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Does being really busy with projects steps or phases correlate with accomplishment ?

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Simon Olivier Guienguere PhD Student| AHS Airdrie, Alberta, Canada
Nowadays, I heard constantly this sentence "I am working on projects" or " ..I got lot of projects". Almost everyone has project, however, the results, benefits or impacts are so " hard" to see or are not tangibles ?
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Kevin Drake Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Well, using the term "I have a project" it means that they have objective to achieve and could be achieved by steps and systematically. It also indicates that the project has beginning and end. The results (deliverables) could be tangible or intangible, however it should always have success critiera and some kind of method to verify the deliverables.

I would say the problem could be the ability to define and identify what we need to achieve.
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Jun 05, 2018 5:59 PM
Simon Olivier Guienguere
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Well said Mr. Drake and success definition could be relative and abstract.
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Eric Simms Senior Program Manager Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Being busy doesn't necessarily mean one is accomplishing anything; sometimes people are very busy because they're inefficient and disorganized. If you can't see the benefits of someone's actions, or the benefits can't be explained, chances are good no benefits are being generated.
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Jun 05, 2018 6:03 PM
Simon Olivier Guienguere
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Agree: Likely. As it has been said "You will know the tree by the fruit it bears"

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Simon Olivier Guienguere PhD Student| AHS Airdrie, Alberta, Canada
Jun 05, 2018 4:08 PM
Replying to Kevin Drake
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Well, using the term "I have a project" it means that they have objective to achieve and could be achieved by steps and systematically. It also indicates that the project has beginning and end. The results (deliverables) could be tangible or intangible, however it should always have success critiera and some kind of method to verify the deliverables.

I would say the problem could be the ability to define and identify what we need to achieve.
Well said Mr. Drake and success definition could be relative and abstract.
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Simon Olivier Guienguere PhD Student| AHS Airdrie, Alberta, Canada
Jun 05, 2018 5:07 PM
Replying to Eric Simms
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Being busy doesn't necessarily mean one is accomplishing anything; sometimes people are very busy because they're inefficient and disorganized. If you can't see the benefits of someone's actions, or the benefits can't be explained, chances are good no benefits are being generated.
Agree: Likely. As it has been said "You will know the tree by the fruit it bears"

Thanks
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Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
The fluffy answer is not really. The real answer is akin to the argument: quality vs quantity. I could be really busy (quantity) with a failing project that never delivers (quality).
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Dinah Young Project Manager / Software Asset Manager| Prince William County Springfield, Va, United States
It has become a bit of a pet peeve of mine when managers constantly tell me how busy they are. The energy they spend telling you how busy they are would be better spent on their projects. It seems to have become a sort of competition where I work like "I am so much busier than you".
Ok. Off my soap box.
It is mostly about working smarter and efficiently.

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