My name is Coach Tony, and I am a believer in the power of project management.
As a professional project manager for nearly twenty years, I have witnessed project success drive business results. I have also proven that project management can change lives and help achieve personal transformation.
Now I am sharing some practical tips and techniques that you can use to help achieve your own personal goals, live your best life and become a PM Believer.
Seeking big results… what’s the least you can do?
Here’s a magic question when pursuing your goals: what is the least you can do?
In Agile projects, the minimum viable product (MVP) is the smallest functional version of the product that can be put in front of customers to start hearing feedback. MVP is essential for Agile project teams because they seek to deliver business value as quickly as possible while eliminating any activity that is not value-add.
Establishing an MVP version of the product helps the team focus on the priority work versus all of the nice-to-have items. It is a constant reminder of the goal: to deliver value to customers as quickly as possible.
MVP can be valuable to our personal goal projects too.
Do you know the least amount of work required to start seeing results with your goal?
When we start pursuing personal goals, we often make things more complicated than they need to be. We say things like, “if I am going to try to lose weight, I am going to have to buy a new wardrobe and join a gym.” While those things are probably on the horizon, they aren’t part of your minimum viable product.
In the same weight loss example, your MVP needs are simply to start managing your diet, exercise more, and start seeing positive news on the scale. That MVP does not require some big up-front investment to start delivering the “value” of your project.
Knowing the minimum amount of work required to achieve your goal immediately makes reaching it easier. MVP can help you focus on the smallest efforts necessary to achieve the early results that help build the momentum needed to pursue those bigger steps.
After defining a SMART goal, take some time to determine your minimum viable product. What is the least amount of work you need to do to start achieving results (e.g., to start delivering value)? Once you have achieved your MVP and learned a lot along the way, it will be easier to use that as a foundation on which you can build to make your dreams come true.
Do a little bit… achieve small wins… learn a lot… repeat! It is the least you can do.
Are you ready to be a PM Believer?
Achieving success with our goals doesn’t have to be as hard as we tend to make it. You don’t need to have everything figured out to get started. Agile project management gives us a helpful tool to help us get moving. Just ask yourself, “what’s the least I can do?” You’ll be well on your way to being rewarded with MVP.
Need some help translating your big goal into a minimum viable product? I am a master at seeking out the least I can do.
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