69. Phone: +1 780 953 8317Running with Scissors: Techniques for Managing Conflicting Expectations
Editor's Notes
Nameste!I would like to thank the organizers of the conference for inviting me here, and to all of you for offering your time and attention, today.
Early in our careers, project managers are taught the importance of budgets, schedules, and scope documentation.Having a communication plan often meant simply knowing when to hold status meetings and distribute reports.Now, while I agree that these are all important,I would like to suggest that we need to go beyond the tangible aspects of projects.Furthermore, we cannot always accept what we are offered, at face value.If my translation from Hindi is correct, I'd say that “the elephant's teeth that we see are not the same ones as they use to chew.”In other words: “What you see is not necessarily the truth.”Now, let’s look at some thoughts from other people on this topic.
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