Personal-empowerment

In a recent project team meeting we were reviewing an Ishikawa diagram and root cause analysis as a means to determine the next appropriate steps on an issue we were addressing as a project team when a forgotten data point was brought forward be me of all people, the project manager.

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I thought it would be fun to list some impressions of favorite and least favorite Project management books and methodologies.  I wrote none of these.  You too, can feel free to refute my oppinions or add your own replies or spam us with the latest project managment religion.  Why not?  Everyone else does. 

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After years and years of Project Management it finally became obvious to me there was someone or something I wasn’t addressing. No, I’m not talking about all the usual people project management challenges all those references mention, or even some they don’t mention.

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In the grand tradition of analytical thinking, the answer I start with is, “Maybe yes, maybe no.”
On the Yes side, there are a lot of “things” a good project manager needs to know and know how to do. There are the technical skills that can be taught – what might be referred to as [...]

I’m sick of this job! I’m going to go out on my own and become a project management consultant!
Hmm… How do you decide if you’re ready to become a consultant?

Are you comfortable working alone? Can you maintain your sense of objectivity when you don’t have others to support you?
Do you believe in yourself, [...]

When I was a kid, I got so excited about the Easter basket, only to find the big chocolate bunny was HOLLOW inside. I just went for the jelly beans instead.
Likewise, the thing I loathed the most in MY own project work was staff with no crisis skills –those skills of coping, creative leadership, [...]