10 MYTHS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT

SANJAY AKHANISR CLINICAL PROJECT MANAGER

• MBBS DOCTOR• BE ENGINEER• B. PHARM PHARMACIST • M. COM ACCOUNTANT• ??? PROJECT MANAGER Project managers may recognize the professional nature of their role but the recognition is not yet acknowledge enough……….

Project management is not a profession

• WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO TO A DOCTOR WHO’S CV IS FULL WITH TRAINING BY EXPERIENCE/ON THE JOB ONLY

People are not born as a Project Manager, there are best practices and sophisticated tools to run projects….

Project professional don’t need training

Project management is only relevant to IT/Infrastructure

• PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS HAVE HIGH PROFILE IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT• THEY ARE MORE STRUCTURED AND PREDICTABLE • PEOPLE ASPECT OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT IS LESS

SCIENTIFIC AND BENEFITS ARE MUCH HARDER TO QUANTIFY

Processes and systems don’t deliver anything. People do.

Project needs process and paperwork more than people

• DO WE NEED FIRE FIGHTER WHO FIXES THE PROBLEM AT ELEVENTH HOUR?• OR A CHARACTER OF HOLLYWOOD SCRIPT? WHO CREATES

FIRE AND THRIVE ON THE ADRENALIN IT PRODUCED

The challenge is creating the energy and adrenalin but in a more planned way with fewer peaks and dips but still have an opportunity to celebrate success with team

Project needs Heroes

Social media is irrelevant to project

The customer knows what he wants

Planning is waste of time-execution is everything

Professionals who wants to get the top job have to be male

Project don’t need properly articulated business case

• PROJECT MANAGEMENT IS NOT A PROFESSION• PROJECT PROFESSIONAL DON’T NEED TRAINING• PROJECT MANAGEMENT IS ONLY RELEVANT TO IT/INFRASTRUCTURE • PROJECT NEEDS PROCESS AND PAPERWORK MORE THAN PEOPLE• PROFESSIONALS WHO WANTS TO GET THE TOP JOB HAVE TO BE

MALE• PROJECT NEEDS HEROES• SOCIAL MEDIA IS IRRELEVANT TO PROJECTS• THE CUSTOMERS KNOW WHAT THEY WANT • PLANNING IS WASTE OF TIME-EXECUTION IS EVERYTHING• PROJECT DON’T NEED PROPERLY ARTICULATED BUSINESS CASE

10 MYTHS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT