Hi,

I've just read your "editorial" on project Managers and I cannot believe the naivity that is often shown by techies when it comes to the complexity of running a large scale project.

Project Management is a highly skilled job requiring organisation, people skills, management skills and diplomecy. None of which are generally over flowing from the average techie on whome most businesses rely to try and deliver tasks. Indeed without a PM in place to ensure delivery on schedule, timescales would be fluid, deadlines would be be ambiguous and a Project's Scope would as solid as a politicians promises. I guess in an ideal world, there would be no need for PM's, in the same way as there would be no need for Lawyers, but until techies can learn some discipline, some basic time and people management skills then techies are going to have to live with being forced to deliver on time and to scope and PM's are going to have to live with ill informed rants, ahem I mean editorials

M

>> I cannot believe the naivity that is often shown by techies

I'm not a techie. I'm an editor and manager with a technical background who's seen several projects badly managed.

>> Project Management is a highly skilled job requiring organisation, people skills, management skills and diplomecy.

It certainly should be. In reality I have never met a project manager with all those skills (although plenty pretend to have them). The tone of your post indicates that you're lacking at least two of them.

I'd also add 'attention to detail' to your list - and there were five spelling mistakes in your post.

Thanks for reinforcing my point.

AC