Michel Thiry

Michel Thiry is managing partner of Valense Organizational Consultants and Adjunct Professor at UTS, Sydney. He has more than 35 years worldwide professional experience and has worked in many cultural environments and is a regular keynote speaker at major international events. His latest book Program Management (2010) has been presented with an Award of Merit by the Canadian Project Management Association. In 2006 he was elected PMI Fellow for his contribution to project management and in 2007 he was nominated Fellow of the Association for Project Management. In 2008, he was awarded a Life Achievement Award by the Canadian Society of Value Analysis.

Governance for programs and Agile projects

Governance is currently associated with disaster prevention, risk mitigation and consequently, tighter controls. These systems stifle innovation and create an oppressing culture in organisations where everybody feels that they should protect themselves rather than contribute to value creation. Michel Thiry explains how governance should actually work.

November 12, 2012

Evolving stakeholder management in programs and Agile projects

Program level stakeholder management is not just about managing pre-set processes, but about influencing people and building rewarding relationships, writes Michel Thiry.

October 29, 2012

Stakeholders

Decision management in programs and Agile projects

The iterative style of programs and Agile projects suits a style of decision-making with feedback loops for stakeholders to evaluate decisions and proceed with new information, writes Michel Thiry.

October 16, 2012

Program Management

Agile, programs and benefits management

A benefit is a positive outcome that stems out of the use of a product or capability; it is an outcome of the execution of the strategy. Michel Thiry examines how benefits management works for both programs and Agile projects.

October 1, 2012

The synergy between Agile and program management

Projects are traditionally used to manage change in an ordered way but the need for more responsive forms for managing change has given rise to disciplines like Agile management and program management, writes Michel Thiry, and the two have synergy.

September 19, 2012

The program management actors

In any program there are a number of expectations program managers should have of different stakeholders. This article by Michel Thiry will further detail the roles of the main program actors.

June 6, 2012

Program Management

Understanding the program management lifecycle

The objective of programs is to produce business level benefits by linking strategy to projects but little management rhetoric has made its way into program management literature and practice. Michel Thiry explains the program management lifecycle.

May 24, 2012

Strategy and the role of program management

Strategic thinking has been at the top of the leadership agenda for executives, but implementing a strategy to realise value is not as obvious as it seems and optimising the use of resources to achieve this is even less evident. Can program management fill this gap?

May 8, 2012

Program Management