calling an audible: managing project direction and success when business priorities shift
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CALLING AN AUDIBLE:
Dustin Werden | Shannon Glass11.18.2015
Managing Project Direction and Success When Business Priorities Shift
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Dustin Werden Director Project Management
ABOUTo BA in IS & Management & MBA 2016o 14 Years of Enterprise & large scale
IT Project Management Experience and technology deployment and integration.
o Gold Standard Certifications: MCITP, CISSP, PMP, and Security+
o Clients: Aerospace, Public Utilities, DoD, Manufacturing, Family Foundations.
o “Energy and persistence conquer all things.” - Ben Franklin
o ISTJ: integrity, standards, logic
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oBS in Organizational Communication & Management & MBA 2016
o15 Years of IT, Information Security and Compliance Experience
oSecurity, Compliance, Outsourcing/Right Sourcing, Acquisition Integration, Program Management
oClients: Healthcare & Financial o “You can’t build a reputation on what
you’re going to do.” - Henry FordoENTJ: integrity, strategy, logic,
analytics, concepts
Shannon GlassDirector Security & Compliance
ABOUT
What experience do you have with calling an audible?
CHANGECalling an Audible
• Plans are Approved• People are in Place• Timelines are Scheduled• Budgets are Set• And the Board Wants to Sell . . .
Time to Call an Audible ... What’s Next?
OVERVIEW
Agenda: Drivers of Change Reaction Strategies
o ListenoAssesso Pivot
Questions
Managing Project Direction and Success When Business Priorities Shift
LEADING THROUGH CHANGE
“Always plan for the fact that no plan ever goes according to plan.”
- Simon SinekMiracle on the HudsonSource: http://content.time.com/time/photogallery
DRIVERS OF CHANGEMergers & Acquisitions
DRIVERS OF CHANGEMergers Set All Time Records
2015 is on pace to have the highest volume of merger and acquisition activity on record.
Source: http://www.dealogic.com/media/market-insights/ma-statshot/
OTHERDrivers of Change
o Bankruptcyo Government Relationso Market Floorso Change in Leadershipo Outsourcingo Global Expansiono Security Breach
SECURITY
Managing Change:
o Preparationo Detection & Analysiso Containment
Eradication & Recovery
o Post Incident Activity
L.A.P. FOR CHANGE
Listen Assess Pivot
Managing Project Direction and Success When Business Priorities Shift
LISTEN (L.A.P.)Understand the Message
Understand the
Message
What’s in Scope
When’s the Impact
How’s the Environme
nt Affected
Who’s Driving
The Change
ASSESS (L.A.P.)Take Inventory
Take Inventory
Contractual
Obligations
AssetsSunk Costs
PIVOT (L.A.P.)Communicate and Execute
Communicate with
Your
Team
Leadership
Stakeholders
Vendors
RALLY THE TEAM Clear, Concise Communication and Leadership
PIVOT (L.A.P.)Communicate and Execute
EXECUTE THE PLAN Just Do IT!
PIVOT (L.A.P.)Communicate and Execute
• Understand the drivers of change affecting the environment
• Use LAP as a tool to quickly assess the business shift, mobilize your team, and execute the project
• Identify reaction strategies to use (or not to use) when facing project change
MANAGING PROJECT DIRECTION AND SUCCESS WHEN BUSINESS PRIORITIES SHIFT
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