ABOUT THE EVENT

A plan is a snapshot of a desired future state, valid at the time, and subject to change.  One insight Agile brought to project management is: Project planning should anticipate change.  Change should be viewed as the positive consequence of having learned something and thus avoiding the mistake of doing something that is not wanted.  

So, how can you create a change-capable plan?  Exactly what is a change-competent planning process? Whatever they are, they are not templated documents-rarely revisited, to-do lists, or schedules, and they are crucial to the successful execution of any project that is more than a set of enhancements.

In this session we look at how you structure and implement a project plan that is responsive to your changing state of knowledge, and show how the appropriate planning sequence is determined by the project context—the environment within which planning takes place.  For any given project there is a best set of techniques, tools and factors to be taken into consideration—even if the project is using Agile.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Christopher Worsley was the CEO of CITI from 1991 until 2019. CITI is a UK company dedicated to developing organisational and personal capabilities in project and program management, and which undertakes and funds research into the factors that underpin successful project performance.

He has been involved in project and programme management for over 45 years and has worked on many transformation programmes—either as the manager or programme architect, or as a lead assessor on programme assurance teams.

He is a senior advisor on project and programme performance to large corporations in South Africa and the UK and is a frequent speaker on national and international project management events.

With his wife, Louise, they have published two books on planning: Adaptive Project Planning and The Lost Art of Project Planning (both published by Business Expert Press in 2019).