Ingeniero mecanico

PROJECT MANAGEMENT BLIND SPOTS
Ignacio Manzanera, ME, CCC, CPM, MBA
The core of project management excellence lies on repeated demonstrations of pm skills, leadership, reliability and devotion all tied together with qualities of talent and integrity to bring projects repeatedly to a successful completion.

Abstract Life is has plenty of blind spots and project management activity is not theexception. This paper presents a variety of blind spots we all face while practicing project management and it suggests solutions for them. The blind spots scheme is utilized to address as many as possible project management areas and give the reader a chance of not only reviewing available solutions, but to use them as a guideline whenever necessary. Famous quotations from recognized thinkers andsome from our own arsenal have been included at the header of each proposed blind spot to make reading more entertaining and capture the audience’s imagination. Although we have come up with more than 15 blind spots in project management, only some of them are presented in this paper, reserving the rest for possible sequels of this technical paper. The emphasis is set on allowing the reader tovisualize typical project management bad situations and then pointing at the means to overcoming them. This paper features a graphical representation of project management available tools in all the areas requiring the project team intervention, the growing influence of emotional intelligence to properly lubricated the wheels of team understanding, cooperation and collaboration, and the tremendousimportance of hiring the right people at the right time. Blind spots are usually created by a project manager and his/her team having different perception about the available tools, techniques and skills required to do a good job. Poor perception is the origin of all kind of misunderstandings and chaos if not exposed on time. This paper also suggests an intelligent, strong, focus, integrated projectstart-up to create a unified and solid workforce capable of handling together any possible project outcomes.

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Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est (Knowledge itself is power) F. Bacon

BS1 - DO YOU HAVE THE PM MILLENNIUM SKILLS? IF NOT, YOU HAVE A BLIND SPOT Not having the millennium skills is usually a serious project management blind spot. It means not having a comprehensive experienceabout what it takes to make projects successful. They represent the range of tools, skills, and information required to manage projects properly. As it can be derived from the picture next page, there are plenty of angles to be covered when you are handling projects. Neglecting any of these angles will automatically create additional blind spots that will come to hunt your project when lessexpected.

Clear this blind spot by: • Using the graphic as a checklist will give your efforts as a project manager and will provide your team with guidance to support your mission; Making it understood there are few people that can provide insight into so many issues, but you as a project manager expects everyone to raise to the occasion and participate in all of them; Using the graphic to guide yourproject team continuous education; Providing a strong, open forum where team members feels a home to express their opinions and contribute to bring issues to a successful conclusion; and Using the graphic to give area managers the minimum requirements to comply with project team integration.

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“Wanted: Young, smart, crafty fellows not over 28. Must be experts in PMwilling to risk failure daily. Orphans preferred.” KB/IM

BS2 – HIRING THE WRONG PERSON AS A PROJECT MANAGER Hiring the wrong people for the job might be the single most impacting blind spot in projects management. A considerable percentage of today’s project managers are what is popularly called accidental project managers. They landed the job as project manager without knowing the demanding...