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Contingency People Planning: Working with the Dark Side
Halloween Bonus:
What Do These 3 Tales Have in Common?
PM Horror Stories 5, 6, and 7
The Incompetent Estimator
The Messy Contributor
The “Gotcha!” Boss
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The POO Code, Chapter Four
The escalation process worked! As work on the program drifted past the scheduled completion date, Proman sensed the pressure coming from across the organization. Managers wanted their engineers back to work on product development, not on solving broad reaching technical issues. But the impasse was real. Development could not continue (or [...]
Breaking the Cycle of Micromanagement
Does this sound familiar?
Project Manager: I thought I knew where we stood, but turns out we’re further behind than I thought. This latest slip is going to have a domino effect. I wish I had known earlier, when we could’ve done something about it!
Task Owner: I don’t want to make a big deal out of [...]
SAVING TIME AND GENERATING ENERGY: THE MEETING WITH YOUR BOSS(ES)!
One of my favorite activities as a Consultant/Coach is fostering the use of “questioning” to really liberate people from their “dreads” and worries about the projects they manage. Project managers need more training in this technique, as they often think they have to have a ready answer to the questions of others. The goal is [...]
