PM's are not like everybody else!

A study mentioned in the latest issue of PMI's Project Management Journal shows that project managers more likely than the average population are Extraverts and Result oriented. That might be expected when project managers are leaders and must be goal-oriented, but now it is finally proved. The dimensions are taken from the MBTI and include:

Among project managers most are NTs (Intuitive and Thinking) but unfortunately this combination causes the majority of failures! Successes are created at much higher degree of SF'er (Objective perciving and Sentient in decisions).

What do you think? Free test here.

The crisis stopped yesterday!

I am sure that you can feel and see it around you! Something has happened the last few days! Pessimism is gone! There are more Yes than No!

I think it has changed now. We are heading upwards again, and it's going to go faster than ever. Thousands of projects put on hold will soon rbe eleased. It will be fantastic.

Believe in it and spread the Word

Mr. 3Angle and Worklife balance

We all sign up for project management courses though it might be life management courses we really need!

Good project managers are the safest investment of all ...

PMI regularly examine the conditions for and the development of our profession as project managers.

Now the report Pulse of the Profession is on the street with scary findings.


The last five years reluctant to invest in good project managers and thus good projects and thus higher success rates has taken its toll. Companies and organizations are now less successfull in completing  Projects and it leaves its traces in the return on the investments that projects are at the end of the day. The good risk 2% of every dollar invested in projects - the bad 28%! One can say that it is a safe investment to develop project managers because the good project managers reduces the risk of any other Investment!

See key findings in great interactive graphics here or download the report here. Other reports in the series here.

Mr. 3Angle and value creation...

It's hard to be a businessman when you're a professional ...

Yes, it is true that our success is measured by our ability to deliver the agreed deliverables on time and budget, but honestly, would you do business with a company that just delivered exactly what you asked for without asking "what are you going to use it for? "and just leave it up to you and just let you experience a huge blunder? No I don't think so!

It is time to switch from the project manager as a supplier to the project manager as a consultant - from delivery focus to focus on both value creation and delivery. From What do you want to Why do you want? From agreements at the beginning to ongoing agreements that meet the conditions for value creation which are constantly changing. From contradictory steering committee meetings to meetings filled with fighting spirit and enthusiasm.

Whether it's easy? No it's not thanks god. What is sought is seldom easy, and hurray for that because otherwise anyone could well match you as a business-oriented project manager!

Do you have Madonna curves?

As one of few Madonna has managed to innovate just quickly enough to avoid oblivion - it is said that she has carefully assessed when she was about to peak and then turned into a new style. She didn't wait until it was necessary! She did something before it was needed! And she did it again and again.

The same idea or stubborn struggle for success project managers should use in:

1. project team in long-term projects
2. external communication in medium and long term projects
3. handling of key stakeholders - including the customer
4. ones Family
5. personal development (sorry about that!)
   

I Wonder how close to success you have been ?

"If people knew how close to success they were when they gave up, they would have continued a little longer."

It is the most challenging quote or the most challenging statement I have ever read and heard.

Better than energy drinks and epo and what is worse.

Scary!