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Sam Barnes has turned to the Dark Side of Digital PM

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Drunken Boxing for Project Managers “The main feature of the drunkard boxing is to hide combative hits in drunkard-like, unsteady movements and actions so as to confuse the opponent. The secret of this style of boxing is maintaining a clear mind while giving a drunken appearance.” Yeah... just like that… but with network diagrams and burndown charts… and a wee bit less vodka.
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My favorite presentation at DigitalPM2013 was given by Sam Barnes. After years working as a PM in Digital, Sam turned to the DARK SIDE… he became a client. Suddenly, he was taking bids from all the companies he was used to competing against. Given his years of experience leading projects from the agency side of the table, he walked into it thinking it would be a bit of a cake walk. What he found was maybe not so much with the cake … or the walk.

In this podcast interview Sam and I talk about his experience being on the client side, his presentation at DigitalPM 2013, the challenges for those working in the Digital PM space who have to be able to work in both waterfall, and Agile, but find that neither really fits as well as one would hope and the upcoming DigitalPM UK conference.

If you’d like to learn more about Sam:

He’s got him some blog 
He’s on the twitter 
And his very excellent presentation from Digital PM 2013 is here


Posted on: December 10, 2013 01:06 PM | Permalink

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Bernard Gore Portfolio, Programme & Project Professional| NZ Police Wellington, New Zealand
Hysterical - because I did exactly the opposite - worked on the client side for most of my career, and then moved to the supplier side for a while which is what I considered the "Dark Side".

I've since moved back to the light, but I'd suggest that the experience, whichever way round it is, is incredibly valuable in gaining an appreciation of the other side, and how to get the best out of them - whether it is understanding their negotiating tricks to get a good deal, or working together in collaboration that is truly of mutual benefit.

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