Project Managers Struggle With Communication & Strategy
12 posts across 3 communities in the last 90 days; 83% from r/projectmanagement.
“One thing that helps is to understand that you’re actually not better or really much smarter than anyone else. Take that humility and allow it to temper you. With that in mind, your job as a project lead of 15 different projects is to facilitate your team members’ ability to do…”
“It's funny in how everyone thinks that they can do my job, especially when I tell them no. Just for some clarification project management is not a skill it's considered a discipline and what that means is that as a qualified practitioner you know how to apply frameworks and…”
“Agree. PMP,Prince2, Agile and Waterfall all provide tools and a framework but project management is the relentless application of common sense together with managing relationships.”
Several posts highlight challenges faced by project managers, including difficulties in communication, strategic thinking, and stakeholder management. One post directly criticizes a user's writing skills, suggesting a need for improvement in both written and verbal communication.
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“One thing that helps is to understand that you’re actually not better or really much smarter than anyone else. Take that humility and allow it to temper you. With that in mind, your job as a project lead of 15 different projects is to facilitate…”
“Two of the most important soft skills in Project Management are being able to resist becoming the hero and being comfortable in uncomfortable situations. A hero is someone who always jumps in to fill the gap, including doing other people’s work, because they are afraid the project will fail if they don’t. This only leads to the expectation by others that you will always do this, reinforces their bad behavior, and sets you up for burnout. You need to instead focus on enabling people to do the wor”
“It's funny in how everyone thinks that they can do my job, especially when I tell them no. Just for some clarification project management is not a skill it's considered a discipline and what that means is that as a qualified practitioner you know how to apply frameworks and principles within the discipline and being able to tailor your approach e.g. how to approach and successfully deliver your projects fit for purpose, on time and on budget. Here is the thing, a lot of people really don”
“Agree. PMP,Prince2, Agile and Waterfall all provide tools and a framework but project management is the relentless application of common sense together with managing relationships.”
“Is a college degree useless? Very few jobs are exactly like what you learn in college. But that’s not the point of college, and not the point of PMP either. PMP is a framework for managing projects (and the people involved in them). Your specific situation may vary and if you’re not managing projects, you might not need a PMP. But most situations where projects are involved will benefit by understanding what PMP covers (stakeholders, customers, logistics, planning, communication, etc) Most hirin”
“There is no certificate that confirms someone is a good PM. There is a certificate that says you understand the theory and nomenclature of a framework. This is mostly to help standarize communication and reporting. There are competitive certificates like Prince 2. Is it valuable? In my area roughly 50% of PM positions are asking for certificate. Is there like a thousand other factors? Sure. On the technical side, on the experience side, on cultural and attitude sides also. But its extremely hard”
Maturity frameworks aren't everything they're marketed to be.
“I work in residential construction project management (project values usually $100M-$250M). It's normal for a project manager to be assigned to only one project, and depending on the structure (developer/GC/CM) the PM would be on this project anywhere from 3-6 years (depending on project timeline, if the PM is part of preconstruction or construction only, size of project, etc.). A senior PM may overview 2-4 projects if they have strong APMs or even junior PMs working on the projects they ove”
“I'm looking to learn more about Project management and would love to find some recommendations to learn more about project management and useful skills/knowledge to gather. submitted by /u/Willstdusheide23 [link] [comments]”
“This is so well said. The old heads know those courses/certifications do not amplify your skill set.”
“yes l know, but sadly no. as l mentioned l was a PM intern for 3 months but it had little to do with actual project management”
“A dream project would be one that values project management from even before initiation and the schedule is allowed to be built realistically based on actual estimating of the work packages, etc. and allows for governance to be established in the beginning, & that the project manager has authority to do their full job.”
“Generally a program is a group of projects with a common goal. So the reconstruction of the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore MD should be a program (sadly is not) with projects for debris removal, dredging, repair of structural elements, new structure, paving, painting, etc. The common goal is moving traffic across the Patuxent River. The Obamacare rollout was a (failed) program with elements of insurance, website development, backend development, outreach to medical providers, outreach to”