A New Archetype for Project Managers
The Wizard’s World View
Projects are easy The Fantasy World Projects Are Easy Managing a project is easy – get the charter signed (or not), draft (or copy) your project plan, meet your team, host some meetings (don’t forget your meeting minutes), develop an awesome, immutable schedule, ensure a quality focus, and send out some reports indicating how well […]
New Project Management Archetype: The Project Wizard
The “project wizard” is proposal for a new archetype to guide your outlook on project management; an approach that requires perception, personality, agility, and a longer term view. The archetype is based on a beloved character from literature (and movies) who managed: international projects with Stakeholders from all levels of organizations; enjoyed a good smoke […]
Penn State PMI Conference Slides
Thanks to everyone who attended and contributed to a lively presentation at Innovation Across Disciplines at Penn State. Slides can be downloaded here: Lessons From The Wizard. Next up: ProjectSummit/BusinessAnalystWorld – Washington 2019 from April 29 – May 1, 2019 at the Crystal City DoubleTree LINK
The World’s Greatest [Business] Athletes
Project Managers need to be good at a lot of things; the most important being: prepared and hard-working. The best athletes in the world combine the same characteristics.
Future Forward – PM/BA Conference Starts Monday, 29 April
Future Forward, the PM Summit/BA World Conference starts Monday, 29 April and runs through Wednesday, 1 May. My slides from my Monday morning session can be downloaded here (PMSummit_April2019_Lessons From The Wizard_SBarnes). This is an encore presentation of the State College event in November, 2018 with additional details about how The Wizard handles Stakeholder issues.
The Wizards Keys to Success – a Good Project Definition
“I’m looking for someone to share an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s very difficult to find anyone. -Gandalf, The Hobbit Gandalf uttered the introductory quote to Bilbo one quiet morning, “when there was less noise and more green.” Notice the key words: “share” and “adventure” – as in, “we are going to do […]