Project Maestros
Rob Saxon is a Project Management Professional, Certified Information Systems Auditor and a trained Six Sigma Specialist. Rob is currently developing methods to integrate project management into previously unexplored areas of business.
“Globalization has changed us into a company that searches the world, not just to sell or to source, but to find intellectual capital--the world’s best talents and greatest ideas” – Jack Welch, GE
With U.S. unemployment eclipsing 10%, professionals in many industries are justifiably worried about the security of their jobs. Factors such as the commoditization of technology and technology services--and the constant pressure to report ever increasing profits--have driven many companies to source their technology and services to the lowest bidder. Contrary to this trend, project management professionals around the world are thriving.
Why?
Project managers are thriving because the world always needs efficient, results-based management. We are thriving because our focus on time, cost and quality is region and culture agnostic. In short, we are thriving as a community because our profession is a perfect fit for the global economy.
Global Chaos
The following is a fictional scenario. Any semblance to real world companies and people is accidental, though not surprising:
It’s Wednesday afternoon, and Steve--a software development manger at an international manufacturing company--is worried. Steve looks at his watch. It’s 6 p.m., and an hour ago Steve expected to see the next revision of the code his team …
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"The reason why worry kills more people than hard work is that more people worry than work." - Robert Frost |
