David Power

Something I see too often is the inverse opposite issue with project management when corporate leaders become tasked with a responsibility, something recurring annually, maybe a huge event, something with a sizeable budget, predictable but different each time, and they don't have the skills for project management as much as we have with coping skills and learning from our mistakes - they seek out someone to promote from within, and no one ever wants to step up or down or sideways into project management - it's like at every area in a large company I've ever worked for everyone avoids it like the plague and people get 'stuck' with the title. I envy those that WANT the title, where are you, people?! How should a company turn such a need into a hireable position from outside - when they always want to promote from within but no one is willing, and those that do interview seem reticent to do something they're unfamiliar with without a long training. With books like these we always came looking for insights in finding the right kind of people to hire who won't wait around for parameters to follow from previous projects but think creatively and research their asses off to find new solutions we didn't think of. I always say: “WHERE ARE THESE PEOPLE?!”

For a junior role in project management I can firmly say that someone aspiring to PM: should they start off at a small company (… (mehr)