Reframing the Project Management Mindset through PPM

Sara Passone’s presentation delves into a paradigm shift in project management, emphasizing project production principles. With 17 years of experience, Passone unveils the challenges faced in conventional approaches, highlighting three truths: overlooking system dynamics, simplifying views, and relying on traditional metrics. The analysis of a greenfield FSC project vividly illustrates execution variability’s impact on schedule reliability and production rates.
Passone advocates for “batching” as a key to predictability, emphasizing the necessity of breaking down tasks for better manageability. She underscores the importance of engaging the front line, restructuring conversations around productivity, and redefining system boundaries. Passone challenges the industry’s fixation on resource-loaded schedules, urging consideration of broader capacity and variability aspects.
By weaving her journey through projects and embracing project production principles, Passone concludes with a call for agility and a stronger connection with the front line. Her presentation provides a compelling argument for integrating project production into the project management toolkit, shedding biases, and fostering a more nuanced understanding of project dynamics.