Agony Angels: Setting up Project Governance – with Rich Maltzman

Where to start with setting up governance for your project? That’s the question Rich Maltzman and I tackle, as we don the wings of two Agony Angels.

Welcome to my guest, Rich Maltzman. At the start of the session, we pick a random question from my community about Project Management. We discuss it, and end up with some practical suggestions.

The full question is: 

‘I have never had to do this before, but I have been told I need to establish governance structures for my new project. I don’t know where to start.’

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About Rich Maltzman

Rich Maltzman has been practicing PM for 32 years and is currently a Master Lecturer at Boston University, an author, and a consultant, who provides students and clients with a deep, rich learning experience and/or improved results.

This follows a 40-year career in telecom, mainly in engineering and project management.

Rich is the co-founder of EarthPM, LLC, a company devoted to integrating sustainability thinking into project management. And he served on the Editorial Board for the 7th Edition PMBOK® Guide.

Connect with Rich Maltzman

• Rich Matltzman’s People, Planet, Profits, Project Blog
• Connect with Rich on LinkedIn

Rich Maltzman’s Books

• Green Project Management (with Dave Shirley, 2011) – Cleland Award winner
• Project Workflow Management: A Business Process Approach (with Daniel Epstein, 2014)
• Driving Project, Program, and Portfolio Success: The Sustainability Wheel (with Dave Shirley, 2015)
• Bridging the PM Competency Gap (with Loredana Abramo, 2017)
• How to Facilitate Productive Project Planning Meetings (with Jim Stewart, 2018)

What we Discussed

• 00:00 – Agony Angels with Rich Maltzman
• 00:44 – What we will do
• 01:03 – Selecting a question
• 01:21 – The Challenge
• 01:56 – Rich Maltzman: what governance is about
• 03:40 – The elements of governance
• 03:55 – Rich Maltzman’s primary advice
• 04:35 – The first step
• 05:16 – Ways of working and communication
• 06:58 – Roles and Responsibilities
• 08:46 – PRINCE2, Governance, and Gateway Reviews (Stage Gates)
• 10:45 – The Sunk Cost fallacy
• 13:54 – Summary of ideas
• 15:00 – Free tools from the UK Government
• 16:05 – How to get in touch with Rich Maltzman

Recommended Videos

Carefully curated video recommendations for you:

• What is Project Governance? | Video
• 5 Project Governance Tips | Video
• What are Stage Gates or Gateways? | Video
• How to Run an Effective Stage Gate Review | Video
• What is Sunk Cost? …and the Sunk Cost Fallacy? | Video

…and Recommended Articles

• What has Project Governance Ever Done for Us? [Ans: A Lot]
• How the Stage Gate Process Will Make You a Better Project Manager

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