“People say a heart attack is a warning sign that you have to make changes,” my friend proclaimed. Strange, I thought, isn’t a heart attack a sign that you’re moments from death […]
Sabotage The PMO…by Backsliding
Sabotage The Project – Ignoring Advice…and then Criticism
“…so to summarise, your project team is failing to demonstrate key competencies and as a result I can not expect it to achieve its objectives on time or to the quality expected.” […]
Sabotage The Project – Red Mist
Oops! The Project Manager eyed me nervously now. The confidence in his ability to bulldoze his way through the meeting had just evaporated. We'd been having a one-to-one review of the project. […]
Goin’ Contractin’ (Part 1)
“I can get paid twice as much to be this unappreciated!” I think most permie PMOs have had this thought during their end of year reviews. Sadly, there isn’t much glory in […]
Sabotage The PMO…With Betrayal
All of the PMOs in the meeting room looked anxious. Not me though, I was a perm at the time so I knew getting rid of me would be a little trickier. […]
Sabotage The PMO…with Impossible Reconciliations
“Hey, could you have a chat with finance? Their figures don’t match ours.” “They’re not going to,” I shrug, “but don’t worry, I’ll check them out but they’re both likely to be […]
The Silent PMO…Gets Fired
Hey colleague. Where did it all go wrong? You did what they asked (packs, minutes, meeting set up), you showed up every day and put your hours in, yet suddenly you got […]
Sabotage the PMO… with Packs
It was after the third time of asking that I realised I was screwed. I’d said to the Programme Manager “Are you sure you don’t want me to demonstrate the alignment of […]