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TRUTHS AND LIES

HOW TO UNDERSTAND YOUR PROJECT MANAGER …Ratko Mutavdžić, PROJEKTURA

“HE IS SUCH A GREAT PROJECT MANAGER”

WELL, USUALLY HE / SHE IS NOT

“ALL STAKEHOLDERS ARE SUPPORTING THEM”

NO, IT IS USUALLY JUST ONE

“WE HAVE GREAT UNDERSTANDING OF THE…”

NO, MOSTLY WE ARE GUESSING

“WE HAVE A GREAT PLAN IN PLACE”

NO, WE ARE BASEJUMPING HERE

“PROJECT PLAN IS A … PLAN, RIGHT”

NO, IT IS MORE A LEGO BOX WITH BLUEPRINT

“WE HAVE THE BEST PEOPLE FOR THE JOB/PROJECT”

NO, USUALLY WE HAVE… PEOPLE

“WE ALL WORK AS A TEAM”

NO, ONLY THE PARANOID SURVIVE

“WE ARE DONE; PROJECT IS SUCCESS”

WELL… MOSTLY WE ARE IN A GREY ZONE

SO…

WHAT DO WE DO?

UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR PROJECT MANAGER IS MORE LIKE…

CRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, 1492

ONLY SERIOUS SLIDE HERE

PROJECT IS OPPORTUNITY TO …

STEVE JOBS, 2005 STANFORD COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS

„STAY HUNGRY, STAY FOOLISH”

INTROjust a few words about me

so, if we all nod our heads... we can continue...

• Ratko Mutavdzic is founder of PROJEKTURA, consulting company that work with new and emerging technologies and introduce them to the corporate and enterprise environments. Prior to this one, he spent 15 years Microsoft, starting in a consulting practice and then leading several different sales and technology teams.

• He is the author of number of published papers on different aspects of the technology, successful blogs on new technologies and project management, and active contributor in a number of social networks exploring the use and advance of new ways to connect and share innovation and invention.

• He frequently speaks on conferences, meetings, workshops, coffee shops and generally at every place where people like to explore, challenge, investigate, think and innovate.

• Keywords: change, project, program, portfolio, innovation, startup

note: more contact info on a last slide

more info ...if you feel like you want to know more or just for fun

ratko.mutavdzic@projektura.orgdont bite, dont yell at you at all, so please, add me to your ... think network. tnx.

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