Comments on: Ten New Rules for Project Managers

By: waqar

waqar — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:51:21 +0000

Hm, well your list giving me taste of relationship management instead of project management. However your list is valid but not complete in case of project management.

For example I would like to highlight one element of project management, “SCOPE PLANNING”, which is very important element and restricts your customer to stay in boundary and wait for changes. Many others like RISK MANAGEMENT, CONTROLLING are missing from list.

By: Bill Duncan

Bill Duncan — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 18:33:38 +0000

Hal — GREAT list! Funny how much of this as actually in the original PMBoK Guide, and how much of it has been lost as PM training seems to focus on preparing for the PMP exam rather than for life as a project manager.

By: Geoff Crane

Geoff Crane — Thu, 20 May 2010 22:38:02 +0000

What I love about this post is that it speaks so clearly to the softer side of project management. There’s so much stuff on process and earned value and math and reports, but the elements in this list are the very things nobody talks about…and the very things that can make a project successful! Thanks for this!

By: IT Support

IT Support — Sat, 08 May 2010 19:48:37 +0000

Useful list – No. 7 is a key one for me, it easy to loose track of why the project was undertaken in the first place

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 05 May 2010 00:57:22 +0000

Hal:

While I enjoyed the list, I was a bit embarrassed. Each point was spot on and so easy to implement, but I have missed some here and there. This is a good one to post on the wall… a reminder.

Thanks!

By: Bruno Ciano

Bruno Ciano — Tue, 04 May 2010 04:55:25 +0000

Very good rules.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:08:13 +0000

I also agree that it’s good the list is about the people / emotional / team side of the project. Too often a project methodology is embraced almost as a religious philosophy, a panacea if you like for “making projects work”. Often what is missing from the project are the softer / fuzzy elements. Projects almost always involve change and you as a Project Manager need to understand the emotional impact of the change and guide your team and the stakeholders and onlookers through this change.

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:53:10 +0000

Very good rules, particularly rule 3: One cannot overemphasize the importance of project collaboration as a mean to get both visibility, and accountability for the stakeholders.

By: Brad Edmonds

Brad Edmonds — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:07:20 +0000

These are the so-called little things that are often over-looked or neglected. One cannot simply say, “I followed the project process.” You can follow the project process from a procedure standpoint but if the little things are not grasped and regularly followed, the project is at risk of going South. Project management would be the perfect profession – if you can eliminate the human element.

By: Mark Bick

Mark Bick — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:40:30 +0000

Hal, thanks for the list, well thought out. I am glad to see that all the rules are related to people or more correctly the relationships between people and not a project management methodology or structured process. Refreshing. Thanks.