Deepesh RammoorthyICT Project Manager ( PMP®AgilePM®Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®))| Australian Red Cross Blood ServiceTarneit, Vic, Australia
Being in a matrix organization, frequent excuses for not attending stakeholder meetings . my action was to keep nagging "gently" with emails and with a smile on my face until I got the participation.
Being in a matrix organization, frequent excuses for not attending stakeholder meetings . my action was to keep nagging "gently" with emails and with a smile on my face until I got the participation.
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RAJESH K LProject Manager, PMP| Bharat Electronics, Bengaluru, IndiaBengaluru, Karnataka, India
Yes patience was tested when expectation are high.
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Dec 17, 2018 1:28 PM
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Rajesh, that's always the case.
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Ganesh KumarProgram ManagerBangalore., Karnataka, India
Hi Riyadh,
Working without salary for 4 months at a stretch, and intermittent delays before that, tested most of the people’s patience. Being self-motivated, the drive to go to office be there on time, work hard over weekends. Not quitting, knowing that you had a project to deliver, a commitment to honor, working together was the only choice left. These are just some of the traits kept us going.
Motivating & encouraging others to hold on to their patience. Constantly talking to people and ensuring that monetary commitments would be met – citing success stories of the past and failures of other industries got us to hold on the fort. Some left in despair. Every other problem around the project seemed insignificant and could be handled to complete the task in hand. The project was delivered albeit with some delays, quality was not impacted since client was working closely with us.
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1 reply by Riyadh Salih
Dec 17, 2018 1:30 PM
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Ganesh, that's really big efforts to survive, I hope you guys got all salaries at the end of the project.
Not everyone can tolerate that situation without getting frustration
As an agile coach working with teams who are new to agile, I find myself saying "Serenity NOW!" like George Costanza frequently. A common antipattern which tests my patience is teams who over commit and under deliver sprint-over-sprint in spite of encouraging, cajoling, recommending, testing and many other non-directive approaches!
Kiron
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1 reply by Riyadh Salih
Dec 17, 2018 2:32 PM
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Kiron, thanks for your feedback this looks good one and I agree with you not everyone knows about agile
Product Operations Program ManagerBarcelona, Cataluña, Spain
The 95% complete status update from team members... Solution: implement three possible status: 0% (not started), 50% (started), and 100% (completed) plus find a way to manage the stakeholder to ensure that does not delay the task.
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1 reply by Riyadh Salih
Dec 17, 2018 11:44 PM
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Eduard, good percentage thanks for your contribution
Almost every PM is looking for longer term, higher-rate project with 'strategic' importance to their professional career. The project sponsor and stakeholders have their own priorities, which may result in delay of project funding (approval as well as fund-release). The wait for project funding is nerve-racking and test your patience about opportunity cost.
One of the option is to jump-on other offers of 'funded but not so attractive' projects. This means you may have to withdraw yourself from the delayed attractive opportunity.
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1 reply by Riyadh Salih
Dec 17, 2018 11:47 PM
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Ashok, I see your point and can't blame you it is frustrating to wait for long time for funding I guess it is OK to take little cut but you are guaranteed at the end with the fund.
Working without salary for 4 months at a stretch, and intermittent delays before that, tested most of the people’s patience. Being self-motivated, the drive to go to office be there on time, work hard over weekends. Not quitting, knowing that you had a project to deliver, a commitment to honor, working together was the only choice left. These are just some of the traits kept us going.
Motivating & encouraging others to hold on to their patience. Constantly talking to people and ensuring that monetary commitments would be met – citing success stories of the past and failures of other industries got us to hold on the fort. Some left in despair. Every other problem around the project seemed insignificant and could be handled to complete the task in hand. The project was delivered albeit with some delays, quality was not impacted since client was working closely with us.
Ganesh, that's really big efforts to survive, I hope you guys got all salaries at the end of the project.
Not everyone can tolerate that situation without getting frustration Saving Changes...
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