Prima Donna PM
Are you a Prima Donna PM? Are you sure?
Read on to find out and discover real strategies for elevating your PM skills to a higher level.
How to be a Project Manager “in-the-know”
There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don’t know we don’t know.
Sound familiar? It was said by Donald Rumsfeld back in February 2002, in a quote that has now become famous in its impenetrability. So how can you apply this to your skillset and become a Project Manager “In The Know?”
The Resource Cluster
“Do I care what my resources are capable of doing?” If you want to use them on your future strategies, then your answer should be yes!
All companies, large and small, have a mix of resources that can perform different functions and have specific skills. The most important thing you can do is identify them all. Resource skills are also the largest gap in many industries. There is administrative cost in collecting all that information, maintaining it and storing it somewhere.
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