Comments on: When Project Management Works

By: Mr Angry

Mr Angry — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 04:29:52 +0000

I think if enough of us get rational voices out there, we might effect some change. God-DAMN I love the internet! Being able to share views and expand our thinking instead of suffering in isolation can make even crappy jobs bearable.

By: Austin Bob

Austin Bob — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 04:14:13 +0000

You deleted my comment. You must hate me. Oh wait … you covered that already.

Anyway, I don’t remember all of my witicisms, but I do htink you are on to something with ‘gang of 5′. I’m actually working on a series of project management essays that take some of our sacred cows out for a burger. Only the first one (Why Projects Fail) is posted so far, but if I get enough flak or encouragement I will probably get around to the ones on communication (your #3 & 4), planning (your #1), execution (your #2), staffing and project manager qualifications (which combine to address your #5).

http://hither-and-yon.blogspot.com/

By: Mr Angry

Mr Angry — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 22:58:42 +0000

range: I’ll be interested to see that when you release it for publication

Agusti: I’ve stayed away from PM jobs too, not the stuff I like to do.

By: Agusti Pons

Agusti Pons — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 16:15:44 +0000

My theory in project management is that only programmers that don’t like programming want to be project managers. (And want to be richer

For this reason I always keep programming as my primary daily task and avoid complex project management that drives to nowhere…

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For an alternative to complex Object persistence layer you can try:
http://www.microcalls.org

By: range

range — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 08:52:56 +0000

Yeah Mr Angry, I’ve started writing something called The Secret Memoirs about all of this stuff.

By: Mr Angry

Mr Angry — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:59:15 +0000

Yeah, I see that more often than not too unfortunately.

By: Mr.Pete

Mr.Pete — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 09:20:22 +0000

I only wish we had management at the kind of level that said take time to get it right. Most often they say very little ’til it’s out the door then say ‘That’s not what we wanted….’

By: Mr Angry

Mr Angry — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 00:18:17 +0000

I’m with you, Apoch. These thing don’t happen spontaneously and if you’re not doing everything in your power (no matter how limited you may think your power is) to make it happen then you have to accept your share of blame if things don’t work out.

By: Apoch

Apoch — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 12:31:47 +0000

I for one cling to the hope that these stories are real. In fact, I have a theory that it may actually be possible to create them (shock horror). Come to think of it, The Angry One himself is probably perfectly placed to assess whether or not the theory holds water.

By: Mr Angry

Mr Angry — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:02:16 +0000

range: keep a diary man, there’s a whole book in that stuff!

Marc: words of wisdom, no amount of planning will help you if you can’t react to change

Cody: The more things change, the more they stay the same. You might get lucky occasionally but look forward to a lot of dysfunction

Paul: OK, you are funny dude. No, there was no pixie dust. But I admit, this run was an exception to my more common horror stories.