Thursday, April 21, 2005

What is a Project Manager?. What is a Project Manager? -- From Stephen Seay's ProjectSteps blog... "Project managers wear many hats. We are members of teams, leaders of teams, we are followers, we are stakeholders, we are fiscal planners, we are risk managers, risk takers, planners, schedulers, mentors, quality assurance reps, writers, motivators, listeners, we are empathetic, we are sympathetic, we demonstrate common sense when others don't, we demonstrate a fair and balanced approach to problems, and lots more...." The whole piece is a passionate essay on the frustrations and joys of caring about what we do -- helping individuals and organizations answer the question, "What should I be working on?" Go read it. File under Project Management [Frank Patrick's Focused Performance Blog] 8:35:40 PM    comment [] Bertrand Russell on problems and solutions. An interesting reminder for the morning. It is curious that we generally devote so little time to this in both our education and our work practices. Think how often the organizational and educational systems we are embedded in convey the implicit assumption that someone else has already defined the problem correctly and that our only responsibility is to produce the relevant solution. Possibly an acceptable message in an industrial world, but not one I would encourage in today's world On Problems. On Problems -- "The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution." -- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970) From Quotes of the Day - The Quotations Page [Frank Patrick's Focused Performance Blog] [McGee's Musings] 8:34:16 PM    comment [] To every thing, turn, turn, turn, there is a season.... [Edu_RSS] Goes to this link from jay cross- http://metatime.blogspot.com/2005/04/to-every-thing-turn-turn-turn-there-is.html didn't I subscribe to him? 8:10:49 PM    comment [] The Five Essentials of Technology Facilitators [Edu_RSS] 7:11:49 PM    comment [] Elements of Effective e-Learning Design [Edu_RSS] 7:10:55 PM    comment [] Business Week Blog Cover Feature: Missing Some Links [Edu_RSS] The adage of trying to do the latest thing just makes you look like a geezer seems to apply here. 7:04:52 PM    comment []

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