Book critique: Playing the project manager by Charles Smith

Book critique:  Playing the project manager by Charles Smith

Charles has produced a very interesting book in ‘ Playing the project manager ‘ in which he asserts that PMs take on a number of different persona.  He describes character traits, tactics and strategies of his PM types and draws on real world examples to shine light on these modes of operation. While I agree that there are many ways to play the project manager, I disagree with Charles’ assertion that there is a hierarchy of effectiveness among these roles.   The number one trait of an effective PM is adaptability.  The successful PM will adopt the persona appropriate to the needs of the project, at that time.  The PM may well adopt differing persona throughout the course of a project as new phases are entered, and as the team moves through the Stormin’, Normin’, Performin’ cycle. Charles describes the foot soldier PM as an ‘enforcer’

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Book critique: Playing the project manager by Charles Smith

     


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