Project Leaders Embrace New Ways of Working
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Introducing new ways of working to teams can be challenging, but they can also bring new insights and solutions that help teams deliver successful projects. We discuss this with:  Alexandre Mariano Vieira, AHPP, PMI-ACP, PMP, project manager, SSA México, México City: Mariano Vieira discusses how he evaluates whether a new way of working would be a good fit for his teams or projects, how he introduced agile techniques to create a hybrid approach and how this new way of working improved project delivery timelines.  Jessica Montgomery, AHPP, PMP, project manager, CACI, San Antonio, Texas, USA: Montgomery discusses challenges project managers might face when introducing a new way of working when a project is already underway, plus she shares an example of how she built buy-in for agile techniques at a government organization that strictly used a predictive (waterfall) approach for projects. Key themes [02:16] Ways to evaluate whether a new way of working is right for a team or project [03:21] Developing a hybrid approach for pharma projects [05:20] How to garner support and trust from hesitant team members [11:47] Ways to measure if a new way of working is successful [14:18] Challenges to introducing new ways of working mid-project [16:06] Building buy-in for agile techniques at an org that favors predictive approaches [19:08] Utilizing emotional intelligence when introducing new ways of working
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