Haiku for project managers - priorities
From the Haiku for Project Managers Blog
by Robert Prol
Because sometimes poetry makes the point better than a long story.
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My priorities /
Aren't the same as yours are /
So do my stuff first
Posted on: January 26, 2016 11:59 PM |
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PANKAJ KUMAR JOSHI
General Manager| Transrail Lighting Limited
Nainital, Uttrakhand, India
Ha ha!
mostly happens. Who wants to wait for coffee? Everyone feels good if his priorities are prior to others ;)
Rami Kaibni
Community Champion
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
In project, you need to prioritize the project priorities over yours.
PANKAJ KUMAR JOSHI
General Manager| Transrail Lighting Limited
Nainital, Uttrakhand, India
@ Rami: It is about priority of Individual project when we have multiple projects with shared resources.
Rami Kaibni
Community Champion
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
@Pankaj: I am aware of this very well but I am talking about one project and team work within this project and prioritizing projects goals over individual personal goals.
PANKAJ KUMAR JOSHI
General Manager| Transrail Lighting Limited
Nainital, Uttrakhand, India
@ Rami, Yes you are correct for one project. It is one of the key skill of project manager to align the team towards the project objective.
SANKAR HALDAR
SENIOR MANAGER - PROJECT CONTROL| GS ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION
Gurgaon, Haryana, India
On a lighter vein,
Do I hear a Dictator shouting ?
Well, Team must know the project priorities WELL.
If they are not aligned, it is the leadership who is possibly on a wrong track.
It is a different matter though, scouting for critical resources with functional heads.
This Haiku definitely comes handy often as a means of negotiation .
Robert Prol
Project Manager| KPMG LLP
East Sandwich, Ma, United States
My thoughts behind this Haiku came from matrix organizations. I've rarely been at an organization that prioritized their full portfolio of projects. The thought is that they only work on high priority projects, which means each of the shared resources working on projects works to what they believe are most important. We then get less throughput, since it becomes a queueing theory exercise.
PANKAJ KUMAR JOSHI
General Manager| Transrail Lighting Limited
Nainital, Uttrakhand, India
Robert Prol
Project Manager| KPMG LLP
East Sandwich, Ma, United States
I often point out that if all our work is high priority, then it's all by default low priority. Not prioritizing means it's all low priority.
Rami Kaibni
Community Champion
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
No, I do not agree with this Robert. If you treat it low priority then it will reflect negatively on the risk assessment, team, etc.
PANKAJ KUMAR JOSHI
General Manager| Transrail Lighting Limited
Nainital, Uttrakhand, India
I think Robert is talking in general sense that if we are not keeping our priorities high for any work then that work will never become priority. It is always better to finish the work before schedule rather waiting for any new problem. Because we only plan for tomorrow work but we don't know about the future. So if possible better finish any work today.
PM knows...
...respect other person's model of the world.
Thanks Robert !
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