Agile: Who's Doing What? And ... Is It Working?
Deborah Bigelow Crawford has more than 20 years of experience in business management and handles the operational and administrative functions of PM Solutions. Ms. Bigelow Crawford also serves as Co-CEO of the PM College®, PM Solutions' training division, where she is responsible for the fiscal management and quality assurance of all training and professional development programs. Prior to joining PM Solutions, she served as the Executive Director of the Project Management Institute (PMI), and was instrumental in providing the foundation and infrastructure for the exponential growth that the Institute has maintained over the last 10 years. In addition, she served as the Executive Director of the PMI Educational Foundation. Over the last decade, she has authored numerous articles in PM Network, Chief Project Officer, and Optimize magazines. Ms. Bigelow Crawford is also co-author of the book Project Management Essentials. She has presented a variety of papers as a speaker at international symposia and conferences, and is a member of the National Association of Female Executives and the Project Management Institute.
I just noticed last week that Forrester is doing a new Agile adoption survey; we are looking forward to comparing their findings to our 2018 study, The Adaptive Organization. Meanwhile, in preparing the presentation I will be co-presenting with our PM Solutions Research editor-in-chief at the upcoming PMI Global Conference, I am conducting a fascinating series of interviews with project management leaders in organizations that are implementing agile and adaptive approaches. The centerpiece of our presentation will be video clips of these interviews, which focus on the fascinating and surprising findings from our adaptive study. I don't think any of us expected to find that, when it comes to agility, it doesn't really matter what methods, techniques or tools you use. Instead, it's all about the "soft" stuff: communication, change readiness, learning.
As someone who works in the training field, I am excited to find out just how crucial training and development is to developing organizational agility. But, as always, I am looking for ways to communicate that message to the upper echelons of organizations. It is so easy to get distracted by technology solutions, or methodology "silver bullets." Our interview series is not yet complete, but I think our practitioner videos will show the way over some of these speed bumps in the agile adoption process. Mark your calendars for Saturday; October 5 at 3 pm and we hope to see you at the PMI Global Conference in our hometown, Philadelphia!
Editor's Note: If you just want a taste of the Adaptive Organization report, check out our research brief on the impact of training here.
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