Human Factor in Project Management

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Human Factor in Project Management
Requirements Eng. Project Management Lecture 10
Jerzy Nawrocki
Prince Jozef Poniatowski Battle of Leipzig, 1813

• www.cs.put.poznan.pl/jnawrocki/require

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Agile software development 90s
People communication
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XPrince Team
Prince 2
Project Board
Senior user
Executive
Senior Supplier
Project Assurance
Manager
XP
Architect
Kierownik Zespolu
Kierownik Zespolu
Developers
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Agenda

• MTV Impact
• Background and Font
• Animation
• Project Presentation
• Coveys Principles
• Situational Leadership

• Introduction
• XPrince Team
• Project Lifecycle
• The Analyst Role
• The Architect Role
• The Project Manager Role
• Scaling up
• Conclusions

Prince Jozef Poniatowski
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MTV Impact
Merit
Trust
Voice
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MTV Impact
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Merit
Trust
Voice
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MTV Impact
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Merit
Voice
Trust
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MTV Impact
Merit
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Voice
Trust
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Agenda

• MTV Impact
• Background and Font
• Animation
• Project Presentation
• Coveys Principles

• Introduction
• XPrince Team
• Project Lifecycle
• The Analyst Role
• The Architect Role
• The Project Manager Role
• Scaling up
• Conclusions

Prince Jozef Poniatowski
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Black Background
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The impression is NO background
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Blue Background
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A blue background makes a nice impression
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Times New Roman
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Times New Roman is too thin.
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Bold Times New Roman
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Bold Times New Roman is slightly better.
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Bold Arial
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Bold Arial is very readable.
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Bold Arial Narrow
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There is a trade-off between readablity and text
size. Bold Arial Narrow seems the optimum choice.
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Font Size
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Standard text Arial Narrow 28
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Advantages of Light Background
It is easy to prepare handouts
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Agenda

• MTV Impact
• Background and Font
• Animation
• Project Presentation
• Coveys Principles

• Introduction
• XPrince Team
• Project Lifecycle
• The Analyst Role
• The Architect Role
• The Project Manager Role
• Scaling up
• Conclusions

Prince Jozef Poniatowski
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Animation
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Too many moving elements chaos
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Simple Animation
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Animation should support perception.
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Perception Management
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Perception Management
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Perception Management
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Agenda

• MTV Impact
• Background and Font
• Animation
• Project Presentation
• Coveys Principles

• Introduction
• XPrince Team
• Project Lifecycle
• The Analyst Role
• The Architect Role
• The Project Manager Role
• Scaling up
• Conclusions

Prince Jozef Poniatowski
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Text and Visualization
Illustration
Text
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Presentation Structure

• Cover slide (project title, presenters)

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Presentation Structure

• Cover slide (project title, presenters)
• Customer - trust

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Presentation Structure

• Cover slide (project title, presenters)
• Customer - trust

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Presentation Structure

• Cover slide (project title, presenters)
• Customer - trust
• Problem and its importance (motivation)

Problem Traditional selling is ineffective slow
costly. Affected people Customers Funny-Soft
owners Idea Web-base shop
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Presentation Structure

• Cover slide (project title, presenters)
• Customer - trust
• Problem and its importance (motivation)
• Outline of the solution (a very general view).

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Presentation Structure

• Cover slide (project title, presenters)
• Customer - trust
• Problem and its importance (motivation)
• Outline of the solution (a very general view).

• Up to 3 most important use cases (in a visual
  form)
• Skills useful in the project (already possessed
  and new)
• What are main benefits of participating in the
  project?
• Contacts and the team (pictures)
• For a short presentation (up to 15) agenda is
  superfluous.

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Agenda

• MTV Impact
• Background and Font
• Animation
• Project Presentation
• Coveys Principles

• Introduction
• XPrince Team
• Project Lifecycle
• The Analyst Role
• The Architect Role
• The Project Manager Role
• Scaling up
• Conclusions

Prince Jozef Poniatowski
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Seven habits of highly effective people
Sharpen the saw
Private
Put first things first
Begin with the end in mind
Be proactive
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Stewardship delegation

• Desired results
• Guidelines
• Resources
• Accountability
• Consequences

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Synergize
Synergy to build on strengths and to compensate
for weaknesses.
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Agenda

• MTV Impact
• Background and Font
• Animation
• Project Presentation
• Coveys Principles
• Situational Leadership

• Introduction
• XPrince Team
• Project Lifecycle
• The Analyst Role
• The Architect Role
• The Project Manager Role
• Scaling up
• Conclusions

Prince Jozef Poniatowski
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Management Styles

• Democratic, people-oriented
• Autocratic, result-oriented

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Effective Management

• Goal setting
• Praising
• Reprimanding

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Goal Setting
SMART
Specific Measurable Atractive Realistic Timed
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Goal Setting
SMART
Specific and measurable Motivating Attainable Rele
vant Tracktable
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Praising
Catch people doing things right. Praise them. Do
it frequently.
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Reprimanding

• Critisize the behaviour, not the person.
• Talk about the facts. Gossips and impressions
  must be checked.
• Concentrate on most important aspects of the
  problem.
• Present the problem.
• Say what you feel.
• Break for a moment.
• Express your positive attitude towards the
  person.

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Motivation Dynamics
Motivation
Time
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Skills and Knowledge
Skills
Time
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Management Dynamics
Motivation
Skills
Time
Motivating
Detached
Directive
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Team roles

• Driver (developer, director, innovator)
• Planner (strategist, estimator, scheduler)
• Enabler (resource manager, promoter, negotiator)
• Exec (producer, coordinator, maintainer)
• Controller (monitor, auditor, evaluator)

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Summary
At last!

• Effective presentations
• Trust voice
• Stewardship delegation
• Synergy
• Situational leadership

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Questions?
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