This is something that's been bothering me for a while, so I thought I'd start a new thread specifically for it and gain some “clarity” from you lot!
Love 'em or hate 'em (some may even be lurking in here) most of us have to work with them.
I've only worked with two decent project managers in the past 10 years of project related work. All of the others have been dire with sloping shoulders, no ounce of technical knowledge (or interest) whatsoever, no ability to plan the simplist of things and the majority passing projects back to me to do the detail for the scopes. The worst ones I’ve worked with are a dyslexic guy, an overweight chap who couldn’t tackle staircases of more than three steps and lastly the guy with the faulty hearing aid (these are all genuine).
Therefore, I'm interested in other peoples experiences and what you'd expect (or maybe assume is more correct) that a PM should do for you (and the project your working on).
From the quality of people I've rubbed shoulders with (excluding the two really good chaps I've worked alongside) I fail to see what value they add to any technical piece of work if I'm expected to do the majority of the paperwork myself?
Love 'em or hate 'em (some may even be lurking in here) most of us have to work with them.
I've only worked with two decent project managers in the past 10 years of project related work. All of the others have been dire with sloping shoulders, no ounce of technical knowledge (or interest) whatsoever, no ability to plan the simplist of things and the majority passing projects back to me to do the detail for the scopes. The worst ones I’ve worked with are a dyslexic guy, an overweight chap who couldn’t tackle staircases of more than three steps and lastly the guy with the faulty hearing aid (these are all genuine).
Therefore, I'm interested in other peoples experiences and what you'd expect (or maybe assume is more correct) that a PM should do for you (and the project your working on).
From the quality of people I've rubbed shoulders with (excluding the two really good chaps I've worked alongside) I fail to see what value they add to any technical piece of work if I'm expected to do the majority of the paperwork myself?
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