Disruption Interruption podcast host and veteran communications disruptor, Karla Jo Helms, interviews Shane Anastasi, CEO and Founder of PS Principles, and finds out how he is throwing out the status quo regarding managing software development projects.
Tampa Bay, Fla., October 10, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Large software development and IT projects are estimated to consistently run 45% over their projected budget and 7% over their projected time. Simultaneously, these projects deliver 56% less value than was predicted. ¹ Behind the scenes, project managers scramble to meet expectations — which almost entirely revolve around being on time and on budget. The result is that an entire body of professionals is continually underperforming. Enter Shane Anastasi, who explains to Karla Jo Helms, host of the Disruption Interruption podcast, that the traditional method of measuring the success of project management needs to be kicked to the curb.
With over 40 years of experience in project management, Anastasi has now founded PS Principles, an organization focused on disrupting how successful outcomes from implementation projects are achieved. Anastasi is helping project leaders approach the journey of software development from a whole new angle. He believes that the hyper-focus on timelines and budgets has led to fewer successful outcomes, and he's setting out to change the way in which project managers interact with their clients.
Anastasi explains:
- The intent of disruption must be kept pure. Those wishing to disrupt must not become distracted by the act of disruption itself. Instead, it's important to dig deep to understand the pure intent of changing the game.
- Project management strategies that are utilized in software development are a direct reflection of the construction industry. While these principles make logical sense when mapping out the construction of a building, they perform poorly in the world of software development, where there are too many variables to create tight budgets and timelines from the start.
- With such a hyper-focus on meeting budgets and deadlines, project managers often deliver low-quality outcomes. Rather than pushing against a customer's pressure to stay on time and budget, project managers are essentially trained from day one to continue to push a project forward to meet these expectations.
- Software development projects are actually a journey of discovery. Rarely can a project manager understand where a project will go from the start. Rather, the initial projection is a feeble idea worked out from loose requirements provided by a customer who does not understand the depth of executing the project.
- Going forward, project managers need to set a new tone that showcases to a customer that software development is a journey. Decisions regarding budget and timelines will need to be made throughout the process as an iterative journey.
- Focusing on the pure intent of delivering value to a customer, a new approach to project management involves undoing the shackles of budget and time. This allows project managers to present customers with potential outcomes and takes the pressure off teams to do the impossible.
Disruption Interruption is the podcast where you'll hear from today's biggest Industry Disruptors. Learn what motivated them to bring about change and how they overcome opposition to adoption.
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About Disruption Interruption:
Disruption is happening on an unprecedented scale, impacting all manner of industries— MedTech, Finance, IT, eCommerce, shipping and logistics, and more—and COVID has moved their timelines up a full decade or more. But WHO are these disruptors, and when did they say, "THAT'S IT! I'VE HAD IT!"? Time to Disrupt and Interrupt with host Karla Jo "KJ" Helms, veteran communications disruptor. KJ interviews badasses who are disrupting their industries and altering economic networks that have become antiquated with an establishment resistant to progress. She delves into uncovering secrets from industry rebels and quiet revolutionaries that uncover common traits—and not-so-common—that are changing our economic markets… and lives. Visit the world's key pioneers that persist to success, despite arrows in their backs at http://www.disruptioninterruption.com.
About Karla Jo Helms:
Karla Jo Helms is the Chief Evangelist and Anti-PR(TM) Strategist for JOTO PR Disruptors(TM).
Karla Jo learned firsthand how unforgiving business can be when millions of dollars are on the line—and how the control of public opinion often determines whether one company is happily chosen or another is brutally rejected. Being an alumni of crisis management, Karla Jo has worked with litigation attorneys, private investigators, and the media to help restore companies of goodwill back into the good graces of public opinion—Karla Jo operates on the ethic of getting it right the first time, not relying on second chances and doing what it takes to excel. Helms speaks globally on public relations, how the PR industry itself has lost its way and how, in the right hands, corporations can harness the power of Anti-PR to drive markets and impact market perception.
About Shane Anastasi:
Shane Anastasi is a Professional Services Author, Speaker, and Entrepreneur. Having worked around the world for giants such as IBM, SingTel, and Salesforce, as well as played significant leadership roles in successful startups like Vignette, BigMachines, Simplus, and CirrusOne, Shane is a creative thinker with a strong determination to achieve successful outcomes. Shane is currently the CEO and Founder of PS Principles, an organization focused on helping service providers and their customers achieve more successful outcomes from implementation projects. His company is helping the world's leading enterprises change how they look at project delivery to find a greater return on their project investment.
Shane is also a board member at Neocol, one of the fastest-growing Salesforce implementations partners. Shane works with the Neocol executives on strategic plans and initiatives that help the organization continue to grow and thrive in the Salesforce ecosystem.
Reference:
1) Bloch, Michael; Blumberg, Sven; and Laartz, Jürgen. "Delivering large-scale IT projects on time, on budget, and on value." October 2012; McKinsey Digital; https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/mckinsey-digital/our-insights/delivering-large-scale-it-projects-on-time-on-budget-and-on-value
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