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Talk about our Errors in Project Management. What about your biggest error as PM?

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DORA LUZ Mejia CEO| IT Explore Envigado, Antioquia, Colombia
Talk about being good at maybe is easier for professionals, but what about talking about our errors as Project Managers and share some experiences that make our profession memorable becuase the learning and experiences we are achieving.
I am going always to remember that I was a new manager and I allow a person to work under my supervision without finishing the formal and legal hiring. One day the person call me and told she was in the hospital because an accident. I was really affraid of the consecuences, fortunatly the accident was out of work and the girld has the healty payments and was attended.
i have learnt that I need to finish all the formal hiring procedures before making people work for the projects and do not allow to get information about the project and organization before the hiring.
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Ruth Marina Lopez Perez Responsable TI| INSTITUTO DE PREVISION SOCIAL MILITAR - NICARAGUA Masaya, Los Madrigales, Nindirí, Nicaragua
Is a good idea focus in the people, because they are the priority in the organization. Without people, we don´t have projects. Sometimes we forget the management of contratation of human resource. Though, finally the trouble was attended, but you learned a good lesson. Never is too late.
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Ruth Marina Lopez Perez Responsable TI| INSTITUTO DE PREVISION SOCIAL MILITAR - NICARAGUA Masaya, Los Madrigales, Nindirí, Nicaragua
Is a good idea focus in the people, because they are the priority in the organization. Without people, we don´t have projects. Sometimes we forget the management of contratation of human resource. Though, finally the trouble was attended, but you learned a good lesson. Never is too late.
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Anton Belonovich PMO Manager| Optimax Investments Ltd. Tolyatti, Samarskaya Oblast, Russian Federation
Sep 19, 2019 8:52 AM
Replying to Thomas Walenta
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Well, success means different things to different people. And it is not always (maybe never) defined by a charter or paper.

Sponsor and PM typically have different positions and responsibilities.

A sponsor might have many projects to support and fund and even these might be just part of their overall business responsibility. A sponsor might be successful already when signing the contract (typically in a sales organization) and finding someone to blame (PM as the scapegoat).

Sponsors might sell a project to the organization and leave before project end (which is often seen in government contexts).

There are more examples of where a sponsor and PM do not have the same goals.

In all of these cases, the PM is well advised to do a risk analysis, engage with the initial sponsor (to find out their priorities and engagement with the project) and find additional executive support.
Thank you Thomas! You made me think
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1 reply by Thomas Walenta
Sep 20, 2019 6:17 AM
Thomas Walenta
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Nicest compliment, thanks Anton. Offering perspectives.
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Thomas Walenta Global Project Economy Expert Hackenheim, Germany
Sep 20, 2019 1:56 AM
Replying to Anton Belonovich
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Thank you Thomas! You made me think
Nicest compliment, thanks Anton. Offering perspectives.
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Rodney Ford Tx, United States
Very interesting thread, this will help going forward.
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