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Vol. XI Issue III - March 2009
Project Management eJournal
Great Project Work Unappreciated!
By Michael O’Brochta, PMP
Introduction
The feeling is unmistakable; you have accomplished some great work, but it goes unappreciated. Didn’t anyone notice, or care? You may have crafted a terrific project plan only to be met with indifference, or worse, pushback from your executive about why you appear to be trying to bankrupt the organization with all of the “unnecessary” planning tasks. You may have developed a written project charter and been looking for your bosses’ approval signature only to be told, “that your organization doesn’t do charters” because they impinge on the line managers authority. Never mind that this stuff works; it must work, after all these techniques are reflected in standards such as the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge.
Thanks to organizations like the Project Management Institute and the plethora of high quality project management training providers the workforce now has far more and better-educated project managers; you may have encountered numerous testimonials to the effectiveness of these techniques by those present at PMI Global Congresses. So, why bother striving for excellence? Why endeavor to apply project management best practices if you are likely to be the only one of a few who knows or cares?
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About the Author
Michael (Mike) O'Brochta, who has managed hundreds of projects during the past thirty years, is also an experienced line manager, author, lecturer, trainer and consultant. He holds a master's degree in project management, a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, and is certified as a PMP®. As Zozer Inc. President, he is helping organizations raise their level of project management performance. As senior project manager at the CIA, he led the project management and systems engineering training and certification program to mature practices agency-wide. Mr. O'Brochta's other current work includes the development of standards and courseware for the new Federal Acquisition Certification for Program and Project Managers, project management office formation and management, the development of project management life cycle methodologies, project management maturity assessments, project management occupation development, and the creation and delivery of successful project management classes and workshops for participants at various knowledge levels. He serves at the PMI corporate level on the Community Development Management Advisory Group and at the chapter level where he built and led the international PMIWDC Chapter-to-Chapter program. Mr. O’Brochta has written and presented papers at every PMI North American Global Congress during the past decade as well as at many international, and regional conferences. His recent presentations at PMI conferences in Denver and Sao Paulo drew the largest audiences at those conferences. Topics that he is currently passionate about include how to get executives to act for project success and great project managers. Since his recent climb of another of the world’s seven summits, he has been exploring the relationship between project management and mountain climbing. Mike can be reached at mobrochta@zozerinc.com |
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