weird things you hear at project meetings (presentations)
DESCRIPTION
A collection of funny quotes heard over project meetings relating to presenting. These gems are actual quotes as they were spoken by project managers and collected by various people.TRANSCRIPT
The following statements are actual quotes from project meetings… These are the top selections
for 2013 relating to presentations.
“We are running a business not a chart!”
“They are showing you…
…because it's the only chart they have!”
DATA
BAD
“…I won't talk it. Next!”
“I can’t read this chart so…
“EVERYTHING is GREEN…
…except for a couple of
REDS”
Manager briefing scorecard…
...if it’s not on a PowerPoint
chart,
At the end of the day…
…it won’t happen!
“It’s just colors on a chart! Try using the green pen!”
Slide design 101…
“It’s a chart!NOT the Rosetta Stone!”
When charts get too wordy…
“Nobody knows what these numbers
mean so…
…they must be good!”
“I am not looking for good data or bad data…”
“So, once again, ours is better, but it takes ten pages to explain why.”
Getting the message across…
You can have the perfect burn-down chart…
…and still have to lie about it!
“These are just some charts
you cannot read, because they show the
data!”
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