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    The document discusses a study called the Alpha Study which identified the top 2% of project managers called Alphas. It analyzed 8 dimensions of project management including attitude, communication, alignment, approach, focus, issue management, relationships, and leadership. It found Alphas place a higher priority on communication and believe they have enough authority to manage projects.

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    The document discusses a study called the Alpha Study which identified the top 2% of project managers called Alphas. It analyzed 8 dimensions of project management including attitude, communication, alignment, approach, focus, issue management, relationships, and leadership. It found Alphas place a higher priority on communication and believe they have enough authority to manage projects.

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    The document discusses a study called the Alpha Study which identified the top 2% of project managers called Alphas. It analyzed 8 dimensions of project management including attitude, communication, alignment, approach, focus, issue management, relationships, and leadership. It found Alphas place a higher priority on communication and believe they have enough authority to manage projects.

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    The passage discusses a study that identified the top 2% of project managers as 'Alphas' and compared their behaviors and mindsets to the remaining 98% of project managers. It outlines several dimensions that differentiated Alphas from other project managers.

    The Alpha Study surveyed and interviewed 860 project managers to identify the top 2% (Alphas) based on feedback from their teams, customers, and management. It aimed to understand what Alphas do differently from other project managers.

    The 8 dimensions identified by the Alpha Study are: Attitude and belief, Communication, Alignment, Approach and organization, Focus and prioritization, Issue management, Relationships and conflict, and Leadership.

    The Alpha Project

    Managers
    What the Top 2% Know That
    Everyone Else Does Not
    2011 Velociteach
    !


    Andy


    Crowe
    PMP Exam
    PMI-
    ACP(Agile)
    Exam
    Alpha PMs
    Project Management
    The Alpha Study
    The Alpha Study asked

    Who is doing it right?


    WHO GETS IT?
    Identified through survey and
    interviews of 860 project
    managers
    Only top 2% of the field as
    ranked by team, customer,
    senior management, and
    qualifying interviews were
    grouped as Alphas
    Non-Alphas comprised remaining
    98%
    Most of the results were boring
    What the stakeholders told us
    8 Dimensions
    Attitude and belief
    Communication
    Alignment
    Approach and organization
    Focus and prioritization
    Issue management
    Relationships and conflict
    Leadership
    Attitude and Belief
    Senior managers definitely
    believe their project managers
    have enough authority
    Alphas generally believe they
    have the enough authority to
    manage a project
    I have responsibility
    ...but not
    authority!
    No one is given
    authority. You just have
    to take it!

    Tom Peters
    Communication
    Alpha project managers do not
    assume when it comes to
    communication
    We asked 860 project managers
    How effective are you at
    communication?
    Then we asked their stakeholders
    How do they do this?
    Alphas place a higher premium on
    the importance of
    communication.
    Alphas place a higher premium on
    the importance of
    communication.

    Until the product is in the
    customers hands, communication
    is my deliverable.
    Victor (Alpha)
    The Diabolical Problem
    The Diabolical Problem
    Most of us get self assessments
    all wrong
    We rank ourselves too highly on
    common tasks or skills
    and too poorly on difficult or
    obscure tasks and skills
    More Diabolical Still
    DunningKruger Effect
    The most incompetent of us tend to
    rank ourselves the highest
    Incompetence denies us
    the metacognitive ability to
    realize our mistakes
    Emotional Intelligence
    !"#$ &'()"*"++
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    Whats the Answer?
    Whats the Answer?
    Starts with
    Knowing thyself

    Full details published in
    Alpha Project Managers:
    What the Top 2% Know That
    Everyone Else Does Not.
    Lets Talk

    E-mail: [email protected]
    Blog : savvypm.velociteach.com
    LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/andycrowe

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