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I wasn’t writing a treatise on every occupation and was being a little jocular. What I’ve witnessed over a 20 year career is that weak product people devolve t
by Spooky23 3y ago
I wasn’t writing a treatise on every occupation and was being a little jocular.
What I’ve witnessed over a 20 year career is that weak product people devolve to mediocre project managers. It’s easier to be a shitty project manager.
Good project managers are gold. I worked with one who stood out a decade ago - his leadership at execution was such that a $350M, 20 month implementation, with collaboration with construction, tech, and external suppliers completed 45 minutes ahead of the original schedule. He’s since retired and passed away, but an inspirational leader I was privileged to get to know. Ponder that - how many project managers are acknowledged as leaders?
- trog 3y agoCouldn't agree more. I didn't really get project management until I'd worked with a few good ones.
- FireBeyond 3y ago> his leadership at execution was such that a $350M, 20 month implementation, with collaboration with construction, tech, and external suppliers completed 45 minutes ahead of the original schedule This made me smile. I'm assuming you mean 45 days or something. Not that any number 'ahead of schedule' is inherently a bad thing (within reason), but my mind went to "Are there really companies out there tracking 2 year projects and counting the minutes?" (and sadly, there probably are).
- Spooky23 3y agoIt's a little tongue in cheek. There were completion incentives around certain tasks, especially on the construction and physical side, being completed on a date. Date was defined as 4PM on the date, and there was a financial benefit to be early in many cases. The last physical task required to be completed and submitted was done at 3:15, thus "45 minutes early". That said, some major elements were tracked to the minute. I wish I could share more, it's a great story!