{"id":998,"date":"2008-05-05T17:33:17","date_gmt":"2008-05-05T17:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/2008\/05\/05\/the-power-of-memory-in-project-management\/"},"modified":"2019-08-07T14:35:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T21:35:08","slug":"the-power-of-memory-in-project-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?p=998","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Memory in Project Management"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a recent project team meeting we were reviewing\u00a0an Ishikawa<\/a> diagram and root cause analysis as a means to\u00a0determine the next appropriate steps on an issue we were addressing as a project team when a forgotten data point was brought forward be me of all people, the project manager. What was interesting about this is the discussion that ensued over lunch later that day with several members of the team.\u00a0 Someone proposed the idea that a “good” project manager is\u00a0a person\u00a0who possess an extrodinary memory.\u00a0 A level of memory such as to prevent those critical\u00a0diamonds\u00a0from getting lost in the rough (or chaos of the moment), regardless if it was all documented in some team minutes or report\u00a0which was\u00a0filed in the appropriate folder or database. This proposal was interesting in its fundamental assertion.\u00a0 We all have different means of enabling our memory.<\/p>\n

Is memory a critical tool of the project manager?\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

How can we strengthen\u00a0this tool as to\u00a0use it at just the right moment and need?<\/p>\n

According to Thomas H Leahey and Richard J Harris<\/a> our ability to have long term memory is based on moving the information we have proccessed from sensory memory to working memory through a means of rehearsal to effectively store it in our long term memory as facts, events and emotions.\u00a0 Personally, my visual and recalled memory\u00a0has been\u00a0a strength as a project manager and after years of experience I continue to rehearse critical elements by writing them down in my\u00a0project\u00a0journal and on scraps of paper within reach. Yes I know this is old school, but this has always been the key to my memory. I am getting\u00a0more modern\u00a0these days as I\u00a0have begun to use my iPhone notepad instead of all the scraps of paper!<\/p>\n

Memory can be a very valuable asset as a project manager especially in those critical moments. Is this a tool in your tool chest?<\/p>\n

– Debra Hein\u00a0<\/p>\n

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