SIGIA-L Mail Archives: Re: SIGIA-L: Project management
Re: SIGIA-L: Project management
From: Adam or Susan Polansky (adamp_at_concentric.net)
Date: Tue Jul 10 2001 - 09:58:27 EDT
I would agree with Lynn and add that while most of the PMs I worked with
didn't have web dev experience many of them had MIS backgrounds with large
firms like TX Instruments, AT&T or Sprint. They helped develop estimates
and made sure that everyone could qualify any claims they made during
exploration.
Adam Polansky
"Still ridin' the range"
----- Original Message -----
From: Lynn Boyden <lynn.boyden_at_raremedium.com>
To: 'Chris Chandler ' <chrischandler67_at_earthlink.net>; 'SIGIA '
<sigia-l_at_mail.asis.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 4:43 AM
Subject: RE: SIGIA-L: Project management
> i find myself doing lots and lots of project management, or none at all,
> depending upon the abilities of my colleagues. in my experience, there
are
> a lot of great project managers out there who have only a little
technical
> expertise, so if we're not managing the operational aspect of the
project,
> then we're certainly managing the technical or organizational aspect of
it.
> as far as i'm concerned, the PM is there to manage the client's
expectations
> and to serve as the client's point of contact (i.e., to keep the client
out
> of the team's hair so it can get some work done), as well as to keep the
> team on track (schedule and deliverables) and to manage the scope of the
> project. containing scope creep is a primary responsibility of a PM,
imho,
> secondary only to being able to position scope creep as an upsell.
>
> it's very hard to find a good project manager; one way to tell is to
look
at
> how they run their own lives (it's not infallible). another way to tell
is
> if they ask questions you hadn't thought of. if they sit silently
through
> meetings, that's not a good sign. you need someone who can understand
the
> intricacies if italian politics and who can sell icemakers to eskimos.
>
> why, are you looking? --lynn
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Chandler
> To: SIGIA
> Sent: 7/9/2001 4:37 PM
> Subject: SIGIA-L: Project management
>
> How much project management do the IAs out there do?
>
> How hard is it to find good project managers? How do you know when you
> have
> one, and how do you know when you don't?
>
> How would you pick a project manager if you got to pick?
>
> --
> Chris Chandler
>
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