Summary: ThE pM sTuDeNt
Professional growth through project management education and knowledge
I’m halfway through the Steve Jobs biography right now. I must
admit, I didn’t really know all that much about Steve Jobs before
reading this book. I now know that among his other roles at Apple
and his other companies he was definitely a project manager. A
lousy project manager. A Culture of Fear The [...]
Original link: Steve Jobs Was a Lousy Project Manager
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Date Published: Feb 15, 2012 - 9:49 am
A great series of questions came into my email inbox the other day
from Shelly, who just discovered me and pmStudent. Shelly: Are
these video’s for PM’s that had the schooling and are now ready to
begin their career? If so, how much education would one need for
your system to at it’s most helpful? [...]
Original link: Are You Legit?
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Date Published: Feb 08, 2012 - 7:16 am
We all screw up from time to time. It’s in those moments when the
most important thing is to know who to blame. Blame Management Just
kidding. I just had an eye-opening experience. One of those ‘duh’
moments where something didn’t go as planned with my project. It
was a simple, small piece of our [...]
Original link: Blame Failure On Your Project Stakeholders
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Date Published: Feb 01, 2012 - 2:46 pm
I have found this to be true in my own experience. The way to
really engage teams and get them motivated to do great things is to
empower them, build trust with them, and help them recognize they
are awesome and doing awesome things. I got a bonus in my paycheck
this year. Meh. It [...]
Original link: Monetary Bonus Incentives Make Knowledge Workers
Less Effective
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Date Published: Jan 25, 2012 - 5:32 pm
Oh yes, let’s have fun with this one, shall we? I want your myths
in the comments, bucko! Good Project Managers Make All Decisions By
Themselves While it’s true that project managers do have to make
the final decisions in many cases on a daily basis, we certainly
should not make them by ourselves. We [...]
Original link: Project Management Myths Debunked
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Date Published: Jan 25, 2012 - 7:19 am