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Top 10 rules for a Successful Project Manager.
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From your experience document top 10 rules for a successful project manager.
Give specific and measurable rules.
For each rule, give an example and measurable indicators. .
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TOP TEN RULES
Rule #92: In case of a failure:
· a) Make a timeline of events and include everything that is known.
· b) Put down known facts. Check every theory against them.
· c) Don't beat the data until it confesses (i.e., know when to stop trying to force-fit a scenario).
· d) Do not arrive at a conclusion too fast. Make sure any deviation from normal is explained. Remember the wrong conclusion is prologue to the next failure.
· e) Know when to stop.
A project to commission software overshot the time substantially; only I the project manager knew it was sabotage. One option was to hide the fact as it had not been reported by me initially and I would be blamed for hiding the facts, the other was to own up to the hiding, take responsibility for the cover up and risk losing my job.
When I disclosed the reason for hiding the sabotage the company appreciated it and I was given the charge of the next project! The management appreciated my people managing abilities. The next project earned me a salary of $45,000 in two and a half months time!
Rule #90: A puzzle is hard to discern from just one piece; so don't be surprised if team members deprived of information reach the wrong conclusion
The master batch received in the first consignment of a plastic molding plant appeared discolored. I insisted that the workers start the production process and use that master batch. It gave excellent results; a new chemical had been added to the master batch to 'protect' its pigment, this was the cause of the color, the saved master batch, cost $20 thousand and the time saved in process, 2 days.
Rule #86: In the rush to get things done, it's always important to remember who you work for. Blindsiding the boss will not be to your benefit in the long run.
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