Comments on: The Most Important Word in Project Management

By: Enable and Build An Immune System

Enable and Build An Immune System — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:02:50 +0000

[...] us from the bad influences. This applies in our lives (from jobs towards relationships), applies in projects but may well be applicable to organisations and [...]

By: The Butterfly Effect

The Butterfly Effect — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:54:08 +0000

[...] may produce, in short, medium and long term: create healthy boundaries. For a online project, use the most important word, especially to ASAP requests: develop a habit of saying NO when you hear it, like: [...]

By: What is the first thing to look for in a project?

What is the first thing to look for in a project? — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:39:50 +0000

[...] thing to look in a project is getting right, as quick as possible, what needs to be done and what not – by clarifying, articulating and testing what the project stakeholders expect to have after [...]

By: Signs of Immaturity

Signs of Immaturity — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 08:19:36 +0000

[...] When challenged, the immature does not feel comfortable in her own skin: she does not ask for help, until is usually too late: and the main reason for this is that she does not create healthy boundries [...]

By: Web Project Management Analogy – Part 4

Web Project Management Analogy – Part 4 — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:31:29 +0000

[...] you’ve got my perspective on what’s the most important word in project management. If you are a can-do person – and as a project manager is mandatory to have this attitude, [...]

By: Bogdan

Bogdan — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:36:32 +0000

Hi Dana,

Thanks for your nice words. You are definitely right: although the attitude should be a positive one (finding solutions), when using NO you remind everyone that the resources within the project are limited and forces everyone – like you say – to concentrate on the delivering the most important thing

By: Bogdan

Bogdan — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:27:25 +0000

Hi Kevin,

Thanks for your advice: you are right. I was not referring to the mental attitude, which should be, by all means a “can-do” one, anytime in life. I was stressing that, in order to protect “the Definite YES” (in getting things done, in securing resources, in clarifying the scope of the project before starting the work) from its less helping cousin (“the May Be YES”), I prefer to use “NO” to set up clear boundaries, especially when expectations of different stakeholders start to go wild.

By: Bogdan

Bogdan — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:23:57 +0000

Hi Steven,

Thanks for your thoughts and insights from your experience. Like you say, NO is a sanitizing word, which may wash away the unproductive junk

By: Bogdan

Bogdan — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:23:21 +0000

Exactly: you are hitting the nail in the head with this comment: great input!

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