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Who: Jesper Schreiner: CEO of the Danish Project Management Association. Jesper plays and active role in the development of the new Half Double Certification standard. Jørgen Aalbæk: Partner at Implement Consulting Group. Jørgen is Implement’s key driver in the development of the new Half Double Certification standard and works in close collaboration with the Danish Project Management Association.
Transcript - Webinar - Half Double Certifications
good morning everybody
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and uh most welcome to this morning
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session
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this webinar about the half double um
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me and my uh my co-host johan ulbek from
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implement have really been looking
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forward to
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to meeting you on the this webinar uh
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which is the third in a series of four
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webinar
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that have been organized between the
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half double institute
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and the danish project management
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organization
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the first one held about a couple of
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weeks ago was about the methodology
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in general then the second one earlier
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this week about
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half double applied in projects and
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portfolios and
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now there's a third webinar about the
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half double
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certification program and then there is
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no before
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i think it's next week which is about
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all the research
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results that have been produced about
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half double um
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i am uh i'm jasper schreiner and i
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am the managing director of the danish
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project management association and the
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reason why i'm here today is
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that the danish project management
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association has
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actually been chosen as a service
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provider for the half double institute
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of the upcoming half double
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certification program
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and quite naturally we have then also
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been involved and are quite
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heavily involved in the development of
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the certification program
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and now over to you john thank you very
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much so my name is
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johan obeck i work here at the implement
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consulting group
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and i have been attending this half
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double journey more or less since the
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beginning
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in a close cooperation with the heavenly
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danish industrial foundation
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and we are launching this
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certification now and in in order to
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this
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we have made this this webinar here so
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we look very much forward to
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introduce it to you so you can have an
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idea about
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what this contains
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let's have a look at the agenda for this
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webinar um
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we are now at the welcome session and
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the introduction and um
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moving to the agenda um first we'll just
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give you a very short introduction that
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maybe it would be a recap for some of
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you
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um about the half double uh methodology
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which which we call a half double in a
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nutshell that's that's about the
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methodology in general
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and then we will move to the the
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certifications level
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uh levels that we are introducing uh
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with the certification program we will
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take you through a tour of the force
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uh through the certification journey uh
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and then we will deep dive a little more
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into each of the three levels
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the half double foundation certification
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the practitioner certification
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and the master certification and then
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finally
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summing up with taking a look at the
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roadmap what are our plans
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for the near future and for next year by
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the way
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and then just for your information
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um you probably have questions we really
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hope you have questions to us
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and and then please post your questions
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write your questions in the q and
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a section if you look at the bottom of
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your screen
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you have a chat you can raise your hand
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and there is
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a call for action button for q a write
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your questions there
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and then approximately a quarter to 10
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we we will um stop our presentation
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our slide deck and and and answer as
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many of your questions as possible
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furthermore just for your information if
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you have any problems
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uh with your sound or whatever it may be
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we have patrick here as our assistant
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and he will be watching the the the the
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chat
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so right just write your your questions
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or your comments there and pets will
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follow up immediately
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okay but let's go and get started now um
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so uh over to you yarn and the first
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thing we'll look at is uh
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is is half double in a nutshell thank
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you very much especially
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so yes oh yeah sorry
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sorry so before we get started yeah i
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should also inform you that we have
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prepared three polls for you
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um and this is the first one just before
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we get started we would really like to
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know about
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uh some about your background in terms
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of project management certifications
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uh so the questions to you is um do you
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have one or more
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pm certifications you can choose between
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these
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uh these five here or maybe you have
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some others
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and um and then uh it's possible for uh
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for you to give multiple answers so if
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you have more please indicate
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so please go on and and give your
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answers
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a lot of activity is going on here yes
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to see
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all right let's give it a little more
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okay
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let's go to launch
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so what do we have
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i think uh prince2 uh ipma and
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the scrum is the winner yeah has the
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most
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so and that's quite a lot of
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others as well it could be interesting
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to deep dive a little bit into that that
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must be another
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on another webinar okay uh thank you
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very much now we have a brief overview
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of
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of your background thank you and now to
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yearn sorry for
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you missed it thank you so
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as jesper said maybe this is something
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some of you have heard before but we
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just take a very brief
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inflight on what is half double actually
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for those of you
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who don't know it or maybe haven't heard
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that much about it
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so half probably consists of three
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major areas and which is a
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impact flow and leadership and on this
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slide here you see we also have the
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local translation
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because when you work with impactflow
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leadership it's
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of course very important that you
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translate it
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to the local circumstances so you don't
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do too much
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do or do too little or due to the
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current situation
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so you can say working with impact here
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it's
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it's very much about having a focus
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on effect and not having that
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strict focus we're used to on the
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deliverables
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the flow thing here is is about
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creating a focus on the speed the
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progress and so on
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and move away from these endless
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discussions about resources and so forth
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we of course aware of that the resources
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is
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limited in most situations of course
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they are
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but if we can focus on the progress that
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makes it
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makes it even better and the leadership
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is is about moving away from this
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formalism that we usually have
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with the steering committee and we have
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to knock on the door as a project
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manager
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and and kindly are asked to produce what
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we are
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doing here leadership is very much about
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bringing
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people together both
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the project owner and of course the
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project team and project manager
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so they cooperate on succeeding and the
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local translation is as i said
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just to tailor it to the given situation
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so this here some of you have probably
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seen
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and we have the half double methodology
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in the middle and then we have the core
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elements
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impact flow leadership and for each of
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these
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three major areas we have three methods
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and we have three tools
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half double is not about doing it in
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that
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precise way we can for example work with
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impact and benefit realizations using
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different tools
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i can come back to that in in a minute
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but this one here
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sums it all up and it gives a quite a
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good overview of what half double is
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about looking at this
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then we have working with the
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impact then we have a key principle and
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the key principle here is
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that stakeholder satisfaction is the
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ultimate success criteria
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meaning that we are striving for
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for for the satisfaction from the key
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stakeholders
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we built an impact case and worked with
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impact tracking
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during the process we built an impact
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solution design making sure
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that we create benefits as fast as
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possible
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and we keep a close track record on on
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the satisfaction among stakeholders
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by using pulse checks
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when we're working with flow then we say
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that
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it needs to be 50 allocation to the
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project from the
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core team members it doesn't have to be
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everyone
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but if if there are too few then we
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usually experience that we don't have
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the progress
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we need to kill the errors also the
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rhythm and the key events
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meaning that we need to have a fixed
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heartbeat
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throughout the project and we also have
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to work with visual planning
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and project visuals it doesn't have to
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be
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cast on the wall it can be a different
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virtual tools as well and the key
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principle here
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is high intensity and frequent
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interactions
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working with leadership here the key
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principle is
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that leadership must embrace uncertainty
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because
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projects are defined with uncertainty
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and if we don't do that then we are too
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strict and we don't see these different
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possibilities that actually appears
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so we have a active ownership approach
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meaning that we
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need the allocation of the project owner
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at least two hours in the project
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every week we need from the project
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manager a collaborative leadership
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approach
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meaning people first approach and we
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also have the
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the reflexive and adaptive mindset so
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we're actually actually
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agile according to changes in the
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project and
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the environment and to the end here
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we have the local translation meaning
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that
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we have the principle there is no
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one-size-fits-all
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and this is very much about
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what are the conditions what's the
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mindset we need to prep to make sure
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that people they can
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grasp this we also need this governance
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approach so we make sure that we don't
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put in
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too much and then we have the half
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double reflexive tool meaning that
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when we work with half double it's a
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very good idea to have an
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internal standard to check on how are we
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actually doing this because sometimes we
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tend to fall back to our old
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behaviors this was a very fast fly-in on
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half double in a nutshell and
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yes yes please and just remind you
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if you have any questions to this um or
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journal this was very
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brief very little fast introduction to a
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recap of the methodology so please
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form your formulate your questions in
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the q a section and we will
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catch up on the later oh yeah
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let's just summarize um why consider the
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why consider half double
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and um what in our view
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we really think that um that the half
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double will
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will inspire our society in general to
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further grow competences
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in in managing projects and and agile
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assignments
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and that's what it's really all about
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that's also the mission of the danish
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project management association
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so the question why are we here we are
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here because we want to contribute
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to to really raise uh the the
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the level of competences in general
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throughout the project society in
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denmark
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and this half double would definitely uh
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contribute to that in our view
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and no doubt um
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with its very very strong focus on on
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impact
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which is quite unique actually uh we we
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are quite sure that
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that that half double will contribute to
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raising the old success rate of projects
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and ftl assignments portfolio
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for that matter and and at the end of
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the day this is what it's all about
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that we as this project society in
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denmark can be more successful
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with our projects and that means that we
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can create
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more value for our stakeholders
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using less resources and resources in in
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this context
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is also about time less time time is
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precious
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time is money uh
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so um finally we really see it as a
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as a compelling novelty uh and founding
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on
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what we say here is an open is generic
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uh it's
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it's not business specific it's not
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sector specific uh
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it's for the private sector it's for the
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public sector for all businesses
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actually and and and and it's not rocket
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science and there's no revolution in it
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uh if you take each of the nine method
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elements uh i think most of you
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have heard it before but i think the the
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the
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what's quite clever done is putting
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these
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nine methods together and forming a
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methodology
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that's what's so unique about it and and
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and quite compelling
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in our view so i think um here are the
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answers to the question why i think
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that it's worth considering half double
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introducing it uh using it maybe not
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everything but
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but part of it will work as well and and
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um as a next step
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considered also to to to becoming uh
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certified within the half double uh
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methodology which we were going to to
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dive into
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uh um in the next step here
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uh let's just catch up a little uh we
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have a
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poll number two for you here and that
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refers to the three core elements of
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impact flow and leadership just uh to
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ask you to uh
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about for a little reflection here if
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you take a look at your organization
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where do you find uh there will be most
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room for improvement
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with an impact flow or leadership only
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one answer
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is is possible here and you'll have a
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little take your time
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before you give your answer we'll give
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you 60 seconds
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here so just take your time
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so impact is in here
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now okay leadership is approaching
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it's actually very close yeah
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so yes but what would you conclude from
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this
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result here yeah i would also if you'd
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asked me what what do you think would be
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uh
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where would you have the most answers
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and i would have said impact as well
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um and i think that
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over the past 10 15 years we have been i
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think we have been shifting our focus
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um or to towards
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um impact value from
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traditional deliverables
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and to the the value that we need to
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gain from the deliverables
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has been quite a lot of focus on that
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over the past 10 15 years so
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so introducing half double and with with
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impact that's one of the core element i
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i i would have expected you to also that
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most of the answers
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would fall into this uh on on this topic
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but leadership as well yeah as number as
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number three yeah and
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and not that's not not that surprising i
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think
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i would say that um looking at this
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we've been talking very much about
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impact the last 10 15 years
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but analyzing the project's success then
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we still see
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that it's only approximately 30 of the
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projects that actually deliver the
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expected
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impact and one of the reasons for
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developing half gobble is that there is
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an enormous potential
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for example in the german economy it's
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uh it's more than one-third
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of the total economy which is based on
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projects
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and if we take that only approximately
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30
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of them succeed of course it depends on
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how you measure it yeah
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then the potential is of course enormous
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and the same actually counts for
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for denmark so a stronger focus and
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actually following up on the impact is
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important
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but also i see here the leadership part
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that is very difficult for
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project managers to succeed if there is
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not a substantial amount of support from
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from the project owner and from from the
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leadership in the organization
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and of course the flow is uh is also
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this to have a steady rhythm to make
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sure that
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we keep a constant pace and so on and
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don't fall in the traps where
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sometimes we're busy and other times we
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just just losing it
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so thank you very much for uh for
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uh answering this this poll here it's
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it's important knowledge for us so we
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can definitely use it
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yeah valuable feedback thank you very
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much and and i think that brings us now
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to um
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to the main section here of the webinar
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namely the half double certification so
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let's
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let's go and get started and deep dive a
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little more into that
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let's do that so we have the
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certification and it's important to say
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here now i
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i work with implement but in this
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setting here
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i represent the half double institute
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uh is a non-profit organization and
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and implement is actually just a partner
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organization like
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many other organizations are so i
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represent
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the institute and not implement in this
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matter here
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so looking at the at
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the different levels here at the half
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double certification then of course
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some of you have heard about it there
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will be some preparation for this
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certification journey here
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and some some study on your own and
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usually people they react to it some
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find it fascinating inspiring
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difficult and so forth the first level
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of this certification is what we call
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the foundation
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and this is more focusing on i
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understand what half double
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is i see the possibilities i know
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what options there are how it works
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together and so on i have an
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understanding of
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how this could fit in my own
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organization and so forth
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the next level is the practitioner
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certification level
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and this there's actually a demand to
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have this certification here that you
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have practiced half double
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meaning that you shall take some of the
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tools
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at least one tool from impact
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flow and leadership and implement it
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into
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it can be a project but of course if you
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have some more daily operation where it
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can fit
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that can do but you have to do it
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you have to reflect upon it you have to
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look
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into why did it go as it did what went
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well what didn't and so forth what will
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you do different
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the next time at the practitioner
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certification level we don't expect you
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to succeed in the matter that you create
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create the business impact
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but you shall do it you should reflect
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upon it and you shall
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show that you can do it even better the
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next time
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the master certification level which is
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the highest level here at the
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at half top is where you succeed with
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half double
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meaning that you shall of course
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implement it
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but you shall also do it in a way so you
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create a business change it to the
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better obvious
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and you have to document this so we have
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split it up in
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three different levels i understand i
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practice
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i succeed and when we are examining
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all the other types of certifications
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then we don't see anyone where we have
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the
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highest level here i succeed where we
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can
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document that we have obtained a
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business
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impact due to our certification there
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are many other really really nice
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certifications i have
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several myself but usually
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it's uh it ends with how do i do it how
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do i
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practice it so just double clicking
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on on these here we have uh
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we have the certification journey here
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uh how it
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how it works and when you're interested
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then you
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usually sign up and you sign up with a
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partner organization
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who is providing this training course
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here there will be different amounts of
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pre-work it depends very much on the
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partner organizations
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what they think is necessary how it fits
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into the program
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that they mean is the best for making
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you
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a successful candidate later on then
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there will be a three day
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ignite training session where you get
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all the basics
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on impact flow leadership and local
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translation
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and you have a quite deep insight in
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what is
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half double actually all about in the
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end
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or for these three days here there will
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be the foundation certification
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which is a multiple choice examination
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and when you pass that one
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you are you are foundation certified
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if you want to move on and hopefully you
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will
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then then you start writing
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what we call a reflection paper because
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then you have to take some of the
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learnings into use
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you start and there's a template for
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this of course
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and what thoughts how will you apply
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what difficulties do you expect and so
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forth
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and then we will have half a day virtual
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boost training session and again if a
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partner organization decides that
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can be tailored in another way then
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then they're free to do that
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after the boost we also have a
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practitioner class
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a training session where we put
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all the last thing in how to really
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adapt this
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into your organization and then
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we have an application a certification
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application
23:45
and when you have delivered that one
23:48
then you can go to the practitioner
23:50
certification
23:51
which is an oral examination
23:54
where we so to speak the institute deep
23:56
dives into some of the topics you have
23:58
described and
24:00
and we challenge you maybe in a nice and
24:03
caring way
24:04
so we get an idea about how do we
24:06
actually apply this
24:08
if you want to move on then of course
24:11
it's a it's a good thing if you have a
24:13
proper project where you can do these
24:14
things
24:15
but there will be a master class
24:17
training session
24:20
um where we tailor it more
24:23
into your specific needs because we also
24:26
expect that
24:27
a lot of people will take the foundation
24:30
a lot but not as many will take the
24:32
practitioner
24:33
and maybe a bit fewer who will take take
24:36
the master class obviously
24:38
so it will be more tailored into the
24:40
into the personal needs and so on
24:42
there will also be this application on a
24:45
much deeper
24:46
level and then then there is also an
24:49
oral examination and when that is passed
24:51
then you are certified half double
24:53
master according to
24:57
to recertification then the foundation
25:00
is for life
25:02
because it's knowledge but when we look
25:05
at
25:06
the practitioner and the master
25:07
certification then it has to be renewed
25:10
with a one-hour interview every three
25:12
year
25:14
this also means that some of you maybe
25:16
already have
25:18
a certification from one of our partner
25:21
organizations
25:22
that also last we've decided for three
25:25
years
25:26
from the day that you obtained it
25:29
when you want to still call yourself a
25:31
half double practitioner for example
25:33
then yeah then you have to sign up and
25:36
you will be contacted if
25:38
that's the case so
25:41
and again a quick brief uh run
25:44
run through here so if you have any
25:47
questions to these three
25:48
certification levels please write it in
25:51
the q a
25:52
and we will follow up after this um
25:56
this speech here yes do you have any
25:59
comments to
26:00
these no not to the journey i will not
26:02
deep dive a little more into each of the
26:04
three levels
26:05
that's very good yeah i hand you this so
26:07
yeah that was just um
26:10
a preview a a tour divorce through the
26:14
the certification process uh so now you
26:16
know
26:17
um what is involved if you consider
26:19
becoming uh certified in
26:21
in in half doubling methodology um let's
26:24
deep dive a little more into each of the
26:26
three levels
26:27
um the foundational level
26:30
uh as john said you you really have to
26:32
climb your way up the pyramid
26:34
here so you have to uh you all have to
26:36
start at
26:37
at the foundation level you just can't
26:40
jump into the master level or
26:41
practitioner level you have to start
26:43
here and
26:44
as i said um what does it mean to be
26:47
certified
26:48
a half double foundation
26:51
certified it means that i it's all about
26:54
knowledge
26:55
um i i understand half double
26:58
so i have studied it i have i've read
27:01
i've studied i understand it
27:03
that's what it's all about if you look
27:05
at the prerequisites or
27:06
the the the um the criteria that you
27:09
need to fulfill
27:10
i would say that it's it's mandatory
27:13
that you you study
27:14
the the compendium and then of course it
27:17
would be
27:18
um to your benefit definitely if you
27:21
have
27:21
some more broad knowledge and experience
27:25
practicing project management um
27:27
definitely um that will bring you in in
27:30
a very good position
27:31
also to understand what half double is
27:34
all about
27:35
and it may be it looks rather uh
27:38
simple maybe or easy but when you when
27:40
you read it
27:41
and and if you have some experience from
27:44
practicing project management in the
27:45
past
27:46
you also know that it's maybe it's not
27:49
as easy as it looks
27:50
so the more experienced you are the the
27:53
the better your position
27:54
is and to really get something out of it
27:57
and
27:57
and be a very good user of half double
28:00
but anyway um you you start
28:04
the training course is mandatory so so
28:07
before you can get to the examination
28:08
you have to pass the
28:10
or take the train the ignite training
28:12
course which is
28:13
very much about the the compendium the
28:16
theory about
28:16
uh the half double methodology and that
28:19
will bring you in the position to
28:20
to sign up for the examination with a
28:22
one hour written examination
28:24
uh a 100 multiple choice which means
28:26
that the in the fully digitalized
28:29
so you will almost immediately get your
28:32
result whether you have passed or no or
28:33
not passed and
28:35
and following that if you pass of course
28:38
a certificate will be issued
28:41
just to summarize what is this about
28:43
it's about knowledge it's about
28:44
understanding what half double is about
28:47
and
28:48
and and why simply because if you want
28:50
to be a good
28:51
to be a good practitioner and maybe
28:54
finally also a master you really need to
28:56
understand
28:57
theory first quite naturally and and the
29:00
target group here is very very broad
29:02
everybody who's interested in
29:04
in in practicing project management they
29:06
can be traditional it can be plant
29:07
driven it can be agile as some and
29:09
whatever
29:10
of course the the methodology and when
29:13
you start it you will see that it is
29:14
mainly driven by
29:16
uh by the agile mindset so it's it's
29:19
it's mostly a pre
29:20
applicable for for agile assignments but
29:22
definitely it can also be used for more
29:24
traditional or elements of
29:25
it absolutely so i would say the target
29:28
group is is very very broad
29:31
um yeah let's take let's let's
29:34
let's move on and and take a more close
29:37
look at what the practitioner
29:38
certification is all about
29:40
um the question the prerequisite is yeah
29:43
you need
29:44
to be uh to be certified half dollar
29:47
in a foundation before you can
29:51
register for the the practitioner
29:55
certification
29:56
and then again uh you you need to
30:00
come back to the training room for the
30:02
boost session
30:05
and following that you will
30:08
um write your reflection page this is
30:10
mainly for your
30:12
uh for the for the uh other people you
30:15
are um
30:16
you are on the training course so so
30:19
it's all about
30:21
proving that you are able to reflect on
30:23
what you have
30:24
uh what you have started and what to
30:26
have practiced because now you start to
30:27
practice half double
30:29
and the you being able to actually
30:32
reflect on what works and what doesn't
30:33
work
30:34
is is quite important so you start
30:35
training it here
30:37
uh before you come to the practitioner
30:39
training session
30:40
and which leads you to one of the main
30:43
touch points here when we're talking
30:44
about the practitioner certification
30:46
namely the application for the half
30:48
double practitioner certification
30:51
and that is a report about seven eight
30:53
pages
30:54
normal pages uh you have to document
30:56
there you have to prove that you have
30:58
actually been practicing half double
31:00
and and furthermore you had to document
31:04
at least
31:05
that you have used at least one method
31:07
from each of the three columns so
31:09
that means one method from the impact
31:11
section one method from the
31:13
flow section and one method from the
31:15
leadership section
31:16
at least simply to document that you are
31:20
not only specialized in
31:22
impact because that's what's most
31:24
important for you referring to the
31:25
where do you find most room for for
31:27
improvement you need to cover
31:29
it all and
31:32
uh again you you were you you have to
31:36
to write what were your learnings what
31:38
were your reflections
31:39
what worked and what didn't work and why
31:42
uh and simply because when you reach the
31:45
the time of the interview uh of course
31:48
your report
31:49
uh will be you or your application
31:51
report will be
31:53
um the interview based on what you have
31:56
written in your report of course
31:58
uh so so um there will be an assessor
32:01
there and
32:02
and and and the trainer your trainer
32:04
from the uh
32:05
from the boost and that and the
32:06
practitioner training course will also
32:08
be there
32:09
can you just elaborate a little about
32:12
how the certification the the oral
32:14
practitioner exam is conducted because
32:17
you have
32:17
worked yes yes yeah uh sure i can yeah
32:20
we've been
32:21
doing some tests um here in in the first
32:24
half of 2020 we're very promising
32:26
results
32:27
so we have already done around 10
32:30
interviews
32:31
and um it will it it will be
32:35
the the the assessor and the trainer
32:37
which have actually based on the report
32:40
have prepared questions uh simply to
32:43
um to them
32:47
of course we have the result of the
32:48
examination as well from the foundation
32:50
we have that as well
32:51
and and then we have the report and
32:53
there might be areas where we can see
32:55
well here
32:56
that the the candidate is really
32:58
performing well
32:59
but here's an area where we're not quite
33:01
sure so the interview is
33:03
actually for the benefit or if there are
33:05
any doubts
33:06
it's through the it's the benefit of
33:08
doubt for the candidate
33:10
so so if if if they're not
33:13
enough evidence in the report um the
33:16
interview
33:17
will will you can see it as here i have
33:19
a chance really to explain what i didn't
33:21
explain the repo
33:23
so that's that's the job for the uh
33:26
that's the obligation that the assessors
33:28
have simply to
33:29
use the interview in the right way to
33:31
cover areas where we haven't seen enough
33:33
proof
33:34
that this is actually this candidate
33:36
here
33:37
is ready uh for or or uh
33:40
as adequately competent for a
33:43
partition of certification so yeah this
33:46
is how it works
33:47
and again and it's the intention and
33:50
it's also the intention to
33:52
when you have when you have been to this
33:54
uh this certification here
33:56
you are much better off for actually
33:58
going to even more
33:59
half double in your organization so
34:02
there will also be a lot of feedback and
34:03
good advices and discussions
34:06
within the certification how to do this
34:09
even more even more efficient in the
34:12
future
34:12
yeah and again focus here is on practice
34:17
and so so no no question about it
34:20
the candidate needs to prove to document
34:23
that
34:23
he or she had has actually practiced
34:26
half double
34:27
but we do not expect that the candidate
34:30
has actually succeeded with it
34:32
because that doesn't happen overnight
34:35
you you do not become
34:36
definitely not a super user in half dark
34:39
meaning that you can actually produce
34:42
you can succeed with it from day one so
34:44
this is a
34:45
step in between the knowledge section
34:48
and the level where you really
34:50
are capable of of being successful with
34:52
hub
34:53
as well yeah and that's what the master
34:55
level is all about
34:56
so now we're really getting serious here
34:59
so so this is about uh um
35:03
as you remember from from from the
35:05
pyramid uh we also say if you if you are
35:07
a master in half double
35:09
you are actually capable of of of
35:12
succeeding with it
35:13
producing really producing impact and
35:16
using less resources in terms of time
35:18
and new
35:18
resources in general yeah so court you
35:21
your prerequisites you need to be a
35:23
certified half double practitioner you
35:24
have to move your way up
35:26
the pyramid or the latter and um
35:31
you don't waste your time writing a
35:34
report if you are not sure that you've
35:35
actually been successful or you've been
35:37
to you have produced some
35:39
really really good results using half
35:41
double there's a training session here
35:42
as well
35:43
just like for foundation and and and
35:46
practitioner
35:47
and then we come to the certification
35:49
application which is and
35:51
definitely an extended report compared
35:53
to the to the
35:54
to the application you need to or the
35:57
report you need to prepare for the
35:58
practitioner level
36:00
and um of course you need here to um
36:03
to be um to be quite detailed about what
36:07
you have actually worked
36:09
worked on which project you have been
36:11
involved in
36:12
and what results you have produced here
36:15
and how you have been
36:17
success successful using half double and
36:19
comparing it
36:20
to maybe more traditional ways of
36:22
performing projects within your own
36:24
organization
36:25
and then apart from that you will also
36:27
be giving a case
36:29
uh oh that's at the interview yeah
36:32
so so again a lot of reflections and a
36:35
lot of learnings what have you
36:36
actually captured uh in terms of
36:39
learnings from your work with half dog
36:40
can you just supplement here yeah sure
36:42
so so again
36:44
this this uh sounds like a lot of work
36:47
and uh
36:47
it is definitely a lot of work yeah but
36:50
but it's not
36:51
only for our sake of course it's uh it's
36:54
actually more for your own sake because
36:56
the the thing that you get the chance to
36:59
to document some of your thoughts your
37:01
reflections uh
37:03
your ideas to move on and so on how you
37:06
will handle different obstacles and so
37:08
on
37:08
is is essential for you to succeed even
37:11
better
37:12
so these are the things that we will
37:14
discuss with you
37:15
and at the master certification
37:18
exam here so so it's it's it's actually
37:22
just as much for supporting you
37:25
in your journey than it is to to control
37:28
you but of course
37:29
of course we also need to see that that
37:32
you actually
37:33
do it the right way and you you deliver
37:35
impact obviously but
37:37
the other part is actually equally
37:40
important
37:42
yeah thanks johan and next step in in
37:46
in the certification process here for
37:48
master certification
37:49
is the interview and that is also
37:52
extended just like the report
37:54
uh so we are now speaking about or
37:56
preparing for a four-hour interview
37:59
and there are two main points on the
38:02
agenda of course the first one is your
38:04
report
38:05
the extended master report
38:09
where we will deep dive into that take a
38:11
look at
38:12
the results we have produced and discuss
38:14
that and
38:16
on top of that or besides that will also
38:19
be we handed a case
38:20
at the at the day of the interview that
38:22
you need to prepare
38:24
uh and you need to prepare for a
38:26
discussion
38:27
with the uh with the owner of the case
38:30
uh and you should see yourself as a
38:34
consultant maybe you should advise the
38:36
the the owner of the case how this could
38:38
be
38:39
about about the approach and how this
38:42
case how that assignment
38:43
could be handled using half double so
38:48
as you probably can see that we are
38:49
really moving up now and
38:51
and um
38:55
there's some quite high expectations to
38:57
you as a master
38:58
candidate actually to get the
39:00
certificate uh and there also should be
39:02
because if you have this a certificate
39:06
if you um once you have it you should
39:07
really be proud because it means that
39:09
you are you are capable and everybody
39:11
else know
39:12
here is a person who's capable of
39:13
actually producing
39:15
impact and be successful using half top
39:19
and and also a person who is presented
39:22
to a new case
39:22
and within a very short time can
39:26
can look into and actually have an idea
39:29
about
39:30
what steps should we take to to uh to
39:33
implement half double in this project
39:35
context here
39:36
so it's it's it's a bit similar with
39:39
some of the job interviews that some of
39:40
you maybe have attended
39:42
where you also get a case and you have
39:44
to
39:45
have to find a solution and then of
39:47
course this is not
39:48
how it should be but it's more a
39:50
discussion you're gonna say on
39:52
how could this be implemented yeah
39:56
okay uh let's take a look at the roadmap
39:59
here
40:00
that we have prepared um as i just said
40:02
we have been doing some
40:04
some tests here um in this first half of
40:07
2020
40:09
i was involved myself as a as a as an
40:11
assessor
40:12
and we had some very interesting and
40:14
promising uh interviews um
40:17
with around 10 candidates so which gave
40:20
us a lot of valuable feedback
40:23
which we of course uh have used and will
40:25
use to further improve
40:28
uh the the the the program that was our
40:31
at the practitioner level so which bring
40:34
us in the position
40:35
we're quite sure to launch this to go
40:37
live with the foundation and
40:39
practitioner
40:40
certification program uh in in the
40:43
second half of 2020 sorry
40:45
in in autumn it is it is actually ready
40:48
right now but we just need to uh to get
40:52
the partner organizations on board
40:53
in the in the proper way so we so we
40:56
make sure that the quality is
40:58
um is the right yeah another plans are
41:02
um to to also release the master
41:05
certification program in
41:07
first half of 2021 uh meaning next year
41:10
so that's a plan so far that's broke map
41:12
so that's what we're going for and then
41:14
we also presented it as at the
41:17
conference
41:18
uh on on march the third here uh some
41:21
three months ago
41:22
uh so nothing has changed here we we
41:25
still stick to this roadmap
41:28
yeah and uh so
41:31
um let's just summarize a bit here why
41:34
should you
41:35
consider after all becoming certified in
41:37
the half double methodology
41:39
uh what we say here is that again with a
41:43
very very strong focus on impact
41:45
creation uh using uh flow and leadership
41:49
um it's a great way for you actually to
41:51
to prove your ability to
41:52
successfully apply the methodology
41:57
and no doubt if you pass once you get to
42:00
the
42:01
petitioner level uh it would definitely
42:04
increase your market value
42:05
it's something new uh and you will
42:08
actually prove that you're capable of
42:11
adapting something new and and
42:13
practicing it
42:15
and again no doubt uh once you have
42:19
taken a brief look at the methodology it
42:21
is designed
42:22
and mostly applicable for agile
42:24
assignments so if you work agile we know
42:26
many
42:27
many of you do many organizations do
42:30
this is also
42:31
could be a great supplement to to the
42:34
method and the mindset and whatever you
42:36
already use
42:37
so that's also a good reason to why you
42:39
should
42:40
consider becoming certified in the half
42:42
double methodology
42:43
that's that's that's our answers uh to
42:46
the question
42:47
can we just have one sure yeah and as
42:50
some of you
42:50
might thinking when we already have
42:52
certifications we saw that
42:54
many of you already have certification
42:56
so what shall we do with this new one
42:58
here
42:59
is it is it pure competition or why do
43:02
we launch this uh
43:03
this after our certification the main
43:06
reason is that we believe
43:07
strongly that we deliver something new
43:10
something that there is not on the
43:12
shelves
43:13
so none of the existing
43:16
certifications has this strict focus on
43:19
um on impact uh so we have to prove that
43:23
impact has been has been delivered by
43:26
using impact flow leadership this is the
43:28
new thing
43:29
so so it's we don't see it as much as a
43:33
competitor more as an add-on to the
43:36
existing certifications
43:38
meaning that if you for example are
43:40
prince2 certified
43:42
could be safe scrum pmi hitman
43:45
whatever some of the others then then
43:48
half double can actually
43:49
work very well as an add-on where you
43:52
accelerate
43:53
the things you already know uh the
43:56
combat sensors you got from the previous
43:57
certifications
43:59
and so you can get even more out of your
44:02
prints too and so forth
44:03
this is uh this is the intention with
44:06
this uh half double uh
44:08
certification it's not either or you can
44:10
really use what you already have and get
44:12
even more out of it so
44:14
that was very good yeah yeah thanks okay
44:17
um now we are just almost at the end of
44:20
our presentation and
44:22
we just like we started we will end also
44:24
end with a with a poll
44:26
um so um just a short question for you
44:28
after what we have
44:29
presented here um would you consider
44:32
becoming certified in half double
44:34
within next year free
44:38
possible answers foundation practitioner
44:40
certification master or no
44:48
so
44:55
yeah we are we're watching this poll
44:57
here with a high
44:59
high degree of interest this is uh
45:03
very much as we expected it uh
45:06
thank you so much for for sharing your
45:09
your thoughts here and um
45:12
and again this gives us a pretty good
45:14
indication on
45:15
um and how this is is perceived thank
45:18
you so much
45:19
yeah thank you very much for your
45:20
answers yeah and for your
45:22
engagement so far yeah so um
45:26
now we have been talking for 45 minutes
45:30
actually what we planned and
45:33
there are different questions here in
45:35
the q a
45:37
so patrick can we take one at a time
45:48
so wow yeah
45:52
with two older guys here we i can have a
45:54
hard time is english
45:55
general certification language or world
45:58
certification
45:59
low alkalized in terms of language
46:09
can you explain this otherwise we are
46:13
crawling crawling into the camera
46:17
the first question is uh is english the
46:20
journal certification language or was
46:21
such a certification to be localized in
46:24
terms of language
46:25
very it's a very very good and
46:27
definitely relevant question
46:30
in the first place here we are rolling
46:32
it out in in denmark but
46:34
the whole material is made in
46:37
english as a start and then when that is
46:40
totally finalized also with the half
46:42
double um
46:44
certification book that that will go
46:46
into the training and so forth
46:48
when everything is is in place then it
46:51
will be translated into other languages
46:53
as well
46:54
so in the beginning until we have a very
46:56
clear baseline
46:57
then it's in english but later on it
47:00
will be in local languages
47:03
yeah and i can add to that from my
47:05
experience from the
47:07
test certification that we did earlier
47:10
this year
47:11
that the the repo that was at the
47:13
practitioner level
47:15
and all the reports was written in
47:16
english language i don't think it was
47:18
mandatory but the the candidates did
47:20
right but all the interviews was in
47:22
local language
47:24
so um national language that was
47:26
norwegian by the way but
47:28
so so uh we will continue with that so
47:32
even though the compendium well well i
47:34
guess um
47:35
throughout the year probably only be
47:38
available in english
47:39
we can do most of the certification in
47:41
in local language
47:42
yeah yeah and also our partner
47:45
organization they're
47:46
also free to deliver of course the
47:48
training in global language for example
47:50
if we're in denmark as we are
47:52
as we are at least uh and you have
47:55
a class full of danes then maybe it
47:58
doesn't make sense to have it in english
48:00
so of course the trainer can tailor it
48:02
so
48:03
so everything will be delivered in
48:06
danish
48:07
the reflection paper the exam and
48:10
everything as well
48:13
yeah one more question yeah for the ones
48:15
who already have half double training
48:17
can we apply
48:18
to the test directly
48:22
in we would not really recommend that
48:26
because we have had this saying
48:29
that we haven't really got hold
48:32
of what training has been delivered so
48:34
far
48:36
meaning that this is uh is a freeware
48:40
and nobody owns it so it's it's
48:42
accessible to everyone
48:44
so a person who has not been
48:48
been accredited or certified as a half
48:51
double trainer
48:52
has so far been able to deliver the
48:55
training
48:56
meaning that we have no idea about what
48:58
the quality is
49:00
so in the future it will be like even
49:03
though that you may
49:03
have had uh one day of half double
49:06
training somewhere that we don't know
49:08
anything about from the institute side
49:10
then then they can have an exam they can
49:14
give you everything but if you want a
49:16
certification
49:17
in the half double institute
49:20
then it has to be from as
49:23
a accredited certified partner
49:26
organization
49:27
where the trainer has to be certified
49:31
in at least the same level as he or she
49:34
is certifying so to say
49:38
so i think that was a long long note
49:52
yes the foundation certification
49:56
is for good and
49:58
the practitioner and the master uh lasts
50:01
for three years
50:02
and then when we get closer you will
50:06
get a kind reminder that if you want to
50:10
to extend it then then we have
50:14
uh another interview
50:17
based on a reflection or sorry uh and a
50:20
certification application
50:21
more or less the same as we did so we
50:24
need to make sure
50:25
that if you want to be a practitioner or
50:27
a master again
50:29
then you work with projects you deliver
50:33
the amount of of behavior and
50:36
impact as as we require to call you
50:40
a practitioner or master certified
50:44
yes one more question is it possible
50:47
to is it possible at all to collect
50:51
sufficient off-double experience in a
50:53
year to make the competition or
50:55
certification
50:57
yes it is yeah if you practice half
51:00
doubling in a year
51:01
definitely you will be you will be in a
51:03
good very good position to apply for
51:05
for the practitioner certification i
51:08
think the requirement
51:09
will go down to we will say at least six
51:11
months so
51:12
yeah maybe yeah maybe even less because
51:16
we also make sure that if you have some
51:20
jobs some works where you can actually
51:22
apply this
51:23
we're not talking about effect on the
51:25
practitioner level
51:27
so in principle if you're working on
51:29
these methods here and you of course
51:30
know a project management to a certain
51:33
degree because half double is relatively
51:35
difficult
51:37
then then then we have the ignite
51:40
session where you after that take the
51:43
foundation
51:44
and then it's actually possible for the
51:47
partner organizations to
51:48
within a month for example to have the
51:50
boost and within a month
51:52
after that again for example to have um
51:56
the practitioners session and right
51:58
after that after writing a little on
52:01
or not a little bit but writing this
52:03
certification application
52:05
then you can go to the practitioner so
52:07
three to four months
52:08
is actually uh also possible possible
52:11
yeah as long as you
52:12
recommend as long as you do it
52:16
yes a question here as a professor at
52:20
the business business school
52:21
i sometimes consider including half
52:24
double in my courses on project
52:25
management
52:26
with the foundation that would be
52:28
relevant for students without
52:29
much experience or would you consider a
52:32
lower level for students
52:37
basically as as we talk about foundation
52:41
it would definitely be you to your
52:43
benefit
52:43
if you do have some uh more broad
52:46
knowledge about what
52:48
project management competencies are all
52:49
about but you can go for it i mean
52:53
you can study there yeah sure you can
52:55
study the uh
52:57
the companion the theory and and and you
52:59
can apply for the foundation uh
53:01
examination it's all about knowledge
53:04
in brackets uh so so it's it's all about
53:07
understanding
53:08
half double so the answer is yes you can
53:10
do it uh but definitely
53:12
it will be to the benefit of the of the
53:14
students if they have a more broader
53:15
knowledge
53:17
actually we are working with two levels
53:19
of
53:20
partner organizations one star and two
53:23
star
53:24
and when it comes to for example
53:26
universities
53:29
professional schools and so on and then
53:32
we recommend the one star meaning that
53:36
the trainers or the lecturers the
53:39
assistant professors or professors they
53:42
are foundation certified usually they
53:45
don't
53:46
necessarily work on projects where they
53:48
can
53:49
implement these things or or create a
53:52
measurable impact and so on
53:54
and it's not really necessary for the
53:56
students so we recommend
53:58
a foundation level and
54:01
when the lecturer for example is
54:04
foundation certified
54:06
then the students can also go for the
54:09
foundation certification
54:11
but there is no hinder that that if for
54:14
example and
54:16
a lecturer at a university uh uses half
54:19
double
54:20
it explains half double it it takes it
54:23
into the
54:24
into the training the education
54:27
and uses it as as good as say here she
54:29
can
54:30
but then of course there is no
54:32
certification in the end
54:33
it takes that the lecturer or someone
54:37
from the organization
54:38
is certified on the one star level
54:46
one more question earlier
54:52
the master certification should these
54:54
projects have some specific criteria
54:58
so could you could you say it again so
55:00
regarding the marston certification
55:02
should these projects included in mars
55:04
certification have some space
55:06
specific criteria
55:10
the short answer for me is no
55:13
i think that the important thing is that
55:16
whatever
55:17
projects or assignment that you pick for
55:20
your
55:21
uh i would say as as basis for your
55:25
uh your practice and your uh your goal
55:29
uh of succeeding with half double you
55:31
should
55:32
have a good feeling god feeling that
55:35
these are actually
55:36
um these are um
55:40
how do you say that um they have they
55:43
they
55:43
they have a potential um they're really
55:47
good at potential
55:48
projects by means of which you can
55:50
actually produce good results
55:52
so but i would say no specific
55:53
requirements it's really up to you
55:55
to to have a feeling of course you can
55:58
always contact the institute
55:59
and and and talk to somebody uh about
56:02
whether this or this would be a
56:04
a good potential project for you uh in
56:07
in
56:07
in in your in in in
56:12
on your on your journey towards a master
56:15
certification
56:16
yeah you can you can say if you if you
56:18
do the sanity checking saying that
56:20
is there somehow that you can implement
56:23
the use of
56:25
of impact flow leadership then then you
56:28
are pretty well off
56:29
it can be in many many different sectors
56:31
it can be in many different
56:32
projects it doesn't necessarily have to
56:34
be a big and very very complex project
56:36
to do so
56:42
um
56:46
for the different certification levels
56:48
yeah and
56:49
we can we can say that because it is
56:52
we're going to do this that that it is
56:56
the partner organizations who will
57:00
ask for you to be certified
57:03
meaning that that the partner
57:06
organization there would be free
57:07
competition on
57:08
the pricing and so forth and there will
57:11
be a fee
57:12
to the institute the fee is very low
57:16
i can say for for the foundation because
57:19
we want to expand this as fast as
57:22
possible so we don't want to put
57:24
financial obstacles into it uh
57:27
the practitioner will be a little more
57:29
expensive and the
57:30
master will be a little more expensive
57:32
but but the price for the certification
57:35
is is hidden within the price that
57:38
you're paying
57:39
to the partner organization who will
57:41
will certify you
57:43
but it's uh it's non-profit so you can
57:46
say the institute
57:48
doesn't make any money from this it's
57:50
just to make sure that
57:52
that we have the license for the
57:55
for the multiple choice test for example
57:58
after the foundation
57:59
just to give a relatively low salary to
58:03
the
58:03
to the assessors for the for the
58:06
practitioner and the master
58:09
so so so the price depends on
58:12
what you pay to the partner organization
58:15
yes oh yeah we still have time
58:20
am i only required to be foundation
58:22
certified
58:23
to teach others for the foundation exam
58:26
yes that was a short answer
58:31
but my first one was
58:34
okay then let's take one more yeah let's
58:36
do that
58:37
last is asking since he unfortunately
58:40
missed
58:41
the first 10 minutes of the webinar he's
58:44
saying that he is
58:44
participating in the practitioner
58:46
training offered by implement at the
58:48
moment
58:49
the second session is tomorrow for him
58:51
how does this
58:52
click into the certification setup it
58:55
clicks
58:56
perfectly and in the end you will be
58:59
offered
59:00
to take this formal half double
59:02
institute
59:03
certification because implement is one
59:06
of the partner organizations
59:12
okay thank you very much
59:16
thanks for all your nice
59:19
questions here and thanks for
59:22
participating
59:24
absolutely if you have any any further
59:28
questions or doubts or whatever is there
59:31
somehow that they can
59:33
can get our contact information yeah
59:36
you're most welcome to
59:37
contact us also after this webinar
59:39
session yeah
59:40
um yeah everybody will receive a
59:44
mail afterwards yeah recording and then
59:46
there are the contact information
59:48
you will be perfect thank you so much
59:51
thank you so much
59:52
really a pleasure meeting you this
59:53
morning i hope you got something out of
59:55
it
59:56
take care yourself bye
