Learning the Hard Way
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When I started getting interested in formal project management, I was lost. I didn’t know where to start, and when I found some information I usually didn’t fully understand it because I was not familiar with the lingo.
One of my goals for pmStudent.com is to save other people the pain I went through while trying to get into project management. I am working on some things now behind the scenes (top secret, sorry but this information is classified!) that will help me acheive that goal for everyone out there who is interested in project management but needs the fundamentals.
I’ve shared many of my personal learning experiences on this blog over the years, and now I am asking you to share yours for the benefit of all so we don’t have to learn the hard way.
Tell the pmStudent community a story when you learned a lesson the hard way in relation to project management.
- Who are the players on the stage of your tale? (no names or companies please)
- What happened?
- What could you have done differently?
Jun 29th, 2009 at 10:30 am
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Jun 29th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Josh,
You get what you inspect, not what you expect. What gets measured is what gets done.
One of the jobs a PM must do is determine which technical performance measures (TPM) to establish on the project to help monitor the path to complete. Be careful though, implement the wrong TPM and you can send the project team down the wrong path.
Travis
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Jun 30th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
Check out a five part series we just published on our blog that is very relevant to your inquiry. Here is a link to part 1:
http://www.myintervals.com/blog/2009/05/28/web-design-business-mistakes-establishing-clear-practices/
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