Sleepless and on a Starvation Diet
March 8, 2008
Making due with too little food and a few scraps of sleep might be appropriate for an outdoor survival course or a military boot camp, but it’s no way to treat yourself when you’re a project manager. Sure, you’re busy with wall-to-wall meetings,... Read more...
3rd Degree Burns on 95% of the PM’s Body
March 7, 2008
One of the biggest mistakes I made as a novice project manager was burning bridges that I would later need to walk across. Heck, I was a friggin’ arsonist! If someone on my team didn’t do their action item, I’d chew their ass and then came back... Read more...
Self-induced Insanity
March 6, 2008
More self-inflicted project wounds . . . Some project managers seem to think that projects should proceed in a sensible and reasonable fashion, enjoying the cooperation and support of executives, team members, vendors and customers. Not so! Team members... Read more...
Don’t Put Your “I” Out!
March 5, 2008
Project managers can’t afford to be overly timid or self-effacing. They must be self-assured and determined in order to be successful leaders. However this sometimes leads to one of the most ghastly self-inflicted wounds of project management, that... Read more...
Self-inflicted Project Wounds
March 4, 2008
There is a group of forensic chemists who gather periodically for something called “The Bite-mark Breakfast”, where they are treated to a slide show of various bite marks which they attempt to identify while enjoying their eggs, sausage and toast.... Read more...
Sometimes What You Think of Me Is None of My Business
December 1, 2007
Gawd save us from people who want to make us better (including the little voice in our heads that’s nattering away to us most of the time about our flaws)! We’re frequently subjected to enough suggestions, critique and advice to choke a... Read more...
Scrappy Project Management is BIGGER than the PMBOK . . .
November 28, 2007
. . . well, kind of . . . Holy guacamole! Two weeks ago I had a ridiculous notion creep stealthily into my noggin’ . . . and, as is my habit, I set yet another seemingly impossible goal (one of my bad habits!) . . . to have my book be MORE popular... Read more...
Strappy Sundresses and Thongs as Project Thank You Gifts?
November 25, 2007
Posted on behalf of Neil Sherman, Founder and Chief Bitnologist of Advanced Bitnology (a software and electronics design house) and one-time undervalued employee of Druck upon his reading the chapter on rewards, recognition and appreciation in my “Scrappy... Read more...