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Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

Necc0 posted:

Alright yeah I understand but this is important

....

ok well this is more important

*comes by later to ask you why you haven't made any progress on the project he interrupted*

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thathonkey
Jul 17, 2012
On launch day-

*PM nowhere to be found*

Libelous Slander
May 1, 2009

... you're just creepy ...
I still haven't received a reply to the email i sent at 9:30 this morning. *It's 10:15 in this scenario*

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

Libelous Slander posted:

I still haven't received a reply to the email i sent at 9:30 this morning. *It's 10:15 in this scenario*

*e-mail doesn't even have content which would normally warrant a reply*

thathonkey
Jul 17, 2012
More like,

9:30 *pm sends email to dev*
9:32 *pm arrives at devs cubicle*

Hey did you see my email?

Zev
Apr 3, 2009
I do project management, planning, purchasing, engineering management, and construction management. :rms:

ScRoTo TuRbOtUrD
Jan 21, 2007

thathonkey posted:

On launch day-

*PM nowhere to be found*

lol, this happened twice. i have been with my company for 2 years and we have gone through like 5 project managers.

you know your career is a sham when you cant keep down any job longer than 6 months... and its not contract work

Cannon_Fodder
Jul 17, 2007

"Hey, where did Steve go?"
Design by Kamoc

Zev posted:

I do project management, planning, purchasing, engineering management, and construction management. :rms:

Bernie is lucky to have you <3

primaltrash
Feb 11, 2008

(Thought-ful Croak)
Hey guys, I'm gonna need some more jokes in here. We've made some good progress, but if we can get a couple more, we can probably get client off our backs for a few days. Just trying to look out for you. I can set up a troubleshooting session if you'd like.

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
Let's have another meeting where I take thirty minutes to tell you something I could have told you to your face right now in the time it takes to arrange the meeting.

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

Rambling Robot posted:

*congratules everyone - keeps bonus for himself*

withak
Jan 15, 2003


Fun Shoe
* leads off meeting with complete, concise five-minute summary of topics on meeting agenda and required actions from everyone *

* spends 45 minutes talking about agenda topics, saying nothing relevant that wasn't in the five-minute summary *

Zev
Apr 3, 2009

Cannon_Fodder posted:

Bernie is lucky to have you <3

:patriot:

EngineerSean
Feb 9, 2004

by zen death robot
Your jobs all sound awful

thathonkey
Jul 17, 2012

ScrotoTurboSperg posted:

lol, this happened twice. i have been with my company for 2 years and we have gone through like 5 project managers.

you know your career is a sham when you cant keep down any job longer than 6 months... and its not contract work

It has happened to me personally twice as well. Same PM both times. Except instead of getting fired he got promoted. Sigh.

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Oswald Kesselpot
Jan 14, 2008

HONK HONK HONK

Cannon_Fodder posted:

As a fledgling PM, I require advice on how to best PM. May I have your best advice?

I will need it by the end of the day.
The best way to facilitate an answer for this is to gather all relevant parties into a meeting room, conference those that are not on site in, and have a mediated discussion where we can work through this as a team.

E: please make sure to bring your own copy of the PMBOK to this meeting.

Oswald Kesselpot fucked around with this message at 20:57 on May 20, 2015

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