Product X is combining four management methods to maximize impact and transparency when implementing strategies and changes.
Project and Product Management is used to create specific outputs
Programme Management is used to implement larger changes and strategic initiatives
Portfolio Management is used to optimize how resources are used and prioritized to maximize the value of the total investments
In courses, certifications and literature, these methods are generalized to fit all types of situations in any type of organization. Product X is translating the set of general methods into a holistic, practical and flexible implementation suitable for most organizations. This is the core of Product X:
- Makes it easy to manage well.
- Product X gives the user help and guidance on what to do and why. If you know some basic project management, Product X will guide you to deliver best practice.
- No documents.
- In Product X, the focus is on the thinking, the approaches, the steps to take and the people involved, not the documents. If needed, the traditional documents like a Project Brief can be generated and exported.
- 80/20 rule.
- Some parts of the theoretical methods bring more value than others. Some parts are easier to implement in an organization than others. Product X is prioritizing the parts where threshold to implementation is lowest and value highest.
- No process handcuffs.
- Product X is implementing process guidance not process handcuffs. Processes are recommended and explained, not enforced.
- Holistic, digital approach.
- Product X ties together everything you need to implement strategies and changes. Project Management and Product Management lives under the same umbrella to deliver outputs for changes driven by programmes or assets needed in portfolios.
