http://pmstudent.com/hbr-shares-how-to-move-your-stalled-projects-forward/ Helping new and aspiring project managers reach their career goals! Sun, 20 May 2012 01:38:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://pmstudent.com/hbr-shares-how-to-move-your-stalled-projects-forward/#comment-391 Hal Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:58:15 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=798#comment-391 Diana, I'm making the exact point about using verbs and adverbs to describe conditions of satisfaction. Avoid them at all costs. Adverbs just add ambiguity. That's the last thing we want in a conversation for action. Use nouns and adjectives. As you point out, describe the deliverable not the process for getting there unless following a specific process is essential to the result. Diana, I’m making the exact point about using verbs and adverbs to describe conditions of satisfaction. Avoid them at all costs. Adverbs just add ambiguity. That’s the last thing we want in a conversation for action. Use nouns and adjectives. As you point out, describe the deliverable not the process for getting there unless following a specific process is essential to the result.

]]> http://pmstudent.com/hbr-shares-how-to-move-your-stalled-projects-forward/#comment-24375 Hal Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:58:00 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=798#comment-24375 Diana, I'm making the exact point about using verbs and adverbs to describe conditions of satisfaction. Avoid them at all costs. Adverbs just add ambiguity. That's the last thing we want in a conversation for action. Use nouns and adjectives. As you point out, describe the deliverable not the process for getting there unless following a specific process is essential to the result. Diana, I’m making the exact point about using verbs and adverbs to describe conditions of satisfaction. Avoid them at all costs. Adverbs just add ambiguity. That’s the last thing we want in a conversation for action. Use nouns and adjectives. As you point out, describe the deliverable not the process for getting there unless following a specific process is essential to the result.

]]> http://pmstudent.com/hbr-shares-how-to-move-your-stalled-projects-forward/#comment-389 Diana Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:24:42 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=798#comment-389 Hal, I like your summary of things necessary for people to really make commitments on projects. I am curious about the verbs and adverbs for condition of satisfaction. It seems like we get ourselves into trouble by focusing on activity rather than outcomes. Shouldn't we focus so much on how the task is done, but what the end condition is? For example, I would want my engineer to promise to deliver to the tech a written test plan that covers all the circuits in the design by Friday. Would you expand on your reasoning for the verbs and adverbs? Diana Hal, I like your summary of things necessary for people to really make commitments on projects.
I am curious about the verbs and adverbs for condition of satisfaction. It seems like we get ourselves into trouble by focusing on activity rather than outcomes. Shouldn’t we focus so much on how the task is done, but what the end condition is? For example, I would want my engineer to promise to deliver to the tech a written test plan that covers all the circuits in the design by Friday. Would you expand on your reasoning for the verbs and adverbs?
Diana

]]> http://pmstudent.com/hbr-shares-how-to-move-your-stalled-projects-forward/#comment-24374 Diana Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:24:00 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=798#comment-24374 Hal, I like your summary of things necessary for people to really make commitments on projects. I am curious about the verbs and adverbs for condition of satisfaction. It seems like we get ourselves into trouble by focusing on activity rather than outcomes. Shouldn't we focus so much on how the task is done, but what the end condition is? For example, I would want my engineer to promise to deliver to the tech a written test plan that covers all the circuits in the design by Friday. Would you expand on your reasoning for the verbs and adverbs? Diana Hal, I like your summary of things necessary for people to really make commitments on projects.
I am curious about the verbs and adverbs for condition of satisfaction. It seems like we get ourselves into trouble by focusing on activity rather than outcomes. Shouldn’t we focus so much on how the task is done, but what the end condition is? For example, I would want my engineer to promise to deliver to the tech a written test plan that covers all the circuits in the design by Friday. Would you expand on your reasoning for the verbs and adverbs?
Diana

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