You have to ask youself why people feel the need to gossip. There is a difference between gossip, chatting and conversation. Gossip would be the equivalent to the Facebook Post. Chatting would be equivalent to a phone call and Conversation would be one to one face to face dialogue. Each has their place and it would be a skilled professional and project team members responsibility to know the difference and apply accordingly.
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Stéphane ParentSelf Employed / Semi-retired| Leader MakerPrince Edward Island, Canada
If you think you're perfect, then you're not.
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Feb 17, 2020 12:41 PM
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Dear Stéphane
Thank you for participating in this reflection and for your opinion
Interesting what you wrote: "If you think you're perfect, then you're not."
What do you think about what Tom Peters wrote?
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Abdelhamid CHELGHOUMProject construction manager | Sonatrach groupBatna, Batna, Algeria
Feb 16, 2020 12:40 PM
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Hi Luis,
the perfect project manager who can balance all those in any environment
thanks
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Hi Luis,
not referencing just a point of view
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Luis BrancoCEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, LdªCarcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Feb 17, 2020 8:58 AM
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If you think you're perfect, then you're not.
Dear Stéphane
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Feb 17, 2020 3:58 AM
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Dear Rami
Thank you for participating in this reflection and for your opinion
Interesting what you wrote: "I would argue the question before the answer. Perfection is not something that exists in real life. Everyone of us is perfect in their own imperfect way"
What do you think about what Tom Peters wrote?
Tom Peters make some very good points but that still doesn’t make the PM in a perfect state.
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Feb 17, 2020 5:44 PM
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Dear Rami Thank you for sharing with us your opinion about Tom Peters points .
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Luis BrancoCEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, LdªCarcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Feb 17, 2020 5:05 PM
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Tom Peters make some very good points but that still doesn’t make the PM in a perfect state.
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George FreemanThought Leader | Author | Architect| Florida, United States
The one thing that business and life transformation have in common; when perfection is sought, failure is found. Fortunately for me, whenever perfection has been reached, it’s then time for me to wake up and start my day.
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Feb 18, 2020 10:48 AM
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Dear George
Thank you for participating in this reflection and for your opinion
Interesting what you wrote: "Fortunately for me, whenever perfection has been reached, it’s then time for me to wake up and start my day"
What do you think about what Tom Peters wrote?
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Luis BrancoCEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, LdªCarcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Feb 18, 2020 10:23 AM
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The one thing that business and life transformation have in common; when perfection is sought, failure is found. Fortunately for me, whenever perfection has been reached, it’s then time for me to wake up and start my day.
Dear George
Thank you for participating in this reflection and for your opinion
Interesting what you wrote: "Fortunately for me, whenever perfection has been reached, it’s then time for me to wake up and start my day"
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Manuel PerezProject Management Coordinator| Las Vegas Valley Water DistrictNorth Las Vegas, Nv, United States
Great discussion Luis. May PM’s make the mistake of micromanaging the project team. Once they develop their leadership skills, the PM can learn how to delegate work efficiently. Good leadership skills are critical to the success of a PM.
Pursuing perfection is a goal, but perfection must be approached carefully. A PM that is a perfectionist can stall a project and even lead to cancellation.
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Feb 21, 2020 3:08 AM
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Dear Manuel
Thank you for participating in this reflection and for your opinion
Interesting what you wrote: "Pursuing perfection is a goal, but perfection must be approached carefully. A PM that is a perfectionist can stall a project and even lead to cancellation"
Adrian, very true. If the PM's role exists at all then that usually means there's room for improvement. Make teams more effective so that SMs/POs/others don't need the support of a PM.
Hi David,
Some years ago I worked as a contractor for a large Australian utility company. It was a technical role and I was working on a one-man project team. Despite the fact that I was working alone and I was in direct contract with the business users a PM was assigned to the project. I only saw him once and only said hello to him but he had a role on the project.
My point is the that the role of the PM is broader and handling the project team is not always the most important part of the job. Some PMs manage internal small projects without even knowing who actually works on them.
If you have a fixed budget for which a fixed scope has to be delivered you would always need a PM or someone that performs this role no matter how self-organized or effective the team is.
You can only "get rid" of the PM if you move to an activity that does not involve a fixed budget for delivering a fixed scope. I agree with you that in software development moving from projects to product development could eliminate the need of having PMs (I have seen this with my own eyes) but not all companies can do this move.
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Feb 21, 2020 3:19 AM
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Dear Adrian
Thank you for participating in this reflection and for your opinion
I understood what David wrote in another sense:
As being the capacity that the project manager has to empower and delegate to the team the point of being dismissed
Feb 21, 2020 3:43 AM
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Hi Adrian,
You said "If you have a fixed budget for which a fixed scope has to be delivered you would always need a PM or someone that performs this role no matter how self-organized or effective the team is"
I have found that having an expert and committed team collaborating closely with a business owner is an excellent way to get that kind of delivery on time. Do you think that the average product owner always needs the support of a PM? I do of course agree that not everyone makes a good PO but PO is quite different to PM.
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