Haiku for project managers - productivity
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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After three emails /
Pick up the phone on your desk /
Resolve it by voice
Posted on: February 17, 2016 11:59 PM |
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PANKAJ KUMAR JOSHI
General Manager| Transrail Lighting Limited
Nainital, Uttrakhand, India
Rightly said. Emails are not solution, only transfer of responsibility sometimes!
Robert Prol
Project Manager| KPMG LLP
East Sandwich, Ma, United States
As well as a distraction from the real work.
Mike Frenette
Manager, IT PMO| Halifax Water (retired)
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
It is sad that people find themselves talking to others over a keyboard:
Talk with your fingers? /
No! Use face and voice! /
And be happier.
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If you can't be there in person, being there virtually with a camera and voice is the next best thing:
Virtual face/voice /
Better than email for sure /
Present is better!
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Even so, if typing is your only option, texts are better than email. They get a fast response 80% of the time where email is down around 16%:
Texts get a response /
More so than an email will /
If presence can't do.
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But don't overdo it!
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Is there irony? /
In this exchange of ideas?
Using a keyboard?
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;)
Robert Prol
Project Manager| KPMG LLP
East Sandwich, Ma, United States
I work 99.9% remote. My laptop is in a docking station, closed, with a monitor sitting on it. No camera available. Plus, the camera eats up too much bandwidth.
Mike Frenette
Manager, IT PMO| Halifax Water (retired)
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Mike Frenette
Manager, IT PMO| Halifax Water (retired)
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
IMHO, Three emails are too much as time is money - One or two maximum then you should grab the phone and call if you sense there is miscommunication and / or emails are not being efficient enough.
Michael Adams
Solutions Architect| LANL
Los Alamos, Nm, United States
My biggest complaint about emails stem from people's desire to fulfill on a their secret desire to be a novelist.
I find that if an email thread is confusing, a quick phone call works well, but a followup email is a good idea.
Emails should be bullet points and short sentences. They are a poor method for conveying nuance, but a good way of documenting decisions and facts.
Keep your emails short /
Bullet points are always good /
Three pages, Tooo Looong!!!!
George Lewis
Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company
Heredia, Costa Rica
I agree with Michael... I have seen that one...
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