Obiajulum OmoregieHead, Project Management Capability Building| Nawah Energy CompanyDubai, United Arab Emirates
I recently published an article on the "Mamba Mentality for Project Managers". Based on feedback received, interested in knowing what metaphors can best be used to represent our practice of project management. Saving Changes...
I frequently use the metaphor of a long-standing line in a team game such as hockey or basketball and the benefit of reduced explicit communication and increased trust that comes with that...
Product Operations Program ManagerBarcelona, Cataluña, Spain
Mark Spitz once said:
“If you fail to prepare, you’re prepared to fail.”
That could easily translate to the Project Management arena.
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Nov 13, 2021 1:15 PM
Obiajulum Omoregie
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I couldnt agree more. Thank you Eduard.
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Peter RapinSubject Matter Expect; Project Delivery| Independent ConsultantOntario, Canada
My preferred sports analogy is: "you have to have a game plan". This applies to pretty well all sports even board games and cards. There is also talk of "sticking to the game plan" and "on the fly adjustments to the game plan"
Definitely applies to project management.
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Nov 13, 2021 1:16 PM
Obiajulum Omoregie
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Indeed, one can never rule out planning. Thank you Peter.
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Obiajulum OmoregieHead, Project Management Capability Building| Nawah Energy CompanyDubai, United Arab Emirates
Obiajulum OmoregieHead, Project Management Capability Building| Nawah Energy CompanyDubai, United Arab Emirates
Mar 28, 2020 3:13 PM
Replying to Eduard Hernandez
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Mark Spitz once said:
“If you fail to prepare, you’re prepared to fail.”
That could easily translate to the Project Management arena.
I couldnt agree more. Thank you Eduard. Saving Changes...
Obiajulum OmoregieHead, Project Management Capability Building| Nawah Energy CompanyDubai, United Arab Emirates
Mar 29, 2020 10:23 AM
Replying to Peter Rapin
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My preferred sports analogy is: "you have to have a game plan". This applies to pretty well all sports even board games and cards. There is also talk of "sticking to the game plan" and "on the fly adjustments to the game plan"
Definitely applies to project management.
Indeed, one can never rule out planning. Thank you Peter. Saving Changes...
Obiajulum OmoregieHead, Project Management Capability Building| Nawah Energy CompanyDubai, United Arab Emirates
Mar 28, 2020 2:35 PM
Replying to Daire Guiney
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Dear Obiajulum,
I like the expression, "hitting it out of the park" for when a project exceeds everyones expectation.
Daire
An expression and experience i would also look forward to. Thank you Daire. Saving Changes...
I hadn't seen this before, but I'd go with curling.
Somebody starts off by creating a lot of momentum moving a heavy rock. Now everybody else tries to control that rock by frantically doing what is really important but looks completely trivial in order to guide that rock into a precise placement, even if that means shoving everyone else's rocks out of the way in the process.
As PMs, we are the people madly sweeping ahead of the big moving rock while walking on an extremely slippery surface and trying not to fall on our own backsides in the process. We wear special shoes, which equates to our credentials (PMP) for being able to successfully negotiate potentially dangerous terrain in order to accomplish a goal most people don't even understand let alone appreciate.
That seems an apt analogy to PM in my experience. Saving Changes...
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