Haiku for project managers - tough love
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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If they won't listen /
To your well-thought out advice /
Let them dig their hole
Posted on: September 15, 2016 12:00 AM |
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Rami Kaibni
Community Champion
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Sometimes if they dig their own hole it might affect the project as a whole.
Robert Prol
Project Manager| KPMG LLP
East Sandwich, Ma, United States
As project managers, we rarely have the ability to tell people what to do, or what not to do. We are often the purveyor of impartial information and recommendations based on them. If the business/customer decides to select a different option, we often have to do it their way. It's our job to make sure they understand the potential impact.
Rami Kaibni
Community Champion
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
I agree with this if you mean by people = Clients.
Robert Prol
Project Manager| KPMG LLP
East Sandwich, Ma, United States
Clients are sometimes internal.
Thilo Wack
Head of Existing Product and Test Lab| optimed
Tholey-Hasborn, Germany
Sometimes they are just like kids shoveling in the sand and it is kind of fun to watch them playing. But typically you have to stop them before they have dug a hole so big that it swallows the whole project...
Robert Prol
Project Manager| KPMG LLP
East Sandwich, Ma, United States
Thanks Thilo, I had a good laugh from that visual.
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