In this Agile in Action Podcast episode, Professor Adam Boddison, CEO of the Association for Project Management (APM), discusses the evolving role of project professionals in a rapidly changing world. He emphasizes the critical importance of project professionals in delivering societal and organizational change, advocating for their broader recognition beyond technical roles to strategic leadership positions. The conversation touches on the need to redefine success in project management, the challenges posed by global talent shortages, the inclusion of agile methodologies under the project professional umbrella, and the value of stakeholder engagement, continuous learning, and benefit realization. Boddison also makes a case for integrating project management as a core component of leadership training and suggests that roles like Chief Operating Officer may need to evolve into Chief Project or Transformation Officers to better align with today’s change-driven business landscape.

What You Will Learn:

• The strategic role of project professionals: Why project professionals are more than just process experts—they are essential to executing organizational strategy and managing change effectively across sectors.

• The need to redefine project success: How modern project management requires focus on benefits realization and adaptability, rather than strict adherence to initial plans.

• Bridging the project profession and the C-suite: Why project management deserves a seat at the executive table and how roles like COO may need to evolve to reflect a greater emphasis on transformation.

• Building project capability and maturity: The importance of upskilling both intentional and “accidental” project professionals and using lessons learned to inform future projects.

Relevant URLs:

• Association for Project Management (APM): https://www.apm.org.uk

• Agile in Action Podcast: https://agileinaction.com

• Adam Boddison on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamboddison

Today, we are honored to have Captain Jon Haase on the podcast. Captain Jon Haase is a Navy Program Manager at the Navy Expeditionary Missions Program Office (or PMS 408) in NAVSEA and actively promotes AI readiness and innovation within the defense sector.

In this episode, host Bill Raymond and Captain Jon Haase explore integrating AI and Agile methodologies to tackle the unique challenges in highly regulated federal government environments. They share real-world applications, touching on the latest trends in defense robotics and how AI technologies, field testing, and agility improve mission success rates.

🎥 Watch now: https://youtu.be/N9u-dsvOhSU

Are you feeling trapped because your product is not delivering value?

Guest David Pereira shares how to untrap your team by prioritizing customer needs and behaviors over backlog grooming, focusing on adding value.

David and Bill will equip you with practical, actionable tips and strategies. You’ll learn how to measure the value delivered by a product or feature and why having honest conversations with customers is crucial to gaining a deeper understanding of their needs. Untrapping your product teams and creating products that deliver value will become a tangible goal.

In this podcast, you will learn:

✅ How to understand customer needs and behaviors

✅ Strategies for prioritizing features

✅ The importance of incremental change over perfection

🚀 Untrap your product teams to re-focus on value

For this podcast's transcript, to reach David, and much more, visit the Agile in Action website:

https://agileinaction.com

🎥 Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/gw4zl-cYiao

🤔 Running an AI project? Be prepared to think a little differently.

Bill Raymond interviews Paolo Sammicheli, author of Scrum in AI. They discuss the unique differences between typical software development and AI product teams. Paolo shares insights on building AI models, the importance of diverse skills in AI teams, challenges in data preparation, the role of product ownership in AI projects, and using Scrum patterns for scaling effectively.

In this podcast, you will learn the following:

✅ The difference between software and AI teams

✅ The importance of subject matter expertise in AI teams

✅ The cross-functional nature of AI teams

🎉 How to effectively scale and manage Scrum AI teams

To contact Paolo, access transcripts, and much more, visit:

https://agileinaction.com/agile-in-action-podcast/2024/04/30/scaling-ai-product-teams.html

🎥 Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/FoTL1KKyRws

Gil Broza shares how Non-software teams can use agile principles to transform how they deliver customer value.

In this podcast, you will learn the following:

✅ How Agile principles apply to non-software teams

✅ Common challenges and solutions for implementing Agile outside of tech

✅ Strategies for fostering an Agile mindset in any team

🎉 The transformative power of Agile for team dynamics and project management

Use the following link to receive a free chapter of Gil's book, contact Gil, read the transcription, and much more:

https://agileinaction.com/agile-in-action-podcast/2024/04/16/can-agile-transform-non-software-teams-too.html