Monday 11 September 2023
APM Enabling Change Specific Interest Group and APM Governance Specific Interest Group
Presented by:
Greg Krawczyk and Mark Vincent
The link to the write up page and resources of this webinar:
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Content description:
Programme and project success rates are doggedly low. Transformative improvement is possible with data enabled investment decisions. This webinar presented on Monday 11 September, sought to identify methods and tools to prevent the seldom discussed topic of strategic misrepresentation (some would call it lying).
This was the third APM 2023 event in this "Effective governance, unlocking data and project success" series, where we will focus on the definition of strategic misrepresentation and its motivators. Our goal was to explore why people misrepresent, and define a language for discussing misrepresentation.
During event 1 in February 2023, we asked 180 attendees about strategic misrepresentation, and the results were concerning. Audience scores were the lowest of the day, with many investment committees not recognising strategic misrepresentation as a problem. The audience also lacked confidence in their ability to mitigate this issue.
Research shows that only 0.5% of programmes and projects deliver to time, cost, and benefits, with 50% of large projects failing due to strategic misrepresentation. With such a high failure rate, it's essential to understand the causes and drivers of this issue.
The goal for event 3 was to explore why people misrepresent, and define a language for discussing misrepresentation. The content covered:
-Conceptualise project success problems
-Understand strategic misrepresentation
-Learn about the behavioural drivers of strategic misrepresentation.
It developed the audiences understanding of the leading cause of project failure, and contributed to the discussion on how effective governance can help organisations utilise data and enable successful projects.
