E88 Putting Agility into Governance with Fatimah Abbouchi
In this episode of Project Management Office Hours Fatimah Abbouchi joins PMO Joe for another fast paced discussion! They discuss the topics of Mental Health and Anxiety, Work Transformations, and Agile in the Australian landscape, even swimming lessons!
“When I realized it was the mindset shift that was holding me back, the fear, the anxiety and the mindset I was able to actually get really good. And I think I’ve improved to a point, if you throw me in the deep end, I probably could survive. Unlike in high school, where I nearly drowned.” -Fatimah Abbouchi
PMO Joe and Fatimah talk about the capability of the workplace and how covid has transformed the way of working. “It needs to be about the capability that we want to bring in and how we bridge that gap between the agile environment and the non-agile environment.” -Fatima. With 90% of the Agile training being received online and paid for the individual itself, the capacity in the workplace is shifting, forcing us to have a different set of capabilities to deliver value back to the company.
On top of that, increasing productivity and collaboration in a remote world, but how might we do this? “I basically say it’s about putting agility into governance, not putting governance into agile.” Fatimah Abbouchi
Listen to Fatimah and PMO Joe discuss further about these topics in E. 88 on Project Management Office Hours
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Agile Management Office (AMO) specialises in helping organisations to identify and effect change using proven agile initiatives & project/program governance best practices.
They provide high impact delivery execution, education, and coaching to help you uplift your organisations project capability and maturity in an agile way using our proprietary methodology; known as the AMO Method™ which is proven to increase maturity and employee engagement scores. As a result, building expertise within your organisation.
The AMO Method was developed to bridge the gap between organisations applying agile techniques, whilst continuing to utilise traditional governance frameworks originally developed in the 1950s. The AMO Method shifts the stance from a ‘one size fits all’ approach to Project Governance to an adaptive approach; enabling customisation that aligns with the nature of the initiative and organisation as a whole.
This is achieved by modularising capabilities to allow for a more tailored approach to servicing organisations’ needs, we develop custom solutions for our clients focusing on the uniqueness of their organisation and its current state.
Their solutions may include a combination of project toolkits (including software tools and templates) and frameworks (such as process maps, guiding principles, roles & responsibilities, and descriptions) to create/uplift the right foundations and support your business in delivering projects.
Their goal is to equip your business with the right structure and framework that will allow your team to plan, build, and implement projects as efficiently as possible – removing all unnecessary roadblocks.
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Fatimah Abbouchi is the Founder and CEO of Agile Management Office; a thought-leader providing governance solutions for organisations to manage and govern projects in the agile era. A successful businesswoman, Fatimah has been supporting businesses from start-ups to enterprise internationally for the past 17 years.
Fatimah’s professional passion has seen her successfully transform how businesses govern change across portfolios up to $1B and over 16 industries globally. Utilising this industry experience, Fatimah’s PROVEN AMO method is showing how business can not only align but enhance agile delivery methodologies with robust governance.
A writer, speaker and host of the ‘Agile Ideas’ podcast, Fatimah has appeared in The Age, UK Business Telegraph, PM Review Magazine China, Business Chick’s ‘Latte Magazine’ and featured on CIO.com.au. Fatimah has been invited to speak at dozens of events globally. She is also a guest lecturer at Aarhus University in Denmark in the International Project Management Programs and acts as a Corporate Governance Advisor to them. Fatimah has previously been named as one of the Top 100 LinkedIn Power Profiles in Australia. Fatimah was also nominated as a Top 3 finalist in the World PMO Global Awards, as voted by her peers.
Personally, Fatimah is passionate about supporting those in the community with anxiety and depression through beyondblue; having spoken at 45 events aimed at raising awareness, reducing stigma and encouraging others to similarly get involved.
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