Comments on: 19 Reasons Why Project Management Is Useless http://blog.johnestrella.com/2010/01/why-project-management-is-useless/ Project Management | Business Analysis | Software Testing Sat, 19 May 2012 16:37:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Able Weis http://blog.johnestrella.com/2010/01/why-project-management-is-useless/comment-page-1/#comment-428 Able Weis Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:10:37 +0000 http://blog.johnestrella.com/?p=685#comment-428 All valid points. Maybe you can add the 20th point as the lack of certified professionals. Software Certifications board has launched a Scholarship program for its Managerial level certification, CMST. You just have to score more than 80% in the written examination and get a 50% refund on the fee. With this there can be no excuse for good skill sets within the team. More - http://bit.ly/qaistp Let me know your views on the same. All valid points. Maybe you can add the 20th point as the lack of certified professionals. Software Certifications board has launched a Scholarship program for its Managerial level certification, CMST. You just have to score more than 80% in the written examination and get a 50% refund on the fee. With this there can be no excuse for good skill sets within the team. More - http://bit.ly/qaistp Let me know your views on the same.

]]> By: John Estrella http://blog.johnestrella.com/2010/01/why-project-management-is-useless/comment-page-1/#comment-416 John Estrella Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:59:45 +0000 http://blog.johnestrella.com/?p=685#comment-416 Iain, you have a good point. It all depends on your locus of control perspective. If you have a high internal locus of control, then sure, you will believe that your project management training will help you overcome all of those obstacles. In contrast, if you have a high external locus of control, you will believe that there are circumstances that are beyond your control—despite your best proactive efforts. Iain, you have a good point. It all depends on your locus of control perspective. If you have a high internal locus of control, then sure, you will believe that your project management training will help you overcome all of those obstacles. In contrast, if you have a high external locus of control, you will believe that there are circumstances that are beyond your control—despite your best proactive efforts.

]]> By: Iain Cruickshank http://blog.johnestrella.com/2010/01/why-project-management-is-useless/comment-page-1/#comment-415 Iain Cruickshank Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:22:10 +0000 http://blog.johnestrella.com/?p=685#comment-415 Isn't Project Management suppose to help us deal with these issues (exect 18 & 19)? When any of the other 17 occur, our PM training should "kick in" to help mitigate the impact. Using "Project Management" effectively ensures the issue does not lead to complete meltdown. Claiming "PM is useless" when a project issues occurs is like a carpenter blamely his/her tools if the house is built incorrectly. Don't blame the tool ... blame the person who failed to use the tools properly. Isn’t Project Management suppose to help us deal with these issues (exect 18 & 19)? When any of the other 17 occur, our PM training should “kick in” to help mitigate the impact. Using “Project Management” effectively ensures the issue does not lead to complete meltdown.
Claiming “PM is useless” when a project issues occurs is like a carpenter blamely his/her tools if the house is built incorrectly. Don’t blame the tool … blame the person who failed to use the tools properly.

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