Project Integrity Day Outcomes

January 17th, 2003 by Hal

Today we were a learning team…we learned more than we accomplished. We only worked for three hours due to the low turnout and the absence of project managers on the calls. I thought I would get a greater response than I did. Oh well, more learning.

We explored where to look and what to look for in project integrity. Mary Poppendiek helped tremendously. The distinctions conceptual integrity and perceived integrity are the what to look for. The Eight Ps are where to look. We were only left with what to do.

Our discussion reinforced my perspective that projects occur in conversation. By accessing the conversation of the project we get to work on the issue of integrity. (I'll say more in a coming posting.) For now I'll just report on the plus and deltas from the participants.

Plus	Delta
Topic of Project Integrity Listening Phonecall much better than discussion groups Software development and construction offered many equivalencies Rich discussion among diverse group of backgrounds and projects Emailed instructions helped being well-prepared for the call Excellent facilitation	Need more project managers on the call Stack the deck with PMs Meet every two hours to give people more time to get something done. Consider meeting for one hour every day for a week Slow down the conversation Powerful set of ideas (Eight Ps)

I'm convinced this is fertile ground for project management. Participants reported they see out-of-integrity situations on all projects. Keeping integrity seemed to be the challenge. (More to explore here.)

Thank you to Greg, Greg, Karla, Mary, Dean, Steve, and Amy for making the learning all possible. Anyone interested in participating in another Project Integrity Day? If I get a good response, I'll do one.

Project Integrity Day is Friday, Jan 17

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Eight Ps of Project Integrity

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Joe Ely Says:
January 17th, 2003 at 10:31 pm
Hal, I remain interested and intrigued…major time committments today knocked out the entire middle of my day. Thanks for writing up the results so promptly. Thanks to everyone else for driving the learning opportunity.

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