These notes are from my reading of the MSDN article Art of Project Management: How to Make Things Happen by Scott Berkun
3 Ordered List
Three important lists - Goals, Agreed Priorities and Tasks. Each list get its priorities from the previous list. Each list will have a Priority 1 items and then everything else.
Every problem, discussion, debate and decision should use these lists to reach a conclusion.
Say NO to anything that doesn't jive with the priority list - unless a shift in market/company/customer scenario causes a change in priorities.
Call Bullshit
Stay real, bring out the truth. Ensure that the project doesn't get driven down the wrong path.
Focus your energy on the Critical Path. Any discussion, email or meeting on anything else is a deviation from the project objectives.
Be Relentless
In pursuit of the optimal solution. Don't settle for half baked solutions, procrastinate or give up. Don't let things fall through the crack.
PM's have to challenge assumptions, seek truth, ask uncomfortable questions and shake people out of their comfort zones.
Diligence
Successful PM's consider more alternatives before giving up than average PM's
3 Ordered List
Three important lists - Goals, Agreed Priorities and Tasks. Each list get its priorities from the previous list. Each list will have a Priority 1 items and then everything else.
Every problem, discussion, debate and decision should use these lists to reach a conclusion.
Say NO to anything that doesn't jive with the priority list - unless a shift in market/company/customer scenario causes a change in priorities.
Call Bullshit
Stay real, bring out the truth. Ensure that the project doesn't get driven down the wrong path.
Focus your energy on the Critical Path. Any discussion, email or meeting on anything else is a deviation from the project objectives.
Be Relentless
In pursuit of the optimal solution. Don't settle for half baked solutions, procrastinate or give up. Don't let things fall through the crack.
PM's have to challenge assumptions, seek truth, ask uncomfortable questions and shake people out of their comfort zones.
Diligence
Successful PM's consider more alternatives before giving up than average PM's
