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

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INT E RN E T

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The Process Wars

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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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