ºÝºÝߣ

ºÝºÝߣShare a Scribd company logo
1
Project Business Management
¨C From 1 : 1 Business to Complex
Project Supply Networks
Oliver F. Lehmann, PMP
2
About Oliver
Oliver F. Lehmann, MSc, PMP
? Born 1957, married, 4 children, 2 grandchildren
? University studies in Stuttgart, Liverpool
? Degrees:
? Master of Science in Project Management
? Project Management Professional (PMP)
? Connective Leadership Institute ¨C Certified Associate (CLI-CA)
? PM Practitioner since ~1983
? Trainer since 1995 with assignments in Europe, Asia, and USA
? Adjunct Professor at Technische Universit?t M¨¹nchen
? Active at the Project Management Institute (PMI?)
? Member since 1998
? Volunteer in various roles since 2001
? President of the PMI Southern Germany Chapter e.V. (2013 to 2018)
3
About Oliver
Publications
? Books ? Papers
4
Agenda
1. Project Business Management ¨C Why does it matter?
2. The easy one: One-to-one relationships
3. Definitively more complex: The
three-player problem
4. The high art: A project supply network (PSN)
with many players
5. Conclusion
Project Business Management
¨C Why Does It Matter?
6
PBM ¨C Why Does It Matter?
A Global Survey
? Made: 12-2016
? Responses: 590
? Scale: -3 to +3
? Trend: +
7
PBM ¨C Why Does It Matter?
Two More Global Surveys
? Made: 08-2015
05-2018
? Responses: 245, 325
? Trend: Customer
projects
8
PBM ¨C Why Does It Matter?
Another Global Survey
? Conflicts in project
business
The Easy One: 1-to-1 Relationships
10
1-to-1 Relationships
A ¡°Simple¡± Customer-Contractor Relationship
? The smallest form of cross-corporate project management
Customer Contractor
11
1-to-1 Relationships
Compare: 2 Bodies in Physics
? Perfectly understood by the laws of gravity
12
1-to-1 Relationships
Compare: Standoffs in Classical
Wild West Movies
? Two parties stand against each other.
? Good and bad are immediately made out.
? The result is predictable: The better shooter.
More Complex: The 3-Player Problem
14
The 3-Player Problem
Definitively More Complex: The Three-Player Problem
Customer
Payments,
provisions,
enabling services
Deliverables,
reports,
documentation
Subcontractor
Contractor
Communications
15
The 3-Player Problem
Compare: 3 Bodies in Physics
? Chaotic and unpredictable
? Youtube video
by Matthew Sheen
? Source:
https://youtu.be/8_RRZcqBEAc
16
The 3-Player Problem
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
? Italo Western by Sergio Leone
? Highlight: A shooutout with three gunslingers
at ¡°Sad Hill Cemetry¡±
? Good and bad are hard to discern.
? The result is impossible to predict.
17
The 3-Player Problem
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
? Italo Western by Sergio Leone
? Highlight: A shooutout with three gunslingers
at ¡°Sad Hill Cemetry¡±
? Good and bad are hard to discern.
? The result is impossible to predict.
18
The 3-Player Problem
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
? Italo Western by Sergio Leone
? Highlight: A shooutout with three gunslingers
at ¡°Sad Hill Cemetry¡±
? Good and bad are hard to discern.
? The result is impossible to predict.
19
The 3-Player Problem
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
? Italo Western by Sergio Leone
? Highlight: A shooutout with three gunslingers
at ¡°Sad Hill Cemetery¡±
? Good and bad are hard to discern.
? The result is impossible to predict.
The High Art: A PSN with Many Players
21
A PSN with Many Players
The High Art: A Project Supply Network (PSN) with Many Players
? Group dynamics come into play.
? Alliances and controversies develop.
? Some are temporary, others enduring.
22
A PSN with Many Players
Project Supply Networks are Rarely Well Engineered
? They are mostly ad-hoc and dynamicaly changing.
? They are poorly understood.
Contractor
Contractor
Contractor
Contractor
Contractor
Contractor
Contractor
Contractor
Contractor
Contractor
Contractor
Contractor
ContractorContractor
Contractor
Customer
Contractor
Conclusion
24
Conclusion
Project Supply Networks
? Cross-corporate project management comes with different degrees of complexity and
unpredictability.
? The complexity of PSNs depends on the number of organizations involved.
Customer
1st Tier:
(Prime) Contractors
2nd Tier:
Subcontractors
Flowofdeliverables
Flowofmoney
Seller
Seller
Buyer
Seller Seller
Seller
Buyer
Crisis
Crisis
Crisis
Crisis Crisis Crisis
25
Conclusion
Project Supply Networks
? PSNs can be driven into crisis by any of their members.
? And also at the interfaces between these members.
Customer
1st Tier:
(Prime) Contractors
2nd Tier:
Subcontractors
Flowofdeliverables
Flowofmoney
Seller
Seller
Buyer
Seller Seller
Seller
Buyer
Crisis
Crisis
Crisis
Crisis Crisis Crisis
26
Conclusion
Project Supply Networks
? Project managers need to learn, how to
manage project supply networks on both
sides.
? Customers
? Contractors
Thank you!
Contact: oliver@oliverlehmann.com
Copyright for images:
? Own work
? Shutterstock
- emerge
- ShotPrime Studio
- shutterstock.com

More Related Content

Similar to Understanding Project Supply Networks (20)

What's It Take to Be a (Good!) Manager
What's It Take to Be a (Good!) Manager
Ron Lichty
?
Lessons learnt at building recommendation services at industry scale
Lessons learnt at building recommendation services at industry scale
Domonkos Tikk
?
Employee Vioce Behaviour
Employee Vioce Behaviour
Jawad Munir
?
Storytelling with data think broad, mine deep, explain simply
Storytelling with data think broad, mine deep, explain simply
Luciano Pesci, PhD
?
Support at scale in a DevOps world How Swarming and Cynefin can save you from...
Support at scale in a DevOps world How Swarming and Cynefin can save you from...
Jon Stevens-Hall
?
Managing international software projects interactively using scrum
Managing international software projects interactively using scrum
Peter Horsten
?
Solid State Lighting: the end of lighting as we know it?
Solid State Lighting: the end of lighting as we know it?
tkonnerth
?
How To Keep Your Job
How To Keep Your Job
pragdave
?
Casual Connect Tel Aviv - To the Stars! Scaling your Game from Concept to Sof...
Casual Connect Tel Aviv - To the Stars! Scaling your Game from Concept to Sof...
Adir Ron
?
To the Stars! Scaling your Game from Concept to Soft Launch (and Beyond!) | A...
To the Stars! Scaling your Game from Concept to Soft Launch (and Beyond!) | A...
Jessica Tams
?
Library Director Bootcamp: Getting the Skills You Need, Part 3 (Nov. 2018)
Library Director Bootcamp: Getting the Skills You Need, Part 3 (Nov. 2018)
ALATechSource
?
Immersive Recommendation
Immersive Recommendation
³Ð„‚ Öx
?
Twelve Risks to Enterprise Software Projects-And What to Do About Them
Twelve Risks to Enterprise Software Projects-And What to Do About Them
TechWell
?
Tabletop Exercise for Managing an Active Shooter Scenario
Tabletop Exercise for Managing an Active Shooter Scenario
Don Haverty
?
Project Management a real story Joomla World Conference 2013
Project Management a real story Joomla World Conference 2013
Jessica Dunbar
?
Neighbor methods vs matrix factorization - case studies of real-life recommen...
Neighbor methods vs matrix factorization - case studies of real-life recommen...
Domonkos Tikk
?
Cpsa drill draft 5 9-10no video
Cpsa drill draft 5 9-10no video
Don Haverty
?
Lessons from Soft Landings
Lessons from Soft Landings
BSRIA
?
Quality, requirements and success webinar, 6 March 2019
Quality, requirements and success webinar, 6 March 2019
Association for Project Management
?
Library Director Bootcamp: Getting the Skills You Need¡ªPart 3 (November 2017)
Library Director Bootcamp: Getting the Skills You Need¡ªPart 3 (November 2017)
ALATechSource
?
What's It Take to Be a (Good!) Manager
What's It Take to Be a (Good!) Manager
Ron Lichty
?
Lessons learnt at building recommendation services at industry scale
Lessons learnt at building recommendation services at industry scale
Domonkos Tikk
?
Employee Vioce Behaviour
Employee Vioce Behaviour
Jawad Munir
?
Storytelling with data think broad, mine deep, explain simply
Storytelling with data think broad, mine deep, explain simply
Luciano Pesci, PhD
?
Support at scale in a DevOps world How Swarming and Cynefin can save you from...
Support at scale in a DevOps world How Swarming and Cynefin can save you from...
Jon Stevens-Hall
?
Managing international software projects interactively using scrum
Managing international software projects interactively using scrum
Peter Horsten
?
Solid State Lighting: the end of lighting as we know it?
Solid State Lighting: the end of lighting as we know it?
tkonnerth
?
How To Keep Your Job
How To Keep Your Job
pragdave
?
Casual Connect Tel Aviv - To the Stars! Scaling your Game from Concept to Sof...
Casual Connect Tel Aviv - To the Stars! Scaling your Game from Concept to Sof...
Adir Ron
?
To the Stars! Scaling your Game from Concept to Soft Launch (and Beyond!) | A...
To the Stars! Scaling your Game from Concept to Soft Launch (and Beyond!) | A...
Jessica Tams
?
Library Director Bootcamp: Getting the Skills You Need, Part 3 (Nov. 2018)
Library Director Bootcamp: Getting the Skills You Need, Part 3 (Nov. 2018)
ALATechSource
?
Twelve Risks to Enterprise Software Projects-And What to Do About Them
Twelve Risks to Enterprise Software Projects-And What to Do About Them
TechWell
?
Tabletop Exercise for Managing an Active Shooter Scenario
Tabletop Exercise for Managing an Active Shooter Scenario
Don Haverty
?
Project Management a real story Joomla World Conference 2013
Project Management a real story Joomla World Conference 2013
Jessica Dunbar
?
Neighbor methods vs matrix factorization - case studies of real-life recommen...
Neighbor methods vs matrix factorization - case studies of real-life recommen...
Domonkos Tikk
?
Cpsa drill draft 5 9-10no video
Cpsa drill draft 5 9-10no video
Don Haverty
?
Lessons from Soft Landings
Lessons from Soft Landings
BSRIA
?
Library Director Bootcamp: Getting the Skills You Need¡ªPart 3 (November 2017)
Library Director Bootcamp: Getting the Skills You Need¡ªPart 3 (November 2017)
ALATechSource
?

Recently uploaded (20)

Miriam Cho: Transforming Healthcare through Visionary Leadership
Miriam Cho: Transforming Healthcare through Visionary Leadership
jessicashaw101998
?
Zero-emission zones in the Netherlands 2025
Zero-emission zones in the Netherlands 2025
Walther Ploos van Amstel
?
Marc Belluomini - An Impressive Career In Boom Operation
Marc Belluomini - An Impressive Career In Boom Operation
Marc Belluomini
?
Ch01.ppt bisnis internasional bisnis internasional
Ch01.ppt bisnis internasional bisnis internasional
devina81
?
International Business, 4th Edition- Alan M. Rugman.pdf
International Business, 4th Edition- Alan M. Rugman.pdf
GamingwithUBAID
?
What is Interior designing(introduction).pdf
What is Interior designing(introduction).pdf
bhatiagitali
?
Building a Customer-Centric Business Best Practices.pdf
Building a Customer-Centric Business Best Practices.pdf
Stacy Neir
?
20250606_A. Stotz All Weather Strategy - Weights update & Performance review ...
20250606_A. Stotz All Weather Strategy - Weights update & Performance review ...
FINNOMENAMarketing
?
5 Most Powerful Reasons to Hire a Management Consultant ¨C Boost Efficiency & ...
5 Most Powerful Reasons to Hire a Management Consultant ¨C Boost Efficiency & ...
RUPAL AGARWAL
?
Stuart Frost - The Chief Executive Officer Of Geminos
Stuart Frost - The Chief Executive Officer Of Geminos
Stuart Frost
?
The Executive¡¯s Guide to Stress-Free Airport Transfers in London
The Executive¡¯s Guide to Stress-Free Airport Transfers in London
Jannah Express
?
Ian McAllister - Respected Photographer And Writer
Ian McAllister - Respected Photographer And Writer
Ian McAllister
?
Book - Behavioral finance and wealth management(1).pdf
Book - Behavioral finance and wealth management(1).pdf
GamingwithUBAID
?
ISO 45001 Certification in Singapore Company
ISO 45001 Certification in Singapore Company
achharsharma105
?
Breaking Through Cultural Friction: The Role of Respect for People (Strengthe...
Breaking Through Cultural Friction: The Role of Respect for People (Strengthe...
KaiNexus
?
chapter 9 leadership qualityies university of windsor
chapter 9 leadership qualityies university of windsor
zamananalyst29
?
PT IBX Daya Nusantara Company Profile 2025
PT IBX Daya Nusantara Company Profile 2025
IBX Daya Nusantara
?
Integrating Scrum into a Time-Boxed Mission
Integrating Scrum into a Time-Boxed Mission
RaulAmavisca
?
Redefining Business Experiences: The Role of a Corporate Event Management Com...
Redefining Business Experiences: The Role of a Corporate Event Management Com...
Be Executive Events
?
solulab.com-How to Build a Private LLM.pdf
solulab.com-How to Build a Private LLM.pdf
celinedion89121
?
Miriam Cho: Transforming Healthcare through Visionary Leadership
Miriam Cho: Transforming Healthcare through Visionary Leadership
jessicashaw101998
?
Marc Belluomini - An Impressive Career In Boom Operation
Marc Belluomini - An Impressive Career In Boom Operation
Marc Belluomini
?
Ch01.ppt bisnis internasional bisnis internasional
Ch01.ppt bisnis internasional bisnis internasional
devina81
?
International Business, 4th Edition- Alan M. Rugman.pdf
International Business, 4th Edition- Alan M. Rugman.pdf
GamingwithUBAID
?
What is Interior designing(introduction).pdf
What is Interior designing(introduction).pdf
bhatiagitali
?
Building a Customer-Centric Business Best Practices.pdf
Building a Customer-Centric Business Best Practices.pdf
Stacy Neir
?
20250606_A. Stotz All Weather Strategy - Weights update & Performance review ...
20250606_A. Stotz All Weather Strategy - Weights update & Performance review ...
FINNOMENAMarketing
?
5 Most Powerful Reasons to Hire a Management Consultant ¨C Boost Efficiency & ...
5 Most Powerful Reasons to Hire a Management Consultant ¨C Boost Efficiency & ...
RUPAL AGARWAL
?
Stuart Frost - The Chief Executive Officer Of Geminos
Stuart Frost - The Chief Executive Officer Of Geminos
Stuart Frost
?
The Executive¡¯s Guide to Stress-Free Airport Transfers in London
The Executive¡¯s Guide to Stress-Free Airport Transfers in London
Jannah Express
?
Ian McAllister - Respected Photographer And Writer
Ian McAllister - Respected Photographer And Writer
Ian McAllister
?
Book - Behavioral finance and wealth management(1).pdf
Book - Behavioral finance and wealth management(1).pdf
GamingwithUBAID
?
ISO 45001 Certification in Singapore Company
ISO 45001 Certification in Singapore Company
achharsharma105
?
Breaking Through Cultural Friction: The Role of Respect for People (Strengthe...
Breaking Through Cultural Friction: The Role of Respect for People (Strengthe...
KaiNexus
?
chapter 9 leadership qualityies university of windsor
chapter 9 leadership qualityies university of windsor
zamananalyst29
?
PT IBX Daya Nusantara Company Profile 2025
PT IBX Daya Nusantara Company Profile 2025
IBX Daya Nusantara
?
Integrating Scrum into a Time-Boxed Mission
Integrating Scrum into a Time-Boxed Mission
RaulAmavisca
?
Redefining Business Experiences: The Role of a Corporate Event Management Com...
Redefining Business Experiences: The Role of a Corporate Event Management Com...
Be Executive Events
?
solulab.com-How to Build a Private LLM.pdf
solulab.com-How to Build a Private LLM.pdf
celinedion89121
?
Ad

Understanding Project Supply Networks

  • 1. 1 Project Business Management ¨C From 1 : 1 Business to Complex Project Supply Networks Oliver F. Lehmann, PMP
  • 2. 2 About Oliver Oliver F. Lehmann, MSc, PMP ? Born 1957, married, 4 children, 2 grandchildren ? University studies in Stuttgart, Liverpool ? Degrees: ? Master of Science in Project Management ? Project Management Professional (PMP) ? Connective Leadership Institute ¨C Certified Associate (CLI-CA) ? PM Practitioner since ~1983 ? Trainer since 1995 with assignments in Europe, Asia, and USA ? Adjunct Professor at Technische Universit?t M¨¹nchen ? Active at the Project Management Institute (PMI?) ? Member since 1998 ? Volunteer in various roles since 2001 ? President of the PMI Southern Germany Chapter e.V. (2013 to 2018)
  • 4. 4 Agenda 1. Project Business Management ¨C Why does it matter? 2. The easy one: One-to-one relationships 3. Definitively more complex: The three-player problem 4. The high art: A project supply network (PSN) with many players 5. Conclusion
  • 5. Project Business Management ¨C Why Does It Matter?
  • 6. 6 PBM ¨C Why Does It Matter? A Global Survey ? Made: 12-2016 ? Responses: 590 ? Scale: -3 to +3 ? Trend: +
  • 7. 7 PBM ¨C Why Does It Matter? Two More Global Surveys ? Made: 08-2015 05-2018 ? Responses: 245, 325 ? Trend: Customer projects
  • 8. 8 PBM ¨C Why Does It Matter? Another Global Survey ? Conflicts in project business
  • 9. The Easy One: 1-to-1 Relationships
  • 10. 10 1-to-1 Relationships A ¡°Simple¡± Customer-Contractor Relationship ? The smallest form of cross-corporate project management Customer Contractor
  • 11. 11 1-to-1 Relationships Compare: 2 Bodies in Physics ? Perfectly understood by the laws of gravity
  • 12. 12 1-to-1 Relationships Compare: Standoffs in Classical Wild West Movies ? Two parties stand against each other. ? Good and bad are immediately made out. ? The result is predictable: The better shooter.
  • 13. More Complex: The 3-Player Problem
  • 14. 14 The 3-Player Problem Definitively More Complex: The Three-Player Problem Customer Payments, provisions, enabling services Deliverables, reports, documentation Subcontractor Contractor Communications
  • 15. 15 The 3-Player Problem Compare: 3 Bodies in Physics ? Chaotic and unpredictable ? Youtube video by Matthew Sheen ? Source: https://youtu.be/8_RRZcqBEAc
  • 16. 16 The 3-Player Problem The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ? Italo Western by Sergio Leone ? Highlight: A shooutout with three gunslingers at ¡°Sad Hill Cemetry¡± ? Good and bad are hard to discern. ? The result is impossible to predict.
  • 17. 17 The 3-Player Problem The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ? Italo Western by Sergio Leone ? Highlight: A shooutout with three gunslingers at ¡°Sad Hill Cemetry¡± ? Good and bad are hard to discern. ? The result is impossible to predict.
  • 18. 18 The 3-Player Problem The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ? Italo Western by Sergio Leone ? Highlight: A shooutout with three gunslingers at ¡°Sad Hill Cemetry¡± ? Good and bad are hard to discern. ? The result is impossible to predict.
  • 19. 19 The 3-Player Problem The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ? Italo Western by Sergio Leone ? Highlight: A shooutout with three gunslingers at ¡°Sad Hill Cemetery¡± ? Good and bad are hard to discern. ? The result is impossible to predict.
  • 20. The High Art: A PSN with Many Players
  • 21. 21 A PSN with Many Players The High Art: A Project Supply Network (PSN) with Many Players ? Group dynamics come into play. ? Alliances and controversies develop. ? Some are temporary, others enduring.
  • 22. 22 A PSN with Many Players Project Supply Networks are Rarely Well Engineered ? They are mostly ad-hoc and dynamicaly changing. ? They are poorly understood. Contractor Contractor Contractor Contractor Contractor Contractor Contractor Contractor Contractor Contractor Contractor Contractor ContractorContractor Contractor Customer Contractor
  • 24. 24 Conclusion Project Supply Networks ? Cross-corporate project management comes with different degrees of complexity and unpredictability. ? The complexity of PSNs depends on the number of organizations involved. Customer 1st Tier: (Prime) Contractors 2nd Tier: Subcontractors Flowofdeliverables Flowofmoney Seller Seller Buyer Seller Seller Seller Buyer Crisis Crisis Crisis Crisis Crisis Crisis
  • 25. 25 Conclusion Project Supply Networks ? PSNs can be driven into crisis by any of their members. ? And also at the interfaces between these members. Customer 1st Tier: (Prime) Contractors 2nd Tier: Subcontractors Flowofdeliverables Flowofmoney Seller Seller Buyer Seller Seller Seller Buyer Crisis Crisis Crisis Crisis Crisis Crisis
  • 26. 26 Conclusion Project Supply Networks ? Project managers need to learn, how to manage project supply networks on both sides. ? Customers ? Contractors
  • 27. Thank you! Contact: oliver@oliverlehmann.com Copyright for images: ? Own work ? Shutterstock - emerge - ShotPrime Studio - shutterstock.com