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In celebration of our March 16, 2015 Open House Event, we're giving away the farm! No, just kidding. We're just giving away copies of Dave Garrett's book (pictured left).
Three lucky winners will receive an autographed, hard copy of Dave Garrett's (co-founder of ProjectManagement.com) book Project Pain Reliever: A Just-In-Time Handbook for Anyone Managing Projects.
Dave's book is so awesome it's even being used in an MBA class at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Of course, Dave also makes all of his team members read the book as a condition of employment.
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Anil Bhatia
PM/Consultant| MDOT
Gaithersburg, Md, United States
My most memorable (and later painful moment) on the first day as Jr. PM: client expected miraculous results from a phased manner project. The plan was that I would shadow the existing project manager for a month and then would take it from there. On the first day, saw that relations were so bad between PM and client that it was a kind of shouting match. In the end, the PM declared that he is the PM of the project and, as PM, he was declaring the meeting over. In two weeks I got the project. What followed is a story reserved for another day.. may be for a book.. but first I need this book..
Mahesh Babu
PM I| AstraZeneca
Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
Most Painful moment was handling shared teams, with no cooperation from other functional managers ...
Marc Sierra
PM III| Communication Engineering Company
Ia, United States
This sounds like just what the doctor ordered!
Project delays that lead to serious contract discussions.
Dianne Hope
PM Specialist| Gainesville Regional Utilities
Keystone Heights, Fl, United States
I wish I had this book years ago!
The book sounds very interesting
Laura Sailar
Practice Leader| Perspecta
Hastings, Mi, United States
I reduce painful moments by getting the team to own the project work and invest in the success of the project.
Andy Jordan
President| Roffensian Consulting S.A.
Cherry Grove, AB, Canada
There's a remote possibility that I may be slightly biased (I wrote some of the chapters), but this really is an awesome book and Dave did a great job of establishing a format that really helps people recognise and solve challenges. Good luck to everyone - and don't forget to buy a copy if you aren't lucky enough to win :-)
Most Painful Moment: when the project sponsor asked me "what is the root cause" on a root cause project. I had used all the tools, but didn't have an answer to that simple question.
 | Inams |
My hardest moment as a Project Manager was overcoming the CANCELLATION of my highly unique and potential patent project, where tremendous amount of efforts were put in with no result.
| Anonymous |
This book sounds like a 'must have' and 'must read' for Project Managers...we never know enough tips and tricks to survival in this profession....a painful project was spending significant time, effort and resources $$$ and finding out that the project is cancelled due to changed Sponosorship/C Level engagement.
Most painful moment was explaining to a very high visibility customer why a breakdown in internal communications resulted in the delay of equipment delivery (we're talking street closed, crane in place, key customer personnel outside with cameras ready, etc., etc.). Good lesson in triple checking, then checking again!
Lack of resources or the resources you have get pulled into something else and yet the project is still supposed to be successful and completed on tim.
What has been your most painful moment as a project manager?
When we have to drastically reduce the scope of the project and close early due to political factors and lack of consistent executive sponsorship within the client.
My most painful moment as a PM was working with an organization steepend in outdated ideas and obsolete technology.
Abby Butts
Project Manager| Hendricks Regional Health
Danville, In, United States
Trying to change culture. My organization is just starting to formalize project management and everyone thinks it's a great idea, until it's time for their project to be managed.
Angela Lu
PM Consultant| Excella Consulting
Dunn Loring, Va, United States
Hope I win the book. It looks like a great resource for all PMs.
Shannon Kelso
Senior Program Manager| Allegion PLC
Shawnee, Ks, United States
Most Painful Moment: Not knowing what to ask.
Paul White
Project Manager| Allscripts (through Insight Global)
Raleigh, Nc, United States
Most painful: Learning that a project sponsor, whom I trusted and thought I had a good rapport, went behind my back, communicated contrary instructions to three team members, adding "I know what he wants, but he is flat wrong."
This book will assist me in finding answers to my many questions.
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