Online Webinar – Recorded November 1, 2011
Offered by: Roeder Consulting ( REP 2453) 1 Category A PDU
Duration: 1 hour 1 Category A PDU – $20 USD – 1 PDU

There is an acknowledged shift within PM away from the traditional ‘plan-then execute’ paradigm, towards an understanding that project-based work in today’s turbulent environments is intimately concerned with resolving ambiguity and complexity, often using a greater degree of ‘soft’ skills.

One result of this shift is a move towards a more ‘improvisational’ style of project-based work, where creativity and an intuitive ‘gut feel’ for what will work in a particular scenario are valued as important contributors to project success.

In this one hour session, Dr. Stephen Leybourne (LinkedIn profile) will offer a number of suggestions relating to how improvised work can contribute to project success, and will:

• Unpick and explain the theoretical underpinnings of organizational improvisation,
• Explain how to use it, and how to control it,
• Give examples of how it can be effective,
• Suggest why today’s project managers need to be aware of it, and
• Supply a ‘route map’ to assist in successful improvisation.

This presentation and the discussion that will follow it, is based on over ten years of research into organizational improvisation within the project domain, and a significant amount of published research by the presenter

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