Comments on: Behavioral Profiles of SUCCESSFUL Project Managers- A pilot research study http://pmstudent.com/project-management-careers-behaviors-1/ 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 By: Terry Maighnath http://pmstudent.com/project-management-careers-behaviors-1/#comment-17353 Terry Maighnath Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:45:19 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=2847#comment-17353 This looks like the same information from Andy Crowe's book titled, "Alpha Project Managers: What the Top 2% Know That Everyone Else Does Not". This looks like the same information from Andy Crowe’s book titled, “Alpha Project Managers: What the Top 2% Know That Everyone Else Does Not”.

]]> By: Terry Maighnath http://pmstudent.com/project-management-careers-behaviors-1/#comment-25056 Terry Maighnath Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:45:00 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=2847#comment-25056 This looks like the same information from Andy Crowe's book titled, "Alpha Project Managers: What the Top 2% Know That Everyone Else Does Not". This looks like the same information from Andy Crowe’s book titled, “Alpha Project Managers: What the Top 2% Know That Everyone Else Does Not”.

]]> By: Dr. Paul D. Giammalvo http://pmstudent.com/project-management-careers-behaviors-1/#comment-10981 Dr. Paul D. Giammalvo Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:05:20 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=2847#comment-10981 Glen, The initial experiment did exactly what it was intended to do. It was a pilot study, to see if there was any predictability, which there is. We have repeated the experiment on a larger scale, not once, but twice, by selecting people based on that profile and the top scorers from both companies proved to be "better" project managers than those who didn't score as highly. Scientific enough for you? Obviously not. A step in the right direction? We think so. The reason for posting the article in the first place is to see if companies (such as yours) would be interested in doing a more detailed and controlled experiment. Nothing more than that. So if your company is interested, are you going to wait for some other company to step forward to help us "prove" the null hypothesis before you invest $50 or $100k? Or are you willing to try a group of about 100 people, split 33% between top, middle and poor performing project managers, so we can get the data to run the kinds of statistical tests you want? Enough for tonight, Glen...... Off for a long weekend of Yellowfin Tuna fishing for the Fourth of July weekend. No cellphone, no email..... BR, Dr. PDG, Jakarta http://www.getpmcertified.com Glen,
The initial experiment did exactly what it was intended to do. It was a pilot study, to see if there was any predictability, which there is. We have repeated the experiment on a larger scale, not once, but twice, by selecting people based on that profile and the top scorers from both companies proved to be “better” project managers than those who didn’t score as highly.

Scientific enough for you? Obviously not. A step in the right direction? We think so.

The reason for posting the article in the first place is to see if companies (such as yours) would be interested in doing a more detailed and controlled experiment. Nothing more than that.

So if your company is interested, are you going to wait for some other company to step forward to help us “prove” the null hypothesis before you invest $50 or $100k? Or are you willing to try a group of about 100 people, split 33% between top, middle and poor performing project managers, so we can get the data to run the kinds of statistical tests you want?

Enough for tonight, Glen…… Off for a long weekend of Yellowfin Tuna fishing for the Fourth of July weekend. No cellphone, no email…..

BR,
Dr. PDG, Jakarta
http://www.getpmcertified.com

]]> By: Dr. Paul D. Giammalvo http://pmstudent.com/project-management-careers-behaviors-1/#comment-25054 Dr. Paul D. Giammalvo Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:05:00 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=2847#comment-25054 Glen, The initial experiment did exactly what it was intended to do. It was a pilot study, to see if there was any predictability, which there is. We have repeated the experiment on a larger scale, not once, but twice, by selecting people based on that profile and the top scorers from both companies proved to be "better" project managers than those who didn't score as highly. Scientific enough for you? Obviously not. A step in the right direction? We think so. The reason for posting the article in the first place is to see if companies (such as yours) would be interested in doing a more detailed and controlled experiment. Nothing more than that. So if your company is interested, are you going to wait for some other company to step forward to help us "prove" the null hypothesis before you invest $50 or $100k? Or are you willing to try a group of about 100 people, split 33% between top, middle and poor performing project managers, so we can get the data to run the kinds of statistical tests you want? Enough for tonight, Glen...... Off for a long weekend of Yellowfin Tuna fishing for the Fourth of July weekend. No cellphone, no email..... BR, Dr. PDG, Jakarta http://www.getpmcertified.com Glen,
The initial experiment did exactly what it was intended to do. It was a pilot study, to see if there was any predictability, which there is. We have repeated the experiment on a larger scale, not once, but twice, by selecting people based on that profile and the top scorers from both companies proved to be “better” project managers than those who didn’t score as highly.

Scientific enough for you? Obviously not. A step in the right direction? We think so.

The reason for posting the article in the first place is to see if companies (such as yours) would be interested in doing a more detailed and controlled experiment. Nothing more than that.

So if your company is interested, are you going to wait for some other company to step forward to help us “prove” the null hypothesis before you invest $50 or $100k? Or are you willing to try a group of about 100 people, split 33% between top, middle and poor performing project managers, so we can get the data to run the kinds of statistical tests you want?

Enough for tonight, Glen…… Off for a long weekend of Yellowfin Tuna fishing for the Fourth of July weekend. No cellphone, no email…..

BR,
Dr. PDG, Jakarta
http://www.getpmcertified.com

]]> By: Glen B. Alleman http://pmstudent.com/project-management-careers-behaviors-1/#comment-10979 Glen B. Alleman Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:20:37 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=2847#comment-10979 Paul, Once your experiment has been designed with a H(0) and it's defined correlation and confidence intervals, a control group profile, and the statement as to the causal connection between behavioral attributes and success of project managers, I would say there many firms would be interested in the quantitative results our firm being one. In the absence is these, the experiment appears to be an anecdotal observation gathering exercise. Interesting perhaps, but not sure if the results are actionable outside the hand selected participants. We work several programs where the selection and assignment of PM's is a continuous issue. Assessment of suitability for the job is guided by our Organization Development practice. A quantitative instrument would certainly be more useful than our current approach if there can be shown a casual connection between the classification with the screening and project manager success. Paul,

Once your experiment has been designed with a H(0) and it’s defined correlation and confidence intervals, a control group profile, and the statement as to the causal connection between behavioral attributes and success of project managers, I would say there many firms would be interested in the quantitative results our firm being one.

In the absence is these, the experiment appears to be an anecdotal observation gathering exercise. Interesting perhaps, but not sure if the results are actionable outside the hand selected participants.

We work several programs where the selection and assignment of PM’s is a continuous issue. Assessment of suitability for the job is guided by our Organization Development practice. A quantitative instrument would certainly be more useful than our current approach if there can be shown a casual connection between the classification with the screening and project manager success.

]]> By: Glen B. Alleman http://pmstudent.com/project-management-careers-behaviors-1/#comment-25052 Glen B. Alleman Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:20:00 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=2847#comment-25052 Paul, Once your experiment has been designed with a H(0) and it's defined correlation and confidence intervals, a control group profile, and the statement as to the causal connection between behavioral attributes and success of project managers, I would say there many firms would be interested in the quantitative results our firm being one. In the absence is these, the experiment appears to be an anecdotal observation gathering exercise. Interesting perhaps, but not sure if the results are actionable outside the hand selected participants. We work several programs where the selection and assignment of PM's is a continuous issue. Assessment of suitability for the job is guided by our Organization Development practice. A quantitative instrument would certainly be more useful than our current approach if there can be shown a casual connection between the classification with the screening and project manager success. Paul,

Once your experiment has been designed with a H(0) and it’s defined correlation and confidence intervals, a control group profile, and the statement as to the causal connection between behavioral attributes and success of project managers, I would say there many firms would be interested in the quantitative results our firm being one.

In the absence is these, the experiment appears to be an anecdotal observation gathering exercise. Interesting perhaps, but not sure if the results are actionable outside the hand selected participants.

We work several programs where the selection and assignment of PM’s is a continuous issue. Assessment of suitability for the job is guided by our Organization Development practice. A quantitative instrument would certainly be more useful than our current approach if there can be shown a casual connection between the classification with the screening and project manager success.

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