Bradford Abbas, England, United Kingdom
Adrian has two impressive track records: Delivery & Professional. Delivery 30 years plus led or rescued Change programmes in many sectors (see below), adapting best practice successfully, with a focus on Agility since 2010 . The design, build & leading project, programme and portfolio management (P3) capability for organisations, and Professional Services. Adrian is currently collaborating on [1] Agile Leadership & Project Management [2] Organisation Project Management (OPM), i.e. helping organisations create an environment to maxismise value from projects [3] P3 capability development and Sponsorship coaching Professional Adrian has been at the forefront of the evolution of programme and portfolio management, e.g. APM BoK 6 lead author. A frequent conference speaker and blogger, and co-author of The Gower Handbook of Programme Management, and of APM guides on Agile Governance & Assurance. He says: “Despite great developments in best practice over the last 30 years, around 70% of change still fails, wasting huge investment. There are two main reasons; firstly, many organisations seem unable to address that most difficult success factor – people. There is so much potential for work in this area, integrating people based aspects with the business process and technology. Secondly, working at the organisational level to ensure that the landscape around projects helps them THRIVE and not just SURVIVE, or worse, FAIL.” Sectors: • Telecoms/ICT • IT enabled Change • GDPR and data security • Video technology • Mining, Oil & Gas • Aviation • Ecommerce • Finance (investment, retail and lease finance) • Central & local government Change • NHS • Nano-technology Specialities: • Organisational Project Management • Agile Project Management • Business Transformation • Leadership • Stakeholder Management & Communications • Portfolio, Programme and Project Management • Mentoring & Coaching, e.g. for Sponsors • Third Party & contract management (Intelligent Client)
There are many myths and mistakes around Business and Project Agility. As Agile Advocate I help Provek to help their clients to understand Agility, and how to avoid bad advice and expensive mistakes. Working in partnership with Provek, I have developed the top two levels of their three levels of courses now available for Business, Project and Software Development Agility. Level 1 and 2 courses are based on my book: Agile Beyond IT Level 1 – Organisational agility for leaders and influencers (half-day) Level 2 – Implementing organisational agility workshop (one-two days) Level 3 – Implementing Agile – mindset, methodologies and training
MyMelanoma is a newly forming organisation. It will deliver research that will enhance the Prevention, Treatment and one day Cure for melanoma skin cancer, which is a growing threat to life and quality of life, internationally. My role is to advise on and oversee its Governance, e.g. of its programme of research. The intention is to build a Lean and Agile organisation.
Pyne Consulting helps clients to create the organisational landscape and culture within which projects can THRIVE! Our clients are from both public and commercial sectors, including; aviation, investment, retail and lease finance, engineering, global mining, oil and gas, renewable energy technologies, nano-technlogy....and coffee!
Programme, Portfolio, Project and PMO Consultancy
- Co-author or APM Directing Agile Change guide - Co-author of APM Agile Assurance guide - Member of APM's Agile Working Group - Frequent speaker, e.g. Agile Roadshows - Organiser of APM's first Diversity event in December 2016. - ProgM - programme management Specific Interest Group (SIG) - past Chair - Member of Portfolio Management SIG - Member of CEO Engagement expert group - Lead author for programme management in the BoK 6th edition - Co-author for portfolio management in the BoK 6th edition
An RPP Assessor
I present sessions from a practitioner's viewpoint, on aspects of change, portfolio, programme and project management usage to MBA and MSc students. Subjects have included: Agile project management, Stakeholder Management & Communications, Quality Management and Knowledge Management.