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Project Management Humor: Helping the CEO is a good thing, right…?

March 31, 2007 from Raven's Brain: Project Management Humor

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I came across an amusing little nugget and wanted to share:
A young project manager was leaving the office one evening when he found the CEO standing in front of a shredder with a piece of paper in his hand. The PM was new to the company and wanted to make a good impression with the senior exec so he approached him.
 
"Listen", said the CEO, "this is important and my assistant has left. Can you make this thing work?"
 
"Certainly", said the young man, flattered that the CEO had asked him for help.  He turned the machine on, inserted the paper and pressed the start button.
 
"Excellent! Excellent!" said the CEO as his paper disappeared inside the machine.
 
"I need two copies of that."
Doh! While amusing, this bit of pm humor can also serve as a reminder to make sure you get task requirements right and don't assume what the stakeholder wants out of a project ;)
 
posted by Raven at Raven's Brain under Project Management Humor
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