Managing from personal commitments

Timm Esque gives a short briefing on the advantages of including your team members in setting deadlines and committments. He has an illustrative tale of the high increases in performance that can result with proper use of this method.

Overview of PDPM Methods

This informal 15 minute podcast provides highlights to the PDPM approach.

Further project meetings completed

Above, local consultants Ilke Dagli and Cigdem Aksu discuss with Director Kazim Ongen specific details of the "map day" sequence of deliverables for the operational improvements at Legnar Import Export Ltd.

Below, the final map after an ambitious plotting of action for the new product planning and preparing the production line for Akcaba Ltd.






Hasan Ustunel of Erduran Tibbi Tahlil Laboratory adjusts the timing on an early deliverable with his equipment modernization project. Cigdem Aksu and Timm Esque provided "map day" coaching and consultation.

Initial Coaching Ongoing for Project Managers

Starting in early December, the Experts and local Consultants began meeting with Project Managers to help refine project definitions as an application of PDPM methods. This includes completing both High Level and Interim Horizon identification of deliverables using the process known as "Map Day". This data is entered into the Deliverable Tracking Excel Sheet which allows for automatic creation of PAC (Performance Against Commitment) graphs.






Above a project manager ponders the many parallel lines of deliverables for a complex project while the project coordinator assists local consultant Memduh Erismen to load data into the DTS software.

Below Project Manager Niyal Ozturk (CTCI) and her assistant view the mapping results for a very ambitious business training program funded by an EU grant.



Local consultant Sevim Ozkurac and Project Manager Nergis Yilmar (below) display the deliverables chart for the CDP Food and Hygiene Safety capacity building effort.



The target for all Projects to be uploaded into their tracking sheets is 15 December. Once this is done, it becomes very easy to monitor progress by use of the deliverables list and the PAC chart provided to all the participants (see below)














Coaching will be ongoing during the next 6 weeks to familiarize the Project Managers with the tools and techniques.

Kick-off Workshop for PDPM

The initial workshop for the PDPM methods and tools occurs from 23-25 November. The Turkish Cypriot audience includes 14 Project Managers from business and NGOs, supported by 5 local consultants.

Taking Responsibility: The Flea Market - Workshop Excerpt

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Getting Ready to Clarify Deliverables - Workshop Excerpt

Using PDPM to get Results

These highlight the concepts that are the foundation of PDPM knowledge. The operating tools are built to apply these methods.