{"id":9904,"date":"2012-06-27T16:22:19","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T23:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?p=9904"},"modified":"2012-06-24T16:25:50","modified_gmt":"2012-06-24T23:25:50","slug":"are-goal-driver-crank-turner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?p=9904","title":{"rendered":"Are you a goal-driver or a crank-turner?"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are two types of project managers in the profession — those who expect tools and methodology to automate their work for them, and those who leverage tools and methodology to help them do their work.<\/p>\n

Those in the first category are crank-turners, and those in the second category are goal-drivers.<\/p>\n

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If you are simply accumulating laundry lists for meeting agendas, open action lists for review by stakeholders, and completing required project documentation because your PMO requires it, then you are a crank-turner.\u00a0\u00a0 If you expect any project management software to automate project management processes and take them over for you — then you are a crank-turner.\u00a0\u00a0 If you believe methodologies and certifications provide recipes for successful project outcomes — then you are a crank-turner.<\/p>\n

But if you know what your project needs to deliver and what value it needs to create, you have defined the relationship between tasks and deliverables, you may be a goal-driver.\u00a0\u00a0 If you are using your methodology, e.g PMBOK or your local PMO methodology, as a set of tools to help you achieve the project goals and value, then you are a goal driver.\u00a0\u00a0 If you are frequently examining the relationship between your tactical activities such as your meeting agendas, action lists, next steps and your ultimate deliverables, then you are a goal-driver.<\/p>\n

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We are all crank-turners at times, aren’t we?\u00a0\u00a0 It’s easy to fall back on mindless activity as a substitute for progress sometimes, but as we move up the experience ladder, we as project leaders need to take a break from turning the crank, look up, and drive to our goal.<\/p>\n

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