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The Project Economy Initiate Plan Implement Hand

Run
Ideation (monitoring, reporting, testing) Over

Rationale & Business Case Executive Sponsor Governance

What are the expected Benefits? Who is accountable for the success of the Who is responsible for what?

WHO
WHY

project?

The Project Canvas

Purpose & Passion
“Why” are we doing the project?

Scope Risk Management Human Resources

What will the project produce and deliver? Have the key risk been identified? What skills do we need?
WHAT, HOW & WHEN

Do we have a plan B? How are we going to keep the team

motivated?

Time
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When will the project be completed?
Stakeholders
Are key and impacted parties supporting the
project?
Cost Procurement
How much will the project cost?
How many resources do we need ? How are we going to manage the external
contributors?
Change Management
Quality w w w. a n t o n i o n i e t o r o d r i g u e z . c o m How are we going to engage the
stakeholders and remove barriers to

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How do we ensure meeting the quality
change?
standards?
WHERE

Project Driven Organization

Culture, Structure, Priorities, Competencies
Has our organization and culture been adapted to succeed in a project driven world?
 Need to Simplify Project Management
• Project management methods have tended to be too complex to be easily
understood and applied by non-experts. The pivotal assumption has been
that documenting every aspect of a project in detail will provide a high
level of control of the planned activities during the implementation of the
project. Many project managers ended up producing massive numbers of
documents and swathes of paperwork, leading to an overall feeling that
the role was primarily administrative.
• In contrast, widely used management disciplines are often linked to a few Project
Management
simple frameworks that can be easily understood, and applied, not only by Professionals (5%)
managers but also by the majority of individuals. Porter’s Five Forces and
value chain analysis help to make strategy a key area for every
organization to apply. Temporary

Nothing
involved in
• After studying hundreds of successful and failed projects ranging from Projects (25%)

small individual ones, I have developed a simple tool – the Project Canvas
– that can be applied by any individual, team, organization or country. Occasional
involved in
• The framework, which covers the basic principles and fundamentals of Projects (70%)

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projects that everyone should know, is practical and easy to implement. It
is a proven tool that will assist you in leading projects more successfully
and in making your dreams a reality.

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 Inspired by ….. the Business Model Canvas

Alex Osterwalder & Yves Pigneur

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Over 5 million people use the Business Model Canvas.
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 PROJECT CANVAS Benefits
The Project Economy Initiate Plan Implement Hand
Run
Ideation (monitoring, reporting, testing) Over

Rationale & Business Case Executive Sponsor Governance

What are the expected Benefits? Who is accountable for the success of the Who is responsible for what?

WHO
WHY

project?

Purpose & Passion

“Why” are we doing the project?

Scope Risk Management Human Resources

What will the project produce and deliver? Have the key risk been identified? What skills do we need?
WHAT, HOW & WHEN

Do we have a plan B? How are we going to keep the team

motivated?

Time
When will the project be completed?
Stakeholders
Are key and impacted parties supporting the
project?
Cost Procurement
How much will the project cost?
How many resources do we need ? How are we going to manage the external
contributors?
Change Management
How are we going to engage the
Quality stakeholders and remove barriers to

© Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez
How do we ensure meeting the quality
change?
standards?
WHERE

Project Driven Organization

Culture, Structure, Priorities, Competencies
Has our organization and culture been adapted to succeed in a project driven world?
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 How to apply the Project Canvas Framework?
• The framework can be used by leaders and PROJECT CANVAS
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project managers at the beginning of a Rationale & Business Case Executive Sponsor Governance

project to assess how well it has been defined What are the expected Benefits? Who is accountable for the success of the Who is responsible for what?

WHO
WHY
project?

Purpose & Passion

and whether it is worth starting right away or “Why” are we doing the project?

Human Resources
needs further refinement.
Scope Risk Management
What will the project produce and deliver? Have the key risk been identified? What skills do we need?

WHAT, HOW & WHEN

Do we have a plan B? How are we going to keep the team
motivated?

Time
• It can be also used through the project When will the project be completed?
Stakeholders
Are key and impacted parties supporting the
project?
Cost
lifecycle to assess the health of the project How much will the project cost?
Procurement
How many resources do we need ? How are we going to manage the external
contributors?
Change Management

and areas that need attention.

How are we going to engage the
Quality stakeholders and remove barriers to
How do we ensure meeting the quality
change?
standards?

• It can be applied to programs, strategic

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Culture, Structure, Priorities, Competencies
Has our organization and culture been adapted to succeed in a project driven world?

initiatives and any other activities that can be

considered projects.
• Walk with the team, leaders, or stakeholders
through the four dimensions (in order) and
Key Benefits
each of their elements. Ensure that everyone 1. Easy to apply, also for the non professional

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understand what is meant and agrees on the 2. Focus on the fundamentals in a simple manner
status. 3. Identifies weak and strong areas
4. Dialogue around things that matter, not papers
5. Creates alignment and buying around the project
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The Project Revolution
By 2025, regardless of industry or sector, senior leaders and managers will spend at least
60% of their time selecting, prioritizing, and driving the execution of projects. In fact, soon
"we will all become project leaders, but many of us are not prepared for this shift.”

Time to Reinvent Project Management

Recently Gartner claimed that 80 % of today’s Project Management tasks will be
eliminated by 2030 as Artificial Intelligence Takes Over. Which we should see as a
call for action to redefine the future of our profession.

The Project Manifesto

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Widely used management disciplines are often linked to a few simple frameworks
that can be easily understood, and applied, not only by managers but also by the
majority of individuals. Porter’s Five Forces is a great example.
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