Hybrid project management in public administration

Traditional (plan-driven) project management

• Relevant roles and phases in the context of traditional project management.
• SMART project objectives and clarification of the assignment.
• Stakeholder analyses and project evaluation (opportunity and risk analysis, resources, motivation and willingness of the relevant stakeholders).
• Project planning: work breakdown structure (WBS), time and process planning (Gantt chart), resource and cost planning.
• Project realization and control (project controlling).
• Project completion & evaluation.

Agile project management with Scrum

• Comparison: Traditional - agile project management.
• Agile Manifesto.
• Scrum as an iterative approach.
• Relevant roles in the Scrum framework: Product Owner, Scrum Master, Developer.
• Relevant routines in the Scrum framework: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Review, Retrospective.
• Relevant Scrum artifacts: product backlog, sprint backlog, product increment.

Hybrid project management: combining traditional & agile project management in a meaningful way

• Possible combinations of traditional and agile project management elements - depending on the degree of complexity of the project: sequential, parallel and integrated application of different process models.
• Relevant roles and phases in hybrid project management.
• Presentation of a concrete best-practice example from public administration.
• Critical success factors and concrete recommendations for the effective introduction of project management in public administration.
• Software recommendations for hybrid project management.
• Useful tips for drawing up a project management guideline.
• Recommendations for the successful implementation of a uniform project management standard.

You have the opportunity to bring in and work on your own projects during the seminar in order to experience a direct personal benefit.

On the third day, a second speaker, Andreas Eberhardt, will join the training . He has successfully implemented standardized project management in his city administration in the past. His experience report will provide valuable insights into the practical application and implementation of a hybrid project management approach in the public sector.