Product Operations Program ManagerBarcelona, Cataluña, Spain
Did it make any difference (with respect to a healthy organization)? Can you think of specific examples to illustrate your comments? Saving Changes...
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Luis BrancoCEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, LdªCarcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Dear Eduard
Interesting your question
Thanks for sharing
In difficult times (for example after the 2007 subprime crisis, which was reflected in the years to come), I had fewer projects to manage
In relation to the projects themselves, cost management must be rigorous and have the approved budget as a reference Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
In LATAM we always be in "financial hardship times". In my case i manage programs/projects which components to different parts of the world then I have a mix inside. To survive we need to make the difference. The way I found is to find any opportunity to work smarted instead of working hard. I have to anticipate instead of react because the uncertainty. Thing that have happened to me: start with a budged, the goverment devualated the money during the project, the budged becomes 30%-50% lower. Country situation explode then people can not go to company to work then have to face this situation trying do not include in extra cost. Saving Changes...
Gerardo CanavatiIT Project Manager| OdevoRaleigh, NC, United States
Having worked for companies where they had me wearing 3 hats at the same time I can say that 50% of my career has been spent in PMO's that have me manage very limited budgets. In my case it made me grow as a Project Manager, Test lead, and a Business Analyst. Financial hardship makes us PM's go from carbon to diamonds. Saving Changes...
The roles of a project manager is to leverage and maximize the available resources to the project in order to deliver the project objectives and defined requirements.
If you are a project manager in a wealthy and cash rich organization or a project manager in a financial constraint organization, your approach, ethics, moral and overall demeanor should be no different.
During financial hardship times in an organisation, your job is about visibility and being seen. This is the time when projects get cancelled, indefinitely delayed or just fall off the radar so trying to be seeing to be doing something when there is not much going on is the daily nature of survival in those times and organizations.
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