Next Stage Legal Project Management

Introduction 5
Ignaz Fuesgen
smartvokat GmbH

Part 1. Methodology
A competency framework: propelling the value paradigm 9
Aileen Leventon
Law Strategy Coach

Start with your processes: building a foundation for legal project management 23
Karen Dunn Skinner
Gimbal - Lean practice management advisers LeanLegal® Academy

Waterfall, Agile or hybrid? 37
Ignaz Fuesgen
smartvokat GmbH

Evolving legal project management through legal design 53
Jasmin Bejaoui
Reinvent Law
Sebastian Schaub
Baker McKenzie

Part 2. Talent and team

Team diversity and intercultural competence 65
Jeanne-Mari Retief
CALIBRICS

Professional skills required in legal project management 79
Nina Gramcko
Oliver Hofmann
Noerr LLP

Legal project management: a space for multiple intelligences 93
Anna Marra
International Institute of Legal Project Management

Effective leadership for high-performing legal teams 109
Todd Hutchison
Curtin University and Edith Cowan University International Institute of Legal Project Management Balfour Meagher

Part 3. Communication and interaction

Communication as a success factor in legal project management 119
Anna-Katharina Horn
reThinkLegal GmbH

The art of listening 131
David Skinner
Gimbal - Lean practice management advisers LeanLegal® Academy

Legal project management collaboration platforms 145
Larry Bridgesmith
Accelerate Insite LLC LegalAlignment LLC

The power of workflows in legal project management 155
Christian Schuhmann
Julien Weiler
smartvokat GmbH

Part 4. Data and performance

Task codes and key performance indicators 175
Kevin Bielawski
Lann Wasson
Husch Blackwell LLP

Costing and fee models 193
Jim Hannigan
Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP

Risk management 203
Julie Mathys
Naomi Thompson
Exigent Group Limited

Artificial intelligence and legal project management 215
Dries Cronje
Deep Learning Café

Part 5. Implementation

Legal project management procurement and delivery: law firm vs in-house 221
Helga Butcher
LawAdvisor

Change management in legal project management 231
CJ Nicastro
S&P Global Inc

Teams with purpose: defining purpose, OKRs and motivators 241
Karol Valencia
WOW Legal Experience Lawcus eID

Collaboration: the congruency between legal project management and business development 251
Anshoo Patel
Mitchell Sterling
Blank Rome LLP

About the authors 261

About Globe Law and Business 271