weird things you hear at project meetings (presentations)

The following statements are actual quotes from project meetings… These are the top selections

for 2013 relating to presentations.

“We are running a business not a chart!”

“They are showing you…

…because it's the only chart they have!”

DATA

BAD

“…I won't talk it. Next!”

“I can’t read this chart so…

“EVERYTHING is GREEN…

…except for a couple of

REDS”

Manager briefing scorecard…

...if it’s not on a PowerPoint

chart,

At the end of the day…

…it won’t happen!

“It’s just colors on a chart! Try using the green pen!”

Slide design 101…

“It’s a chart!NOT the Rosetta Stone!”

When charts get too wordy…

“Nobody knows what these numbers

mean so…

…they must be good!”

“I am not looking for good data or bad data…”

“So, once again, ours is better, but it takes ten pages to explain why.”

Getting the message across…

You can have the perfect burn-down chart…

…and still have to lie about it!

“These are just some charts

you cannot read, because they show the

data!”

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