People and Projects Podcast: Project Management Podcast PPP 328 | Why You Need To Know About LogFrame, with Terry Dean Schmidt
Jul 14, 2021
Terry Dean Schmidt, author of Strategic Project Management Made Simple and a consultant on strategy, shares invaluable insights into project management. He discusses the importance of starting with the 'what and why' to tackle IT delivery issues and contrasts causal logic with sequential logic for better strategic guidance. Terry emphasizes the need for clear metrics and the Minimum Viable Project concept, alongside the significance of testing assumptions. His anecdotes about team performance and teaching strategic thinking to kids add a captivating personal touch.
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Early Planning Determines Success
- Initial planning embeds the seeds of project failure if not done well.
- Prematurely jumping to schedules and solutions hides strategic problems.
Think Causally, Not Just Sequentially
- Causal logic links activities to outcomes and higher goals, not just sequence.
- Map cause-effect chains top-down to choose better routes to objectives.
Use A LogFrame From The Top Down
- Start projects with top-down thinking from goals to activities using a logframe.
- Use the four levels to define measures, verification, and linking assumptions.