Comments for Are Your Project Managers Working too Hard to be Successful? at http://www.projecttimes.com , comment 1 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.projecttimes.com Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:02:27 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.projecttimes.com/articles/are-your-project-managers-working-too-hard-to-be-successful.html#comment-272 The issue with focusing on the 20% that matters, runs into the question of "matters to whom"? Your project will most definitely have stakeholders will differentiating priorities... how do you determine who is more important than the next? The organization responsible for internal audits and thus your bonus and reputation... the customer sponsor that only cares about not spending another penny... the internal sponsor that wants you to increase the revenue for the project (which goes against your customer goals of not paying you a penny more)... your own goal of spending a few extra hours researching something new that you believe could be helpful and fun, but isn't really necessary...( of course you may not know if it is, until you actuall try it). I believe the 80/20 view can be helpful, but the sitatation should be carefully evaluated. Blanked application could lead to issues and not the other way around! - milakrol Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:14:21 +0100 http://www.projecttimes.com/articles/are-your-project-managers-working-too-hard-to-be-successful.html#comment-271 No, it's the diligent but not-smart that should be fired because they have the capability of making problems beyond their ability to solve. This is really a nice concept which is contrary to conventional thinking that "lack of smarts can be compensated by enough hard work". Great article! - EFabian Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:00:23 +0100 http://www.projecttimes.com/articles/are-your-project-managers-working-too-hard-to-be-successful.html#comment-265 This is a new concept that make sense. I never think of fire the smart and diligent person. I guess the general was right. - profsomboon Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:40:27 +0100