Project Management Happy Hour 089 - Reorgs and Restructurings: sailing the waves of organizational change chaos
Aug 10, 2023
The podcast discusses the challenges of organizational change in project management and emphasizes adaptability. It highlights the importance of communication and staying informed during reorganizations. The speakers share their experiences of uncertainty and how leaders can provide certainty. Tips are provided on engaging sponsors and stakeholders using a project overview slide deck. The chapter also explores project cancellations and the need to embrace change. The importance of not ignoring organizational change is emphasized.
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Projects Reflect Current Strategy
- Projects are the vehicles of strategy execution and will be re-evaluated when strategy or leadership changes.
- Kim explains leaders fund projects that align to business priorities like cost savings, new products or regulatory needs, so priorities drive project fate.
Be Curious And Ask What Changed
- Get curious and proactively learn new priorities when a reorg is announced instead of panicking.
- Kate recommends asking leaders what they're hoping to get and using curiosity to discover how your project maps to new goals.
Keep Delivering And Communicating
- Keep working and keep communicating status to existing sponsors even when leadership goes quiet.
- Kate warns that leaders often align privately first, so continue clear updates rather than halting delivery.