Luis BrancoCEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, LdªCarcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Is the project you are currently managing FABULOUS, FANTASTIC, SPECTACULAR, EXCITING (for yourself, for the team, for the customer) or is it a J.A.M.S.?
What does J.A.M.S. mean? Just Another Mediocre Success Saving Changes...
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Dec 30, 2019 5:02 AM
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Dear Rami
Thanks for your comment
If all the projects you manage are F.F.S.E. (acronym created by Salem) how can you understand J.A.M.S.?
Luis
Looks like my level of understanding and comprehension is not very high and intelligent enough for such a highly sophisticated and complex subject so I will excuse myself from this discussion thread.
Thank You !
RK
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1 reply by Luis Branco
Dec 30, 2019 6:49 AM
Luis Branco
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Dear Rami
Thanks for your comment
Interestingly I consider you as an intelligent and high level person of understanding and comprehension
In addition, I also consider you to be a person with a high level of information and knowledge.
Therefore there can only be one failure in the communication process
As the responsibility of communication lies with the issuer (in this situation of mine):
- I apologize for this communication failure
- What can I do to make the concept of J.A.M.S. (Just Another Mediocre Success) can be analyzed by us until we are in perfect tune?
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Luis BrancoCEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, LdªCarcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Dec 30, 2019 5:26 AM
Replying to Rami Kaibni
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Luis
Looks like my level of understanding and comprehension is not very high and intelligent enough for such a highly sophisticated and complex subject so I will excuse myself from this discussion thread.
Thank You !
RK
Dear Rami
Thanks for your comment
Interestingly I consider you as an intelligent and high level person of understanding and comprehension
In addition, I also consider you to be a person with a high level of information and knowledge.
Therefore there can only be one failure in the communication process
As the responsibility of communication lies with the issuer (in this situation of mine):
- I apologize for this communication failure
- What can I do to make the concept of J.A.M.S. (Just Another Mediocre Success) can be analyzed by us until we are in perfect tune? Saving Changes...
Abdelhamid CHELGHOUMProject construction manager | Sonatrach groupBatna, Batna, Algeria
Dear Luis,
I think no project in this word is perfect, there are many issues and as PM our role is to get things done with minimum of issues.
In my opinion the best way is to influence people, we need to advertise best practices in the mind of people to get the results expected.
My last experience was in the worst project in the word ( what people think) but for me was the best one, best challenge, what I can say everything was wrong from the beginning, we end up by a nice start-up which most of people didn't believe ttill now, it was not easy but we did our best to change, influencing people,
FYI I left this project last week convainced that I complet my mission with sucess
for me : J.A.M.S. is the best challenge to take
best regards
Hamid
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2 replies by Abdelhamid CHELGHOUM and Luis Branco
Dec 30, 2019 10:11 AM
Luis Branco
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Dear Abdelhamid
Thank you for participating in this reflection and for your opinion.
I am convinced that you will soon have the opportunity to participate in a F.F.S.E (FABULOUS, FANTASTIC, SPECTACULAR, EXCITING) project.
What can you do to make it so?
Jan 01, 2020 3:09 PM
Abdelhamid CHELGHOUM
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Dear Luis,
Apologies for my late reply and by the same way happy new year for you and for all your family too, all the best wishes. happy new year also for all participants on this topic
I would say influencing by being positive will bring the project where we want
Thanks
Hamid
It is easy to get caught up 'in the moment' ,'limelight' and 'centre of attention' when a project turns out to be an overwhelming success but again a project managers show their true worth when a project goes off track and has the depth of skills in order to bring it back from the brink. If a project starts to feel routine and going through the motions, then maybe it time to up our game and either look for more responsibilities in our current role or find a more challenging project environment in order to test ourselves. The only people we need to please is not ourselves but the people employing us and paying our salaries. So before we start with the back slaps and pats on our back, just remember we are only as good as our last game and the next one could be our ultimate test.
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1 reply by Luis Branco
Dec 31, 2019 11:35 AM
Luis Branco
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Dear Daire
Thank you for taking part in this reflection and for your opinion.
If I do my job thinking about what others will think, I'm frying ...
Personally I prefer to do things so that stakeholders, customers, end users of the products and / or services resulting from the projects I am managing say that the experience they have had (or have) is: FABULOUS, FANTASTIC, SPECTACULAR, EXCITING
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Luis BrancoCEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, LdªCarcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Dec 30, 2019 9:43 AM
Replying to Abdelhamid CHELGHOUM
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Dear Luis,
I think no project in this word is perfect, there are many issues and as PM our role is to get things done with minimum of issues.
In my opinion the best way is to influence people, we need to advertise best practices in the mind of people to get the results expected.
My last experience was in the worst project in the word ( what people think) but for me was the best one, best challenge, what I can say everything was wrong from the beginning, we end up by a nice start-up which most of people didn't believe ttill now, it was not easy but we did our best to change, influencing people,
FYI I left this project last week convainced that I complet my mission with sucess
for me : J.A.M.S. is the best challenge to take
best regards
Hamid
Dear Abdelhamid
Thank you for participating in this reflection and for your opinion.
I am convinced that you will soon have the opportunity to participate in a F.F.S.E (FABULOUS, FANTASTIC, SPECTACULAR, EXCITING) project.
What can you do to make it so? Saving Changes...
Luis BrancoCEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, LdªCarcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Dec 30, 2019 5:02 AM
Replying to Luis Branco
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Dear Rami
Thanks for your comment
If all the projects you manage are F.F.S.E. (acronym created by Salem) how can you understand J.A.M.S.?
Dear Kiron
How do you relate this issue of J.A.M.S. with the need to safeguard Psychological Safety
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1 reply by Kiron Bondale
Dec 31, 2019 4:56 PM
Kiron Bondale
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Luis -
In organizations where the prevailing culture reflects low psychological safety, folks will value short-term personal safety over long-term considerations. In such cases, projects which should have been called out as failures and not worth continuing to invest in will continue to be funded well past their "due date".
Kiron
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Peter RapinSubject Matter Expect; Project Delivery| Independent ConsultantOntario, Canada
Luis:
The only J.A.M.S project I have been involved in is getting dressed in the morning. Is it a project? It has a beginning, an end and has to be sequenced to succeed.
Some have equated perfection with F.F.S.E which misses the point. Perfection can be boring.
I see Fabulous in the people; Fantastic in the solution to difficult problems; Spectacular in the team coming together; Exciting in getting things done that seemed impossible. Most likely not all on the same project but various combinations. I have had projects that met or exceeded all expectations, projects that have met most expectations, projects that have met some expectations and projects that have just scraped through. None perfect, none boring, all with F.F.S.E. elements.
Second thoughts - some
Regrets - minimal
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1 reply by Luis Branco
Dec 31, 2019 11:40 AM
Luis Branco
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Dear Peter
Thank you for participating in this reflection and for your opinion.
What are the results of your projects like? What do customers and / or end users say about the experience they have had (or have) with the products and / or services resulting from the projects they manage?
What do your team members say?
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Luis BrancoCEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, LdªCarcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Dec 30, 2019 9:55 AM
Replying to Daire Guiney
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It is easy to get caught up 'in the moment' ,'limelight' and 'centre of attention' when a project turns out to be an overwhelming success but again a project managers show their true worth when a project goes off track and has the depth of skills in order to bring it back from the brink. If a project starts to feel routine and going through the motions, then maybe it time to up our game and either look for more responsibilities in our current role or find a more challenging project environment in order to test ourselves. The only people we need to please is not ourselves but the people employing us and paying our salaries. So before we start with the back slaps and pats on our back, just remember we are only as good as our last game and the next one could be our ultimate test.
Dear Daire
Thank you for taking part in this reflection and for your opinion.
If I do my job thinking about what others will think, I'm frying ...
Personally I prefer to do things so that stakeholders, customers, end users of the products and / or services resulting from the projects I am managing say that the experience they have had (or have) is: FABULOUS, FANTASTIC, SPECTACULAR, EXCITING Saving Changes...
Luis BrancoCEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, LdªCarcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Dec 30, 2019 8:01 PM
Replying to Peter Rapin
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Luis:
The only J.A.M.S project I have been involved in is getting dressed in the morning. Is it a project? It has a beginning, an end and has to be sequenced to succeed.
Some have equated perfection with F.F.S.E which misses the point. Perfection can be boring.
I see Fabulous in the people; Fantastic in the solution to difficult problems; Spectacular in the team coming together; Exciting in getting things done that seemed impossible. Most likely not all on the same project but various combinations. I have had projects that met or exceeded all expectations, projects that have met most expectations, projects that have met some expectations and projects that have just scraped through. None perfect, none boring, all with F.F.S.E. elements.
Second thoughts - some
Regrets - minimal
Dear Peter
Thank you for participating in this reflection and for your opinion.
What are the results of your projects like? What do customers and / or end users say about the experience they have had (or have) with the products and / or services resulting from the projects they manage?
What do your team members say?
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1 reply by Peter Rapin
Dec 31, 2019 4:11 PM
Peter Rapin
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One of the challenges for a project manager is to manage expectations. This is an ongoing effort to ensure all stakeholders: owner, users, team members, etc., recognize what the end result will be before we get there. There should be no disappointments or unsatisfied needs at the end although the end may not be exactly as initially anticipated. We typically do surveys during project implementation as well as on completion. The 'during surveys' allow us to adjust on the fly, the 'completion surveys' are used in lessons learned. We aim for perfection but typically settle for Good' to 'Very Good'. Always room for improvement.
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Peter RapinSubject Matter Expect; Project Delivery| Independent ConsultantOntario, Canada
Dec 31, 2019 11:40 AM
Replying to Luis Branco
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Dear Peter
Thank you for participating in this reflection and for your opinion.
What are the results of your projects like? What do customers and / or end users say about the experience they have had (or have) with the products and / or services resulting from the projects they manage?
What do your team members say?
One of the challenges for a project manager is to manage expectations. This is an ongoing effort to ensure all stakeholders: owner, users, team members, etc., recognize what the end result will be before we get there. There should be no disappointments or unsatisfied needs at the end although the end may not be exactly as initially anticipated. We typically do surveys during project implementation as well as on completion. The 'during surveys' allow us to adjust on the fly, the 'completion surveys' are used in lessons learned. We aim for perfection but typically settle for Good' to 'Very Good'. Always room for improvement.
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1 reply by Luis Branco
Jan 01, 2020 5:05 AM
Luis Branco
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Dear Peter
Very interesting your comment
Can we just settle for FABULOUS, FANTASTIC, SPECTACULAR, EXCITING?
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