I'll try to be nice and not offend you but i'm sure none of you do this...
We have a few project managers at work who when told to go with a project take off like a bull in a china store. They don't seek agreement or commitment on dates, etc. Just put a schedule on the wall and say this is it. It happened to me 3 times in the last week with 3 different PM's. Luckily they all have a common manager so I'm talking to him on Monday. My team is already on 12 other projects so I don't have anyone who can start until July on their project.
Anyone have any good talking points, pages in the PMBOK, etc. that I can reference about before kicking off a project they should gain commitment, agreement, staff, etc.? It's become a pet peeve of mine at work that they just take off and expect that I have people sitting around idle waiting for unknown projects to kick off.
We have a few project managers at work who when told to go with a project take off like a bull in a china store. They don't seek agreement or commitment on dates, etc. Just put a schedule on the wall and say this is it. It happened to me 3 times in the last week with 3 different PM's. Luckily they all have a common manager so I'm talking to him on Monday. My team is already on 12 other projects so I don't have anyone who can start until July on their project.
Anyone have any good talking points, pages in the PMBOK, etc. that I can reference about before kicking off a project they should gain commitment, agreement, staff, etc.? It's become a pet peeve of mine at work that they just take off and expect that I have people sitting around idle waiting for unknown projects to kick off.
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