What more true statement can be made of the venerable PM?
It’s a thankless task on every front.
The technical resources are sure you’re an idiot, being paid out of line with your value.
Management believes you’re a savior, anointed from on high, fated to bring this troublesome project to a successful conclusion.
The customers think you’re some sort of panacea for poorly written requirements, and a failure to get personally involved, until the project goes sideways, again.
To the shores of Tripoli…
Let’s talk about leadership.
For those who may be unaware, the title and first line of this post are the opening to the United States Marine Corps hymn. The USMC is where I learned the following 14 leadership traits, awareness of which I endeavor to pass along to those in my care.
Justice
Judgment
Dependability
I have arrived at an answer to the question posed in the post immediately prior to this one.
To wit,
“How do seven people, none of whom have met prior, work on a vaguely defined project with a very tiny budget and bring off an astounding success in the face of time, geography and a complete lack of common infrastructure of any kind, outside of the web?”
Actually, I’ve arrived at two possible answers. One of them is the heart of this post.
HCB, we did it!
As I mentioned in my last post, I’ve been traveling on business. I went out of town to help finish a project I’ve been working on for about 3 months.
It might be the first time in years that a project I’ve been close to has landed on time, within budget and with all the elements of scope originally envisioned.
So there are some things that are kind of interesting about this project:
