S5E119: When Governance is Too Much with Bahar Maghsoudi

<p>In this week’s pod, we were joined by Bahar Maghsoudi to discuss when governance can be too much.Bahar is a passionate chartered Civil Engineer who, for the past 20+ years, has worked on fantastic projects across multiple sectors. She has an idea or two about what it takes to deliver successful projects, working as a team, and pulling together to deliver.The main topics we discussed on the podcast were as follows:<br> ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Governance is the framework for how project decisions are made<br> ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; If it doesn’t add value, it shouldn’t be there<br> ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; There is a risk that Project Managers will play the system to pass governance approvals<br> ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Businesses need to empower and give confidence to Project Managers to deliver major projects<br> ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In order to be effective, governance needs to be done at the right time and the right amount<br> ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Joint ventures can build more risk into a project due to the differing ideologies of the businesses<br> ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Listen to your project teams! Delays can be discussed and managed if the management team are aware of the real level of progress<br> ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Politics can drive the key dates for major government projects. This can lead to poor expectation management if target dates are unrealisticTune in next time when we’re re-joined by Al Simmonite to talk about professional collaboration in complex projects.For more information, blogs or to support our charities visit&nbsp;<a href="http://www.projectchatterpodcast.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">www.projectchatterpodcast.com</a>If you'd like to sponsor the podcast get in touch via our website.You can also leave us a voice message via our anchor page and let us know if there's something or someone specific tha