Embracing Chaos: An Interactive Project Management
Survival Guide
Nancy Lyons@nylons
Meghan Wilker@irishgirl
PART I
I N T E R A CT I V E
isD I F F E R E N T
Digitalvs.
Interactive
Our Forefathers
SOFT
WARE
INT E RN E T
ADVERTISING
MARKE
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The Process Wars
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AG E N CY
You
What isProject Management?
Source:: http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2013/07/15/entropy_crushers.html
“Most engineers don’t know what a project manager does, and if they do, they usually don’t know what a good one looks like.”
“Crap project managers have ruined the reputation of the gig.”
@nylons | @irishgirl
Project managementis like air quality.
If you can see it,it’s probably killing you.
Source: http://publichealthinchina.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/beijingairjpg.jpg
Project Managementis a leadership role.
“I'm trying hard to get this project management thing down but there is a hell of a lot of work in it. Thought its a small thing and now it seems that the project manager is holding down the fort on everything.”
- a dude who read our book
PART
II TheA N A T
O M Y
of an Excellent
P R O J E C T
M A N A G E R
Emotional Intelligence
EmpathyIntuitionInstinct
@nylons | @irishgirl
Strategic ThinkingLive and breathe the work.Connect what with why.Know who, know when.
@nylons | @irishgirl
GuidanceGive meaning to tasks.Communicate effectively.Stay cool under pressure.
MotivationSocial engineeringLeadershipLikability
BraveryTaking risks.Building consensus.Making mistakes.
PART
II TheA N A T O M Y
of an Excellent
P R O J E C T
M A N A G E R
Strategic Thinking
Connect what with why
Motivation
Leadership
Guidance
Give meaning to the process
Emotional Intelligence
Empathy, intuition, instinct
Bravery
Taking risks
You
“A number of empirical studies of on-the-job excellence
have clearly and repeatedly established that emotional competencies —communication, interpersonal skills, self-
control, and so on — ‘play a far larger role in superior job performance than do cognitive abilities and technical expertise’.”
Source: Unwritten Laws of Engineering: Revised and Updated Edition, by W.J. King, James G. Skakoon.Interior quote: Working with Emotional Intelligence, by Daniel Goleman
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