TRAITS OF A ‘HALO EFFECT’ PROJECT MANAGER (006)

Here’s more from the ‘Halo Effect PM’ series at PM4K.

DISCLAIMER: The characters (aka Project Managers) in this post are fictitious & any resemblance to persons living or dead is pure coincidental.

Here’s 5 more ways to identify Project Managers that know squat (nothing) about Project Management:

26. when they simply decide to change the baseline every time before submitting a progress report to Senior Management.

27.  when they feel 'Planning' is equivalent to 'Blasphemy', because by planning one tries to foresee the future and take actions accordingly; which in their opinion is like playing God.

28. when the only strategy he/she thinks off is the strategy to CYA (Cover Your Ass).

29. when he/she delegates Stakeholder Management to others, just like Scope Definition or any other project task.

30.  when he/she thinks he/she does not need to work if his/her Business Analyst is managing Scope effectively, Cost Consultant is managing Cost effectively & Scheduling Professional is managing Time effectively.

Keep your eyes open. You'll spot one (Halo Effect Project Manager), when you see one ;)

 

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PM4K NEWS 037: DELHI RUNNING OUT OF TIME FOR 2010 COMMONWEALTH GAMES

Continuing with the PM4K NEWS Series on the Commonwealth Games Project here’s another update.

NEW DELHI: A year from now, the eyes of the sporting world will be on India, as the country's capital prepares to host the 2010 Commonwealth Games Oct. 3-14.

With the one-year countdown officially on, there are serious concerns that Delhi won't be able to pull it off. "Two years before the Games, I had told the organizing committee that time was not your friend," Commonwealth Games Federation president Mike Fennell told reporters after an October meeting of representatives in Delhi. "And now, one year before it, I say, time is your enemy."

India has never hosted an event of this magnitude.

 

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT CODE LANGUAGE

((POSTING ON A LIGHTER NOTE))

Average blended, fully-loaded rate	I don't have any idea what the average rate is, so I'm making up a number and declaring it to be correct. Since no one else has any idea either, it is unlikely that I'll get caught.
How much will the project cost? I need an estimate.	I need a number that I can nail you with later when the project fails.
How much will the project cost? I need a good estimate	...and make it cheap.
The project is green	The project is red but we'll have that fixed in no time. Besides, if I report red that would make the VP look bad.
The project is yellow	The project is red and I can't hide it entirely, so I'll say yellow. If the real status ever gets out it will cost me my job.
The project is red	It's a good thing I have that job interview tomorrow.
Critical Path	Quickest route to the outhouse
Privity	See Critical Path

-- CVR/IT Consulting

 

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