Dinah YoungProject Manager / Software Asset Manager| Prince William CountySpringfield, Va, United States
Have you ever been watching a movie or TV show and realize that a character is doing project management.
I was binge-watching Sons of Anarchy (for those who do not know, a show about a motorcycle "club" that runs guns for the IRA).
The main character, Jax Teller took over as president of the club. I was watching him managing his stakeholders (IRA, Russians, Mexicans, etc). He was trying to keep everyone in line (occasionally, he did need to eliminate a stakeholder). His resource management was very good, sending different club members to handle issues as they popped up and always sending them in pairs so there would be a back-up. Product management and quality control, moving the guns, trading guns, delivering the drugs, etc. Initiating new projects, prostitution in an effort to move away from the guns. Setting up sub-contractors to handle areas of distribution therefore transferring the risk. Schedule management of course to get the guns or drugs where they need to be in a timely manner. Risk management again in dealing with the law and rival gangs.
I was very impressed with the character's application of PMI. Saving Changes...
Dinah YoungProject Manager / Software Asset Manager| Prince William CountySpringfield, Va, United States
Aug 01, 2018 12:04 PM
Replying to Eric Simms
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who can appreciate the organization involved in organized crime. I've never seen 'Sons of Anarchy', but I have long considered how to run an organization like Al Capone's.
I think a dedicated Risk Manager would make all the difference. In organized crime the risks are numerous and constantly change, and the impacts are very severe. I don't think most crime bosses consider their risk responses carefully enough, not by a long shot.
Crime bosses do have a lot to manage and therefore probably follow many of the PMI practices. I think they probably identify their risks, but do not properly mitigate. Saving Changes...
His Risk Management failed him because he became reactionary after the death of his wife and stopped following PMI. He did not do proper analysis of the situation.
And everything is project management :)
Do you have a harley davidson in the driveway Dinah?
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1 reply by Dinah Young
Aug 02, 2018 7:34 AM
Dinah Young
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I do not, but my boyfriend does. And I have ridden with him.
Sante, heheheeh that was a smart question, Dinah nice approach you guys make me excited to watch that show I just took a peek at Opie Dies. Season 5, Episode 3: Laying Pipe
No doubt there are ITTO's used in criminal organizations but I guess we run for the positive cause and for humanity benefits those criminal they run for negative evil's desire and selfish objective to fulfill their own thrust often they are destructive
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Aug 02, 2018 8:58 AM
Dinah Young
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No. Don't start in the middle. You need to start from the beginning.
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Stanley OranikaDirector Finance & Strategy| Virtus DeusF.C.T, Abuja, Nigeria
Interesting and familiar analogy Dinah.
Sometimes, I consider the long list of names in the credits. The team that put in effort to create these movies and TV shows? Perhaps, some of the creative directors, scriptwriters, and managers have knowledge of the PMI PM framework, or some other methods that are similar in nature, and have these intellectual property applied to their characters. Saving Changes...
Dinah YoungProject Manager / Software Asset Manager| Prince William CountySpringfield, Va, United States
Aug 01, 2018 9:11 PM
Replying to Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD
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Do you have a harley davidson in the driveway Dinah?
I do not, but my boyfriend does. And I have ridden with him.
1. Any of the really complex challenges which Ethan Hunt and his IMF team face in the Mission: Impossible movies
2. That amazing train heist orchestrated by Walter White in the fourth (?) season of Breaking Bad
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Dinah YoungProject Manager / Software Asset Manager| Prince William CountySpringfield, Va, United States
Aug 01, 2018 11:31 PM
Replying to Riyadh Salih
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Sante, heheheeh that was a smart question, Dinah nice approach you guys make me excited to watch that show I just took a peek at Opie Dies. Season 5, Episode 3: Laying Pipe
No doubt there are ITTO's used in criminal organizations but I guess we run for the positive cause and for humanity benefits those criminal they run for negative evil's desire and selfish objective to fulfill their own thrust often they are destructive
No. Don't start in the middle. You need to start from the beginning. Saving Changes...
