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Project Management 2.0

  by - Dave Garrett

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Project Management is All About...

Situation: You crave big picture thoughts about our field.

Our General Counsel, Alphonse, hates it when you call him "Alphie".  So when Mark is strolling down the halls singing "what's it all about...", he's getting into messy legal territory - Alphonse would do anything to make him stop.  I think that asking what project management means to people is something altogether different.  Everyone comes up with great answers - ALL of them valid.  What they likely represent are the things that each of these folks are best at - their personal differentiators.  Or maybe its what they aspire to.  In either case they are al good things to focus on as you do your PM work.

A couple of days ago, I conducted a quick experiment on Twitter.  I asked people to tweet what they thought PM was all about - see the results of my highly unscientific study below.  Then tell me - what do YOU think its all about?


threewRT @DaveG253: Project Management is all about [results]! Pls change the [answer], RT, and leave in the #pmot

AceProjectNowRT Project Management is all about [people]! Pls change the [answer], RT, and leave in the #pmot (via @DaveG253)

projektlotseRT @DaveG253: Project Management is all about [commitment]! Pls change the [answer], RT, and leave in the #pmot

itgEvangelistRT @DaveG253: Project Management is all about [influence]! Pls change the [answer], RT, and leave in the #pmot
PeterKretzmanRT @DaveG253: Project Management is all about [basic blocking & tackling]! Pls change the [answer], RT, and leave in the #pmot.

trev_robertsRT @DaveG253 Project Management is all about [people]! Pls change the [answer], RT, and leave in the #pmot

LisaGalentineRT @DaveG253: Project Management is all about [planning]! Pls change the [answer], RT, and leave in the #pmot
trev_robertsRT @DaveG253: Project Management is all about [solving problems]! Pls change the [answer], RT, and leave in the #pmot

pm4girlsRT @DaveG253: Project Management is all about [managing change]! Pls change the [answer], RT, and leave in the #pmot
agnairRT @DaveG253: Project Management is all about [people]! Pls change the [answer], RT, and leave in the #pmot

projectshrinkThat was my answer :) RT @agnair: RT @DaveG253: Project Management is all about [people]! change the [answer], RT, and leave in the #pmot
aramrothRT @DaveG253: Project Management is all about [adding value] ! (Pls change the [answer], RT and leave in #pmot )

jessefewellDR @DaveG253: Project Management is all about [delvering value]! change the [answer], RT, and leave in the #pmot
GanttGuru @DaveG253: Project Management is all about [communication]! change the [answer], RT, and leave in the #pmot

| Posted: May 22, 2009 10:40 AM | Permalink | Email Notifications: OFF |


Javier Artime says:

Project Management is All About... Balancing forces (stakeholders' goals, time-scope-budget-quality, speed vs attention to detail...).

Friday, May 29, 2009 5:40:42 AM EDT
jspunk says:

PM is exec mgmt's key to success thru smart resource allocation and tracking against the best/right initiatives on a grand scale...or not.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009 9:41:47 AM EDT
paul59 says:

PM is all about taking on challenges- new opportunities ,new tasks ,new ideas with a constant focus on one's goals.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009 1:04:45 PM EDT

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