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MISTAKES I HAVE MADE: COLLECTED PROJECT MANAGEMENT FAILURESAmye Scavarda Bay Area Drupal Camp - 2014 @amye
Rennett Stowe
@amye
• Project Manager at Phase2
• Acquia before that
• Maker of many mistakes
• Storyteller for other mistakes
WHO AM I?
Why is this so hard and why is this presentation full of crying statues?
What are these Mistakes you keep talking about?
WHERE ARE WE GOING WITH THIS
Svadilfari
You Must Be This Tall To Ride
WHY IS PROJECT MANAGEMENT HARD?
Team
Clients
Services
Alignment / Mission
General Sucking: Hard decisions
rondmac
Team
www.despair.com
ClientsToniVC
Services
tterrag
Alignment / Mission
General Sucking: Hard decisions
Machiel van Zanten
Now that we’ve covered that -
All you have left is the Practice.
I have a Practice of project management.
I am lucky enough to be able to Practice.
*MarS
IN THIS PRACTICE, I MAKE MISTAKES:
Frequently
Occasionally
Every once in awhile
Almost never
ONCE
Accidents of Friction
The Black Art of Estimating
Team Juggling
Agile in practice when a client wants waterfall
FREQUENTLY:drubuntu
Saying yes to something I really really shouldn’t have
Not saying anything to something I really really shouldn’t have
Letting things go to the last minute: deliverables, deadlines
Contracts: What do they mean!
OCCASIONALLY
elviskennedy
•Insane Timelines
•Theming is the true shibboleth
•Working so much that you start making mistakes. Like actual mistakes, not these little things.
•Forgetting about holidays
•Discovery: doing it wrong
•Billing: Not doing it
EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE
Alex E. Proimos
WHEN ATTACKED, FIGHT BACK
hey mr glen
The things that you did last week.
!
ALMOST NEVER
h.koppdelaney
All of the things that make you cringe when you hear them.
Oh yeah, I did that once.
ONCE
Stu Willis
EXAMPLES OF ONCE:
Screensharing chat
Forgetting the mute button
Telling clients how many other clients you’re working with
Forgetting how much your billable hour actually *is*
What are your examples of ‘once’?
A Note on Surviving Project Management
Thank You