Luis BrancoCEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, LdªCarcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
One of the things I learned during my career was to name projects.
Give them an identity!
If you already give a name to your projects that name is: FABULOUS, ATTRACTIVE, SPECTACULAR, EXCITING (for yourself, for the team, for the customer)? Saving Changes...
Think of the project name as the elevator pitch for the elevator pitch.
It's the difference between the janitor who is cleaning up people's messes and the one who is ensuring a safe working environment for their customers.
It is a first impression which as you know we only get one chance to make...
Kiron
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1 reply by Luis Branco
Jan 28, 2020 12:17 PM
Luis Branco
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Dear Kiron
Thank you for participating in this reflection and for your opinion
Interesting what you wrote: "It's the difference between the janitor who is cleaning up people's messes and the one who is ensuring a safe working environment for their customers"
In your opinion, is it normal for companies to give a name to the projects in which they are involved?
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Luis BrancoCEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, LdªCarcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Jan 28, 2020 12:05 PM
Replying to Kiron Bondale
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Absolutely Luis!
Think of the project name as the elevator pitch for the elevator pitch.
It's the difference between the janitor who is cleaning up people's messes and the one who is ensuring a safe working environment for their customers.
It is a first impression which as you know we only get one chance to make...
Kiron
Dear Kiron
Thank you for participating in this reflection and for your opinion
Interesting what you wrote: "It's the difference between the janitor who is cleaning up people's messes and the one who is ensuring a safe working environment for their customers"
In your opinion, is it normal for companies to give a name to the projects in which they are involved?
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1 reply by Kiron Bondale
Jan 28, 2020 7:34 PM
Kiron Bondale
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Projects usually are named by all the clients I have worked with as their EPM tools often force that requirement. However the names are often meaningless, focused on technobabble or on the "how" rather than the "what" and "why".
A good name can help to inspire and to align whereas a poor one will not.
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Scott TheusSenior Project Manager and Agilist| BWX TechnologiesEuclid, Oh, United States
I name every project I work on; if it does not have a name when I I get it then I give it one.
Each name is short, descriptive, and as Krion suggested, serves as an "elevator pitch" for the project. In my current position I've noticed that projects are not effectively named; they tend to be either just the name of the product without providing any details.
As part of an emerging PMO I am encouraging teams to change the names of their projects to better fit the work effort. For example, "Division IoT" became "Division IoT Azure Transition" to show that we are not just implementing a new solution, but transitioning a specific division from their current IoT platform to an Azure based platform.
Names have power. They give the team identity and allow everyone to speak the same language when describing the project.
-Scott
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2 replies by Luis Branco and Nora Krmek, MBA, PMP
Jan 28, 2020 1:43 PM
Nora Krmek, MBA, PMP
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Hi Scott,
I agree with your statement: "Names have power. They give the team identity and allow everyone to speak the same language when describing the project." This has been my experience as well.
-Nora
Jan 28, 2020 2:12 PM
Luis Branco
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Dear Scott Thank you for participating in this reflection and for your opinion
Interesting what you wrote: "Names have power. They give the team identity and allow everyone to speak the same language when describing the project."
In your opinion, what criteria could be used to name projects?
I name every project I work on; if it does not have a name when I I get it then I give it one.
Each name is short, descriptive, and as Krion suggested, serves as an "elevator pitch" for the project. In my current position I've noticed that projects are not effectively named; they tend to be either just the name of the product without providing any details.
As part of an emerging PMO I am encouraging teams to change the names of their projects to better fit the work effort. For example, "Division IoT" became "Division IoT Azure Transition" to show that we are not just implementing a new solution, but transitioning a specific division from their current IoT platform to an Azure based platform.
Names have power. They give the team identity and allow everyone to speak the same language when describing the project.
-Scott
Hi Scott,
I agree with your statement: "Names have power. They give the team identity and allow everyone to speak the same language when describing the project." This has been my experience as well.
-Nora
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2 replies by Luis Branco and Nora Krmek, MBA, PMP
Jan 28, 2020 2:12 PM
Luis Branco
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Dear Nora Thank you for participating in this reflection and for your opinion
In your opinion, what criteria could be used to name projects?
Jan 31, 2020 2:26 PM
Nora Krmek, MBA, PMP
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Hi Luis,
I think that a good project name should be attached to the scope. What Deven Patel said in his comment resonates with me.
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Luis BrancoCEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, LdªCarcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Jan 28, 2020 12:54 PM
Replying to Scott Theus
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I name every project I work on; if it does not have a name when I I get it then I give it one.
Each name is short, descriptive, and as Krion suggested, serves as an "elevator pitch" for the project. In my current position I've noticed that projects are not effectively named; they tend to be either just the name of the product without providing any details.
As part of an emerging PMO I am encouraging teams to change the names of their projects to better fit the work effort. For example, "Division IoT" became "Division IoT Azure Transition" to show that we are not just implementing a new solution, but transitioning a specific division from their current IoT platform to an Azure based platform.
Names have power. They give the team identity and allow everyone to speak the same language when describing the project.
-Scott
Dear Scott Thank you for participating in this reflection and for your opinion
Interesting what you wrote: "Names have power. They give the team identity and allow everyone to speak the same language when describing the project."
In your opinion, what criteria could be used to name projects? Saving Changes...
Luis BrancoCEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, LdªCarcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Jan 28, 2020 1:43 PM
Replying to Nora Krmek, MBA, PMP
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Hi Scott,
I agree with your statement: "Names have power. They give the team identity and allow everyone to speak the same language when describing the project." This has been my experience as well.
-Nora
Dear Nora Thank you for participating in this reflection and for your opinion
In your opinion, what criteria could be used to name projects? Saving Changes...
Yes, all our projects are named, and also have an alphanumeric number assigned. It can actually be quite challenging to come up with a project name and accompanying acronym that sounds pleasing to the ear. I was just reading about one project which I had no idea what it stood for - NaMMS. I'll let you guess what it means. Lol...
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1 reply by Luis Branco
Jan 28, 2020 4:47 PM
Luis Branco
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Dear Steve
Thank you for participating in this reflection and for your opinion
Interesting what you wrote: "It can actually be quite challenging to come up with a project name and accompanying acronym that sounds pleasing to the ear"
Regarding NaMMs. I honestly have no idea.
Can anyone identify the name?
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LORI WILSONRETIRED - Technical Project Manager| RETIRED - LifePoint HealthClarkston, Wa, United States
Hi Luis: All my projects are named - and what a good thing since I often juggle multiple projects for multiple hospitals. If they weren't named, it could get very confusing. Typically we name them by the software or other type of implementation we are working on.
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1 reply by Luis Branco
Jan 28, 2020 4:49 PM
Luis Branco
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Dear Lori
Thank you for participating in this reflection and for your opinion
In your opinion, what criteria could be used to name projects?
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Luis BrancoCEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, LdªCarcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Jan 28, 2020 3:46 PM
Replying to Steve Ratkaj
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Yes, all our projects are named, and also have an alphanumeric number assigned. It can actually be quite challenging to come up with a project name and accompanying acronym that sounds pleasing to the ear. I was just reading about one project which I had no idea what it stood for - NaMMS. I'll let you guess what it means. Lol...
Dear Steve
Thank you for participating in this reflection and for your opinion
Interesting what you wrote: "It can actually be quite challenging to come up with a project name and accompanying acronym that sounds pleasing to the ear"
Regarding NaMMs. I honestly have no idea.
Can anyone identify the name?
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1 reply by Steve Ratkaj
Jan 29, 2020 9:22 AM
Steve Ratkaj
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You won't find the name searching the net.
Naval Materiel Management System
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Deven PatelBI Consultant| Board of Public UtilitiesKansas City, Ks, United States
I think every project has a scope attached to it. Naming a project that resembles the scope boundary for ex:- naming a data mart project for the Sales Business Unit as "Sales Mart", data mart for Finance Business Unit as "Finance Mart" and collective the Enterprise Data warehouse as the "Company Warehouse" defines the scope and gives a meaning to the project. It's always a good idea to name the projects in order to define the scope and boundary for the projects and also to generate confidence in the minds of the stakeholders for the project.
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1 reply by Luis Branco
Jan 29, 2020 3:24 AM
Luis Branco
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Dear Deven
Thank you for participating in this reflection and for your opinion
Interesting what you wrote: "It's always a good idea to name the projects in order to define the scope and boundary for the projects and also to generate confidence in the minds of the stakeholders for the project"
In this exercise of creating the name, can you mention and at the same time limit the scope of the project?
