In the environment of your favourite fictional piece (book, movie, tv series, play, opera, etc.), where could project management principles provide value to the characters?
How would you, as a project/ program manager, contribute from your skills?
And how would this contribution affect the plot of the story?
(Examples: Setting up the Batcave, Setting up the Triwizard Tournament, Hans Gruber's attempt to take over the Nakatomi Towers, the romp through Mordor, etc.) Saving Changes...
Perhaps Lord of the Flies but I am not sure which attributes displayed in that book are positive; possibly determination.
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1 reply by Karan Shah
Apr 08, 2018 10:41 PM
Karan Shah
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An excellent setting for project management - survival.
The book (as well as Lost, the TV show partially inspired by the settings in the book) does not really show the machinations of the various groups - but survival could be treated as a program with projects for setting up shelters, finding hunting and fishing grounds, and general 'team enablement'.
1. The Matrix - Defeating or at least coming to a satisfactory detente with the machine overlords would be a program made of multiple projects. The same might be said for Star Wars: A New Hope...
2. Armageddon - Fixed timeline, unlimited financial resources, MVP well defined - 'nuff said.
3. The Martian - Somewhat fixed timeline, limited resources, MVP fairly well defined...
Kiron
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1 reply by Karan Shah
Apr 08, 2018 10:54 PM
Karan Shah
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For The Matrix, I guess finding Neo would have been the primary project! It gives some good lessons for R&D projects, maybe?
Armageddon would make a fantastic case study. Especially when they decide to halve the risk of failure by distributing the drilling team across two shuttles.
For The Martian, I guess the original mission and the rescue mission would make good projects. Especially the latter - which is a great example of scope creep, as well.
Perhaps Lord of the Flies but I am not sure which attributes displayed in that book are positive; possibly determination.
An excellent setting for project management - survival.
The book (as well as Lost, the TV show partially inspired by the settings in the book) does not really show the machinations of the various groups - but survival could be treated as a program with projects for setting up shelters, finding hunting and fishing grounds, and general 'team enablement'. Saving Changes...
1. The Matrix - Defeating or at least coming to a satisfactory detente with the machine overlords would be a program made of multiple projects. The same might be said for Star Wars: A New Hope...
2. Armageddon - Fixed timeline, unlimited financial resources, MVP well defined - 'nuff said.
3. The Martian - Somewhat fixed timeline, limited resources, MVP fairly well defined...
Kiron
For The Matrix, I guess finding Neo would have been the primary project! It gives some good lessons for R&D projects, maybe?
Armageddon would make a fantastic case study. Especially when they decide to halve the risk of failure by distributing the drilling team across two shuttles.
For The Martian, I guess the original mission and the rescue mission would make good projects. Especially the latter - which is a great example of scope creep, as well. Saving Changes...
