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April 14, 2005
Project mythologies and fuzzy thinking.
OK, one more rant before I stop for the day. mythologies and superstition seem to be rampant in the project management world both in terms of consumption and creation. And a lot of the PM blogs use big or marketing type words - primarily the ones with books to sell. I'm gonna have to think up something catchy to match up with things like "lean", "agile", "TOC" and the like. Either that or learn enough about them to write a boatload of nasty comments. I think I'll tackle TOC first...
Posted by Jack at April 14, 2005 05:22 PM
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Lately, I'm finding that the terms "lean" and "agile" are so politically charged that any use of the terms becomes immediately unproductive. I've been using "responsive" as a synonym, which seems to be more politically acceptable.
Posted by: michael at April 14, 2005 11:25 PM
Are you saying "lean" is hype?
Posted by: Glen B Alleman at April 15, 2005 12:14 PM
I am not saying that "lean" is actually hype. A cursory look at the blogs out there that discuss it certainly smell of hype. I have not studied it enough to pronounce judgement. Project Management "concepts" are often just a repackaging of best practices anyway so it might indeed be a great thing. Perhaps it is unwise to dismiss hype. Tom Peters thrives on it.
Sometimes it can get people to do something (presumably something good for them) they don't want to do. But for me, I'm sensitive to being tricked into doing anything just because it is the thing to do so my natural reaction is to assume the worst. Now TOC for project management, THAT is hype.
Posted by: Jack at April 15, 2005 09:49 PM