20 QUOTESFOR PROJECTMANAGERS

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PROJECT MANAGERS ARECHALLENGED DAY IN AND DAY OUTFACING THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE,TASKS, AND RESPONSIBILITIESPUT IN FRONT OF THEM

HERE IS A COLLECTION OF 20 QUOTATIONS FOR PROJECT MANAGERS TOTO READ AND LIVE BY WHEN DAILY CHALLENGES SEEM TO BE TOO MUCH

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"THOSE WHO PLANDO BETTER THAN

THOSE WHO DO NOTPLAN EVEN THOUGHTHEY RARELY STICKTO THEIR PLAN."

~Winston Churchill

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"TIME IS THE SCARCEST RESOURCEAND UNLESS IT IS MANAGEDNOTHING ELSE CAN BE MANAGED."

~Peter Drucker

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"Of all the things I've done, the most vital iscoordinating the talents of those who workfor us and pointing them towards a certain

goal."

~Walt Disney

~Martin Luther King Jr.

"YOU DON'T HAVE TOSEE THE WHOLE

STAIRCASE, JUST THEFIRST STEP."

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"The 'P' in PM is as much about'People' Managements as it is about'Project' Management."

~Cornelius Fichtner

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"CHANGE IS INEVITABLE - EXCEPT FROM AVENDING MACHINE."

~Robert Gallagher

"My personalphilosophy is not toundertake a projectunless it ismanifestlyimportant andnearly impossible."

~Edwin Land

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"A LEADER OF TEAMSSHOULD SHARE THE GLORY AND PAINAND BE AUTHENTIC"

~Robert Prol

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"CONCENTRATE ALLYOUR THOUGHTSUPON THE WORK INHAND. THE SUN'SRAYS DO NOT BURNUNTIL BROUGHTINTO FOCUS."

~Alexander Graham Bell

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"A PROJECT IS LIKE LOVE; IT HAS CLEARINTENTIONS AT THE BEGINNING, BUT IT

CAN GET COMPLICATED."

~Gerry Geek

~Rasheed Ogularu

"SOMETIMES A STEPBACK OR AWAY FROMAN IDEA, TASK OR

PROJECT BRINGS EVENMORE PERSPECTIVE,

INSIGHT AND CLARITY."

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"Operations keeps the lights on,strategy provides a light at the end ofthe tunnel, but project management isthe train engine that moves theorganization forward."

~Joy Gumz

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"Project managers function as bandleaderswho pull together their players each a

specialist with individual score and internalrhythm. Under the leader’s direction, they all

respond to the same beat."~L.R. Sayles

"NO MATTER HOWGOOD THE TEAM ORHOW EFFICIENT THEMETHODOLOGY, IFWE’RE NOTSOLVING THE RIGHTPROBLEM, THEPROJECT FAILS."

~Woody Williams

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"BEING A PROJECT MANAGER IS LIKE BEINGAN ARTIST, YOU HAVE THE DIFFERENT

COLORED PROCESS STREAMS COMBININGINTO A WORK OF ART."

~Greg Cimmarrusti

~W. Edwards Deming

“If you can’t describewhat you are doing asa process, you don’tknow what you are

doing.”

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"SKILLS CAN BELEARNED WHILEEXPERIENCE MUSTBE EARNED."

~Joy Gumz

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"GOOD JUDGMENT COMES FROMEXPERIENCE, AND EXPERIENCE COMES

FROM BAD JUDGMENT."

~Fred Brooks

"At times, project managers seem toforget that many of the conventionalforms, charts, and tables that theymust fill out are intended to serve asaids, not punishments."

~Mantel, Meredith, Shafer, and Sutton

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"ENSURE YOURDOCUMENTATION ISSHORT AND SHARPAND MAKE MUCHMORE USE OFPEOPLE-TO-PEOPLECOMMUNICATION."

~Bentley and Borman

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