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Joshua Yoak Evanston, Il, United States
Has anyone heard of scrappy? Trying to figure out if its a real thing.
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
I'm assuming you DON'T mean the rapper OR Scooby-Doo's nephew?

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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Joshua

It’s coming from the world Scrap ... We normally say it when something is not organized or not done in a good fashion.

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1 reply by Keith Novak
Aug 18, 2020 12:40 PM
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Another use of the term "scrapper" is a street fighter. I had to look up scrappy PM but my hunch is that the metaphor is about real world PM vs. idealized PM.
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Aaron Porter
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IT Director| Blade HQ Payson, UT, United States
Heard it while watching a classic movie from the 1950's... Is it trying to make a comeback?
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"Scrappy Project Management: The 12 Predictable and Avoidable Pitfalls that Every Project Faces" by Kimberly Wiefling
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Keith Novak Tukwila, Wa, United States
Aug 18, 2020 10:04 AM
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Joshua

It’s coming from the world Scrap ... We normally say it when something is not organized or not done in a good fashion.

RK
Another use of the term "scrapper" is a street fighter. I had to look up scrappy PM but my hunch is that the metaphor is about real world PM vs. idealized PM.
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Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lot of great answers above!. As somebody stated above the first time I herd about it apply to project management was in a paper that was the origin (as far as I know) of the book. I saw the paper and what I remember it was about how to survive a project and about things that according to the author it will happend in the reality. Nothing that people in this thread would not be able to write in my opinion.
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Abolfazl Yousefi Darestani Manager, Quality and Continuous Improvement| Hörmann-TNR Industrial Doors Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Good answers to these questions. I have not heard some of them. To me, scrappy is what Rami says.
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Peter Rapin Subject Matter Expect; Project Delivery| Independent Consultant Ontario, Canada
In golf "scrappy" is the ability to get out of trouble (scrapes) and a scrapper is one who can do this with success. Of course it means that first you have to get into trouble. Same applies to boxing - someone quick on their feet that can get out of the corner with minimal damage.

To associate a project with "scrappy" or the PM as a "scrapper" is not positive.

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