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Project Manager Value Brain Dump

February 6, 2010 | Author: PM Hut | Filed under: Project Management Musings, Role of the Project Manager

Project Management Value Brain Dump
By Thomas Cutting

I am sitting here writing down all the words and phrases that come to my mind in relationship to real Project Management. Here is what I have so far.

• Communicating what Matters
• Informed Decisions
• Change with Purpose
• Monitoring Direction
• Leading, not just Reporting
• Analysis of Activity
• Controlling the Outcome
• Removing Random Factors
• Risk Management
• Involved Stakeholders
• Enabling Management
• Planning Success
• Integrity in Action
• Confronting Conflict
• Lessons Learned
• Tension Breaking
• Instilling Confidence
• Team Defender
• Resource Motivator
• Promoting Purpose
• Follow Through
• Critical Thinking
• Ownership
• Improving… Self, Situation, Team, Understanding…
• Challenging… Self, Situation, Team, Understanding…
• Results Driven
• Business Focused
• Influential
• Self Controlled

Pieces of this brain dump will be examined more in the next several articles. We’ll ask “What is the result of a project manager being ____?” We will also touch on ways to instill more of these in your thoughts, actions and reactions.

Until then, if you have additional ideas, pitch in by leaving a comment.

Thomas Cutting, PMP is the owner of Cutting’s Edge (http://www.cuttingsedge.com/) and is a speaker, writer, trainer and mentor. He offers nearly random Project Management insights from a very diverse background that covers entertainment, retail, insurance, banking, healthcare and automotive verticals. He delivers real world, practical lessons learned with a twist of humor. Thomas has spoken at PMI and PSQT Conferences and is a regular contributor to several Project Management sites. He has a blog at (http://cuttingsedgepm.blogspot.com).

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