Scheduling Challenges in Global Projects - Learnings and Solutions
In the realm of project management, scheduling challenges can hinder progress and efficiency. This presentation delves into various issues such as inaccurate estimates, resource scarcity, and competing projects, offering insights on engagement, inclusivity, and global diversity. Understand the importance of leadership congruence with systemic dynamics and explore the benefits of employee engagement for organizational success. Discover how enhancing engagement levels can impact the bottom line positively and lead to improved performance metrics across various domains.
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Eskom Project Management Information Forum (EPMIF) Dr Rica Viljoen Scheduling Challenges on projects in a global context
Structure of presentation Focus of presentation: Project scheduling problems Engagement Inclusivity Global diversity Lessons learned The best leadership in the world is the leader that is congruent with the systemic dynamics Graves (1979) 04 April 2025 2
Project Management Failures Major scheduling failures include: Taking people with Politics and gamesmanship Inaccurate estimates Not enough information about the team member's skills Vacations, holidays, sick days (lack of cross departmental interdependencies) Scarcity of resources Competing projects This happen in all organisations and globally 04 April 2025 3
Benefits of engagement Business case for engagement: Analysis of research across 200 organisations showed that moving a workforce of 10,000 employees from low to high engagement can have a 21million impact on the bottom-line. DDI, "The key to realising competitive advantage , 2007 04 April 2025 4
Benefits of engagement Business case for engagement: A study of 664,000 employees from around the world when compared to key business ratios, showed a 52% gap in one year performance improvement in operating between companies with highly engaged employees versus companies with low engagement scores. ISR : Engaged Employees Help Boost the Bottom Line 2006 Internationally only 28% of talent engage 04 April 2025 5
Benefits of engagement Business case for engagement: In Engaged Companies: Customer loyalty increases by 56% above the average Employee retention is 44% above the average Safety record improves by 50% Productivity increases by 52% Overall profitability increases by 33% Research by Gallup (1999 / 2005) 04 April 2025 6
The benefits of Engagement Engaged Employees Its all about sustainability
Decoding complexity of diversity Internationally only 28% of talent engage 04 April 2025 8
Hofstedes national cultural dynamics An example of BeQ National Cultural Dynamics analysis BeQ Benchmark of Engagement Quotient
Inclusivity The What Doing Engagement / Commitment Context: Industry South Africa Africa Global The How individuals change Leadership Apathy Individual Inclusivity The Team Being Disconnect The How groups change Organisation How organisations change The way: How we change Why we change Essence of Change We change differently New world of work New Sciences Consciousness On Diversity Viljoen, 2008 Nature of the world Its all about sustainability
Pre-requisites for engagement Within the context of the culture/climate: Level of Voice World View Assumptions About Me Respect, Regard, Resilience, Responsibility The individual Climate Assumptions About We Alignment, Support, Supervisor Capability Valuing Diversity, Accountability The Team Culture Assumptions About They The Safety Orientation Production orientation Wellness capacity Trust, Inclusivity, Ethics Organisation Its all about sustainability
Lessons learned Project Management Value add: When tailored, or fit , to an organsation s culture, project management brings value by improving: The execution of strategy, through repeatable, reliable performance and standardisation; The integration within the organisation, through elimination of silos and better communication and collaboration; The learning that a projectised organization undergoes as it explores new products, processes and markets. Project Management Institute 04 April 2025 12
Lessons learned Different Drums, Different Drummers (Thoreau): If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. If I do not want what you want, please try not to tell me that my want is wrong. Or if I believe other than you, at least pause before you correct my view. Or if my emotion is less than yours, or more, given the same circumstances, try not to ask me to feel more strongly or weakly. Or yet if I act, or fail to act, in the manner of your design for action, let me be. I do not, for the moment at least, ask you to understand me. That will come only when you are willing to give up changing me into a copy of you. 04 April 2025 13
Thank you rica@mandalaconsulting.co.za +27(82) 449 5846 04 April 2025 14
