PM Plug-ins Qualifications
Rob’s Background:
Rob Thomsett
Thought Leader
Rob’s passion is to enable people within organizations to work in a more agile fashion to assist their organization in achieving strategic goals faster with a focus on benefits realisation. Rob has 45+ years of experience in project and change management. He specializes in innovative people-centric and agile models of project management and executive sponsorship. He is acknowledged as a thought leader in leading-edge project management and a highly effective executive coach. He has consulted and taught in over 100 organisations globally and is the author of seven books on project management including Radical Project Management, The Sponsor Guide and The Real Benefits Management book.
Key Teachings:
Project management is fundamentally about the management of highly creative people. While core project management skills such as task or user story planning, scheduling, costing and tracking are critical, key project management concerns such as stakeholder engagement, benefits management, quality and risk management, team building and leadership are increasingly becoming the focus for contemporary project managers.
PM Plug-ins:
Over many years, Rob has developed a set of tools to assist sponsors and project managers deal with the diversity of views from stakeholders and from within their teams. The tools were designed as a set of “lenses” to bring the differing views out, to encourage “fierce” conversations and to provide a common focus for those discussions. They have been proven to bring alignment from stakeholders and teams to critical project management concerns such as scope, objectives, benefits, quality and risk at the initial planning stages. They also assist in the on-going management of change throughout the project. They should be considered as Plug-Ins designed to supplement your core PM skills and techniques not to replace them.
Thomsett PM Plug-In: Tool Set 1 – O3 and Benefits (basic),
Thomsett PM Plug-In: Tool Set 2 – Sliders, Stakeholder Scan, Win/Lose.
Thomsett PM Plug-In: Tool Set 3 – Quality Agreement, Risk Tool.
Thomsett PM Plug-In: Tool Set 4 (optional)– Benefits Management Advanced.
Thomsett PM Plug-In: Tool Set 5 – RAP (RApid Planning) Facilitation.
Qualifications Levels:
Over many years, Rob has developed a set of tools to assist sponsors and project managers deal with the diversity of views from stakeholders and from within their teams. The tools were designed as a set of “lenses” to bring the differing views out, to encourage “fierce” conversations and to provide a common focus for those discussions. They have been proven to bring alignment from stakeholders and teams to critical project management concerns such as scope, objectives, benefits, quality and risk at the initial planning stages. They also assist in the on-going management of change throughout the project. They should be considered as Plug-Ins designed to supplement your core PM skills and techniques not to replace them.
Thomsett Plug-Ins Practitioner
Exhibits understanding and competency in Agile Plug-Ins Tool Sets, can integrate tools with core Seven Consulting PM practice and tools. Demonstrates use of various Agile tools consistently in client projects providing increased clarity in client Business Cases, for example.
Thomsett Plug-Ins Expert
Exhibits advanced mastery in using Agile Plug-Ins Tool Sets, provides coaching and facilitation for senior client stakeholders and for other PM’s. Uses Tool Sets consistently in complex client projects. Provides coaching to Seven consultants seeking Practitioner-level certification.
Seven Consultants who have qualified:
Paul Kirschner
Program Director
Practitioner Certification
Tool Sets 1, 2, 3, and 5
Expert Certification – Commenced
Michael Stark
Program Director (Former)
PM Plug-ins
Practitioner Level Certified
