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George Lewis Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company Heredia, Costa Rica
Mention Typical Project Management Lies
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Steve Ratkaj Ontario, Canada
"We're on schedule"
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Steve Feldman Senior Project Manager| SLF Project Solutions Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Let's keep it simple...
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Larry Miner Founder and Sr. Project Management of Decision Memory Systems| Decision Memory Systems Bath, Oh, United States
The PMO Director (George - this was at HP) used to come out of his/her office every day and walk around the PM cubicles saying, out loud: "You are 100% responsible for every one of your projects." And then walk back into his/her office and shut the door. As if wishing made it so.
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1 reply by George Lewis
Aug 19, 2018 8:20 AM
George Lewis
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Larry - unbelievable right?
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George Lewis Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company Heredia, Costa Rica
"Check your inbox at the end of the day, you'll a have it there by then"
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George Lewis Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company Heredia, Costa Rica
Aug 15, 2018 1:46 PM
Replying to Larry Miner
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The PMO Director (George - this was at HP) used to come out of his/her office every day and walk around the PM cubicles saying, out loud: "You are 100% responsible for every one of your projects." And then walk back into his/her office and shut the door. As if wishing made it so.
Larry - unbelievable right?
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1 reply by Larry Miner
Aug 23, 2018 4:38 PM
Larry Miner
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Yes it is, an 8000 hour project, 35 developers across the country, 2 dev managers, 3 - 4 architects and a manager, several dba's, a BA manager and 2 BA's, and a completely separate / remote QA dept including offshore. To top it off a government client that keeps writing change orders and and and at least 8 - 16 hours of reporting up the food chain.
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George Lewis Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company Heredia, Costa Rica
This is a no brainer...


no-brainer Meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/no-brainer

no-brainer definition: 1. something such as a decision that is very easy or obvious: 2. something so simple or obvious that you do not need to think much about it: ...
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George Lewis Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company Heredia, Costa Rica
This is easy stuff...
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George Lewis Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company Heredia, Costa Rica
Yes, we can SURELY get this solved in no time...
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Vivek Bhatia Principal| The Bhatia Group Oakland, Ca, United States
Good point (team member X), i'll put it in the parking lot/issue log, and we'll review it later.
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Srikana Ray
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IT Project Manager
"Can you handle it? "
Reality - No, I cannot. You are pushing unfinished business to my plate and that is also not my responsibility.
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2 replies by George Lewis
Aug 21, 2018 7:12 AM
George Lewis
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Srikana - yes, like if they really expect you to say nooo...
Aug 21, 2018 7:16 AM
George Lewis
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Srikana - but then another lie would be the PM's typical answer.

Question "Can you handle it?"

Response "Of course, I don't this type of scenarios many times before"
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