Creative Thinking for Effective Project Management
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The document discusses the importance of adopting creative thinking techniques, such as systems thinking, lateral thinking, and design thinking, for effective project management. It highlights the limitations of traditional project management practices and suggests that many challenges cannot be addressed with existing methods. Real-world case studies illustrate how innovative approaches can enhance efficiency and solve complex problems in project execution.
Creative Thinking for Effective Project Management
- 1. 1 Adopting latest advances in the field of Creative Thinking for effective Project Management 10 – 12 September 2015 PMI Conference - Bangalore
- 2. 2Adopting Latest Advances in The Field Of Creative Thinking for Effective Project Management Agenda Why Creative Thinking? Systems Thinking Design ThinkingLateral Thinking Case In Point Recommendations 01 02 03 04
- 3. 3 Why Creative Thinking… Limitations of Logic Adopting Latest Advances in The Field Of Creative Thinking for Effective Project Management All challenges cannot be solved using existing Project Management practices!! Kurt Gödel Alan Turing
- 4. 4Adopting Latest Advances in The Field Of Creative Thinking for Effective Project Management Why Creative Thinking… Survey 0.00% 10.00% 20.00% 30.00% 40.00% 50.00% 60.00% 70.00% Very Important Important Not Important Importance of Creative Thinking in Projects Significance ? 100% 0.00% 10.00% 20.00% 30.00% 40.00% 50.00% 60.00% 70.00% Largely Support Support to some extend Do not support at all Current support for Creative Thinking in Projects Support Available? 67% Adoption? 10% Significant Support Available, yet PMs see challenges in adoption
- 5. 5 Creative Thinking Adopting Latest Advances in The Field Of Creative Thinking for Effective Project Management Systems Thinking Lateral Thinking Design Thinking View "problems" as part of an overall system Solving problems through an indirect approach Power of analysis and imagination
- 6. 6Adopting Latest Advances in The Field Of Creative Thinking for Effective Project Management Which technique to use when? Systems Thinking Lateral Thinking Design Thinking Involves people, process and technology. Traditional thinking provides limited solutions. People centric problem. Many unknowns.
- 7. 7 Let us Decode… Put on Your Thinking Hats Adopting Latest Advances in The Field Of Creative Thinking for Effective Project Management Increase efficiency of loyalty program • The client has Casino and Resorts line of business (LOB) • Both LOBs have separate customer loyalty programs. • No benefits from further enhancement (traditional process) to individual IT applications Decrease program schedule slippage • Continuous slippage to the program schedule as individual projects under it were getting delayed. • Not sure if it’s a people, process or application issue. Risk management process • Need for process re-imagination • Enhance user experience • Strengthening of mitigation with prescriptive risk management LATERAL THINKING SYSTEMS THINKING DESIGN THINKING
- 8. 8Adopting Latest Advances in The Field Of Creative Thinking for Effective Project Management Case in point – Lateral Thinking INCREASE EFFICIENCY OF LOYALTY PROGRAM 1 Single Customer View 2 Single Loyalty Program Lateral Thinking Free Association Reversal Laterization
- 9. 9 Case in point – Systems Thinking Adopting Latest Advances in The Field Of Creative Thinking for Effective Project Management Initial Hypothesis Actual Problem Incorrect Estimation Template Decrease program schedule slippage Final Solution Different Values Different Methodology No standardized Tool Single estimation tool Standardized estimation technique
- 10. 10Adopting Latest Advances in The Field Of Creative Thinking for Effective Project Management Case in Point - Design Thinking Re-imagination of Risk process Collaboration Excellence Crowd sourcing communication Analytical Excellence Internal data repository External data repository Social Mobility Analytics Collaboration Empowerment Past Learnings
- 11. 11Adopting Latest Advances in The Field Of Creative Thinking for Effective Project Management
- 12. 12Adopting Latest Advances in The Field Of Creative Thinking for Effective Project Management
- 13. 13Adopting Latest Advances in The Field Of Creative Thinking for Effective Project Management Thank You Debabrata PrusethRamanand Garimella Pooja Subramanian Enterprise Architecture and IT Strategy Consultant Global Delivery Head - Program Management debabrata.yes@ gmail.com g_ramanand@ yahoo.com Banking and Financial Services Consultant pooja.subramanian@ iiml.org TCS TCS TCS
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