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It takes two to Tango!Nick Dobson

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Agenda

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State of the nation

Absent

Angelic

Adversarial

Attentive

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Causes

Absent• Too busy with day job• Higher priorities elsewhere• Don’t understand role• Believe that absence is 

‘empowerment’

• High degree of cost risk aversion• Cultural drivers• Experiential drivers• JFDI attitudes • Personality (‘iron filings for breakfast’)• Ignorance of alternative perspectives

• High risk aversion• Cost sensitivity• Progress monitoring• Personality (‘control freak’, maven)• Ignorance of alternative 

perspectives

• Focus on success• Clear understanding of role• Good upward management• Effective teaming• Success in past initiatives• Supportive

Angelic

Adversarial

Attentive

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Nirvana

Two people separated by a common agenda

Two people pulling inthe same direction

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Areas for attention

Behaviours• Partnership and parity• Honesty and candour• Collaboration• TA (adult to adult)

Values• Integrity• Clarity• Rationality• Win – win• Humour

Techniques• Upward management• Influence

• Persuasion• Negotiation

• Mediation (governance)

Tools• Structuring models• Business case• CSFs and success definition• RACI• Governance structure

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Conclusions

Whatever the problems the solutions lie as much in  the hands of the professional PM as ever they do with the sponsor.  Remember, this is a partnership!

A genuine partnership is crucial to success: the situation is binary – both win or both lose

Appropriate acceptance of accountability and discharge of responsibility of the respective roles is equally vital

Shared clarity over objective and outcomes desired throughout, and beyond, the project is crucial