QUESTION 43
HOW CAN I PASS ON WHAT I’VE LEARNT TO OTHER PROJECT MANAGERS?
Why it’s important: Only a fool makes the same mistake time and again.
An ancient sage (not Confucius!) once said ‘It’s difficult to remember that your job was to drain the swamp when the crocodiles are biting your bum’. The same is true about learning lessons from projects. At the end of a successful project it’s easy to forget what you have learnt from the project, as you are too busy trying to get through the backlog of work that has accumulated while you’ve been away from your ‘day job’. Yes, you’ll remember the big things – like how computer specialists will always deliver the system they think you need and not the one you asked for (unless you make it very clear to ...
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