Emirates Crop One, the world’s largest vertical farm, how team members collaborated and built trust with one another from across the globe and how this project will inform future vertical farm efforts.Key themes[01:24] PMI’s 2022 Most Influential Projects[02:16] Creating the ABBA Voyage concert experience and ABBA Arena[06:21] Problem solving to design and build a fully demountable venue[08:40] How ABBA Voyage and its bespoke arena could change entertainment[10:10] Building the world’s largest vertical farm in Dubai[11:46] Creating cohesive teams with clear communication and trust[15:06] Lessons learned for future vertical farms: Scalability and automation

Project management offices (PMOs) are evolving, taking on a greater strategic role to deliver value. We discuss this with:Fiona Lin, PMI-ACP, PMP, VP of the enterprise PMO, agile PMO and business transformation, Snap Finance, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Lin discusses why PMOs must support organizations across projects, programs, portfolios and processes, the importance of including PMOs in strategy planning, and how PMOs can help adopt and encourage new ways of working.R. Rooban Annamalai, PMP, project management and PMO lead, Christie’s, London: Annamalai explains how he’s seen the PMO’s role evolve to include more strategic decision-making, how PMOs can help push teams and organizations forward and his vision for the future of the PMO. Key themes[01:12] The PMO’s evolution: Taking on strategy creation and project execution[02:56] Creating PMOs—and building buy-in—at a fintech company[06:00] Spreading the PMO’s role across projects, programs, portfolios and processes[07:52] 3 ways PMO leaders help teams adopt new ways of working[14:59] How PMOs use lessons learned, business acumen to push organizations forward[16:50] The ROI of PMOs with a strategic role