As a PM here is what I believe
I believe in…
- The church of the Project Charter
- Defined deliverables
- Listening to the experts
- Small teams with big white boards
- Understanding where value is added by the process
- Old fashioned, but effective to-do lists
- Pain is there to remind you what you did wrong next time you try it
- Post-it notes, many, many post-its in different colours
- Having the right numbers is some times less important than having the same numbers as your boss
- Recognizing everyone who makes a contribution
- Talking to the experts who understand the product
- Never betting against Microsoft
- Define then execute works best
- A bulletproof change management process
- Leaving the exec’s wanting more
- TPS works because of the people
- Speaking plainly, clearly and as a team
- Short presentations
- Sharing the credit
- Hardware guys will blame the software
- Software guys will blame the hardware
- That there is no such thing as perfect code or hardware design
- Visibility can be both good and bad, managing it is important