top 10 myths of project management
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10 MYTHS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT
SANJAY AKHANISR CLINICAL PROJECT MANAGER
• MBBS DOCTOR• BE ENGINEER• B. PHARM PHARMACIST • M. COM ACCOUNTANT• ??? PROJECT MANAGER Project managers may recognize the professional nature of their role but the recognition is not yet acknowledge enough……….
Project management is not a profession
• WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO TO A DOCTOR WHO’S CV IS FULL WITH TRAINING BY EXPERIENCE/ON THE JOB ONLY
People are not born as a Project Manager, there are best practices and sophisticated tools to run projects….
Project professional don’t need training
Project management is only relevant to IT/Infrastructure
• PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS HAVE HIGH PROFILE IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT• THEY ARE MORE STRUCTURED AND PREDICTABLE • PEOPLE ASPECT OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT IS LESS
SCIENTIFIC AND BENEFITS ARE MUCH HARDER TO QUANTIFY
Processes and systems don’t deliver anything. People do.
Project needs process and paperwork more than people
• DO WE NEED FIRE FIGHTER WHO FIXES THE PROBLEM AT ELEVENTH HOUR?• OR A CHARACTER OF HOLLYWOOD SCRIPT? WHO CREATES
FIRE AND THRIVE ON THE ADRENALIN IT PRODUCED
The challenge is creating the energy and adrenalin but in a more planned way with fewer peaks and dips but still have an opportunity to celebrate success with team
Project needs Heroes
Social media is irrelevant to project
The customer knows what he wants
Planning is waste of time-execution is everything
Professionals who wants to get the top job have to be male
Project don’t need properly articulated business case
• PROJECT MANAGEMENT IS NOT A PROFESSION• PROJECT PROFESSIONAL DON’T NEED TRAINING• PROJECT MANAGEMENT IS ONLY RELEVANT TO IT/INFRASTRUCTURE • PROJECT NEEDS PROCESS AND PAPERWORK MORE THAN PEOPLE• PROFESSIONALS WHO WANTS TO GET THE TOP JOB HAVE TO BE
MALE• PROJECT NEEDS HEROES• SOCIAL MEDIA IS IRRELEVANT TO PROJECTS• THE CUSTOMERS KNOW WHAT THEY WANT • PLANNING IS WASTE OF TIME-EXECUTION IS EVERYTHING• PROJECT DON’T NEED PROPERLY ARTICULATED BUSINESS CASE
10 MYTHS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT