Video from LiveNOW from FOX YouTube Channel Follow up on my earlier post on the PM perspective of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, today we will review my PM perspective compared that which has been generated by AI. Using Recall to extract the summary of the video above, and pasting the summary to chatGPT , we got the following version, when asking AI to translate it to more familiar Project Management IT terminology: Risk Identification and Monitoring : Loss of visibility on a critical risk after initial identification. Ineffective real-time risk assessment. Project Planning and Execution : Potential shortcuts in project planning and stakeholder coordination. Failure to secure critical components or areas of the project environment. Inadequate adjustments to project plans based on stakeholder feedback. Governance and Communication : Unclear roles and responsibilities during the project. Insufficient training and coordination with external stakeholders. Incident R...

Video from Youtube LiveNOW from FOX channel Been viewing with interest over the last few days, on the shocking assassination attempt on the previous President, and upcoming Presidential nominee, Donald Trump. As with all such events, there has been a lot of discussions on the postmortem from many sources on where the gaps were. These are a few lessons and take aways, from a project management perspective, and my personal experience. You are only as good as your current project. No really cares on the 100's of events that went smoothly previously without any issues, when something breaks and processes fail. No matter how well you plan, once the event starts, expect the unexpected, as anything can happen. No planning will be perfectly executed. Interlocks and communications are critical to project success. Communications with resources outside your direct control, has to be more precise, and confirmation that the correct message and assignments need to be acknowledged and confirmed. ...

Recently my car door latch broke, and I discovered how much leverage it actually provides.  After several attempts trying to open the door from within the car... I reached an inspiration to wind down my window and just open the door using the outside latch.  So, a few similarities to handling this situation and with project management. When something breaks, our first reaction is to try and resolve the problem from the same side of the situation. The thing that breaks, will most likely provide great leverage to the process. The solution may need us to look outside of the "normal" process flow, and look for a solution from a different angle. The immediate solution may not be pretty, but if the immediate problem is solved, which is to get out of the car in this example, then it does the job. What do you think? #pmandre Contact and PM me  

  Having been in a project management role for some time, focusing on release planning and execution, I seem to automatically analyze the planning behind every event I attend. You could call it an occupational hazard. Last weekend, while attending a Dance Day event at a local mall, I found it peculiar that the event was situated in the middle of the main ground floor corridor. Although this provided a good, layered viewing deck for the upper floors, it seemed counterproductive to block the flow of people entering the mall. Considering the heavy downpour the night before, I suspected that this was their contingency plan to host the event indoors, due to the risk of further rain. Typically, their events are held in two main spaces: one outside and another in the main atrium. It was curious that they didn't hold it in the main atrium, which seemed like the most logical location. Even if another event was scheduled for that space, the layout suggested that it wouldn't have been too...