Tuesday, July 24, 2007

The Project Manager's Nightmare (Part 1)

Part 1: The Dream

Pipoy Mola is an aspiring project manager in a prestigious telecommunications company. Throughout his career he assisted managers and users in developing small programs that would hasten business processes in his department. He awed his officemates by his exemplary skills in programming in macros, visual basic and the simple but useful tool called Excel. Many times his colleagues asked him to teach them!

But all the while he wanted to do more than just those "small" things. He wants to accomplish "bigger" challenges. He starting off handling enhancements from one existing system to another. After that, he felt sure he wanted to implement projects, particularly systems, that would better support the needs of his colleagues, and even impact subscribers. He wants to be a real Project Manager!

He usually daydreams being given an award of excellence citing his unusual talent of implementing projects at the right time, within budget, according to scope and the best quality of work. Then one day, he finally got his opportunity! There was a gap in the group that needs to be addressed and he's the best man to do it! He placed a generous smile on his face but little did he know what nightmares he would face...

read Part 2.

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