This has nothing to do with charities other than the people who work for them are usually nice people and might be interested in my findings. I have a little bird table in my garden and like to think I’m doing my bit to support wildlife in south London. I have a little thingy hanging [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Light relief category.
1st December
It’s the first of December and that means Advent calendars. And, despite the grey hairs, I have an advent calendar – with chocolates in each door. Why should the nippers have all the fun? This year I not only get a little chocolate first thing in the morning, but also a “joke”. Note the inverted [...]
How not to do it
I like Twitter. As well as being fun and bringing me lots of entertainment, I can keep up with geeky stuff like planetary probes (I've been into that since I was a little boy, and no, that was NOT before there were rockets, thank you) I follow quite a number of charities and it's a good [...]
Thank you
God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one of them to say 'Thank you"? William Arthur Ward (I know that's a bit deep for a Friday, but sometimes…….)
Things you’ll never hear a project manager say…
I didn't see that risk coming! This whole project is based on a case study I read in the paper last week. I'm not sure this project is going to deliver any benefits. The project is running well ahead of schedule. I think we'll miss that milestone by quite a long way. We're charging you [...]
It’s time to get out of project management when….
You refer to your other half as the budget holder. Your personal life is planned to the nth degree. You write a project Contract for your next holiday. Safe sex involves a risk log and contingency plan. You organise your family into a more efficient team based structure. The "deliverables" for Saturday are the shopping [...]
Abbreviations that made me laugh
Who says project management (and other sorts of work) shouldn't be fun? Here are some TLAs I've come across which made me smile – I hope they do the same for you. As I've collected these over the years, I've no idea where they first came from, so I can't acknowledge them. NB only read [...]
Quote of the week
When it all seems to be going to hell in a handbag, remember this wise saying (which I think came from the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett) "Chaos is found in greatest abundance when order is being sought. It always defeats order because it is better organised." I don't know how this might help, but [...]
10 signs you are a serious project manager
If you exhibit any of these signs….. ….be afraid. Be very afraid. Becoming tired of having a social life beyond work. Spending hours planning and re-planning a Friday night out. Thinking Rommel would have been more effective if he'd used a Gantt chart. Using so much jargon customers think you're speaking a foreign language. Organising [...]
Avoiding distraction
You know how it is. You're trying to concentrate on a particularly difficult/important topic and people keep interrupting you. All you need is 20 minutes peace and quiet, but you can't get it. Perhaps you have the luxury of an office door to close. Maybe people ignore it and knock anyway. Perhaps you could go [...]
