The three whys
A principle that I have employed for several years in the three whys. The theory is you have to ask “why” at least three times to really get the root need, want, or cause. This principle has proofed useful over Read More …
Author: david.m.proett@gmail.com
Certified Project Manager located in Richmond, VA
What I learned about the US by going to India
In India the traffic on the roads is chaotic. There are cars, trucks, pedestrian, bicycles, motor cycles, and yes, cows, and even ox pulls carts. And horns blowing constantly. And, by the way, they drive on the opposite side of the Read More …
Travel to India
A few years ago, I went to Chennai, India to help a third-party company with testing and asset their change management capabilities. It was an amazing experience. Being throw into a culture so radically different from what we know in Read More …
I can put it together
I have a reputation for being able to put anything together from chairs, to bicycles, to beds. My reputation was put to test a few years ago when I purchased the greenhouse from Brighton Greenhouse. It came with literally a Read More …
I can’t accept this beautiful tie
Several years ago, I had a team member from the Vietnam, offer an expense neck tie to me as a Christmas give. It was hard to explain to him that I couldn’t accept sure a beautiful nick tie. I had Read More …
How do I buy a car?
One of my team member, who happen to be from Sri Lanka, asked me one morning if he could meet privately with me. Sure, I said. The individual had only been in San Francisco for about a month and he Read More …
Treat people as human beings
In a matrix environment, a project manager has to build trust and respect for each team member. Not that it is motivating anyway, but you cannot force people to work hard and do a good job, they have to want Read More …
Manage by walking around
PMI states that 90% of a project manager job is communication. I agree, and long before it was popular, I managed by walking around. Sure, I have always had the weekly status meetings, etc., but I always learned a lot Read More …
How I got my first job by asking a lot of questions
The recruiter from EDS, where I got my first job, was so impressed by the fact that I had questions for him rather than only questions for me. Finding a win-win position means asking questions for a potential employer in Read More …