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If there was no such thing as project management, what would you be doing?

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Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
I think I would have stayed in sales and business development.
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Drew Craig Sr. Agile & Product Coach| Vanguard Philadelphia, Pa, United States
Business Analyst :)
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1 reply by Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD
Jun 15, 2018 6:05 PM
Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD
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I may have done this also but never had an official role before.
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Francisco Abreu Portfolio Manager| Banco Central do Basil Brasilia, Df, Brazil
I am sure I would construct or make some real things. No matter if with wood, cement or paper. . . I love to see ready things.
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
Good question, Sante!

I would have ended up teaching, but the domain might have been technical (e.g. a set of applications) vs. project management or agile...

Kiron
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1 reply by Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD
Jun 15, 2018 6:05 PM
Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD
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Some of us may end up doing that Kiron :-)
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Anish Abraham Privacy Program Manager| University of Washington Auburn, Wa, United States
I would be a systems manager/analyst
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Krishna Pakki Project Services Manager| Rio Tinto Gilbert, Az, United States
Fire fighting against project management :)
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Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Jun 15, 2018 7:01 AM
Replying to Drew Craig
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Business Analyst :)
I may have done this also but never had an official role before.
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Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Jun 15, 2018 8:34 AM
Replying to Kiron Bondale
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Good question, Sante!

I would have ended up teaching, but the domain might have been technical (e.g. a set of applications) vs. project management or agile...

Kiron
Some of us may end up doing that Kiron :-)
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Markus Kopko AI Enabler for Project & Program Mgmt | Founder PMotion.ai / The PM AI Coach| PMotion.ai Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
I had already done project management when it was not even called PM. So I guess, I would do still pm, but it was called something different ... ;)
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Aaron Porter
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IT Director| Blade HQ Payson, UT, United States
I agree with Markus. Was there no such thing as iterative development before Scrum?
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1 reply by Keith Novak
Oct 18, 2018 10:42 AM
Keith Novak
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It was called Rolling Wave.
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Keith Novak Tukwila, Wa, United States
I'd probably be a hunter gatherer, since without people to organize and steer projects involving multiple people, civilization wouldn't have moved much past loose collectives living in huts.
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