I just got back from a two-hour introductory seminar on project management. Normally this wouldn’t be something worth bloggin about but the presenter had a unique “command” of the English language. Here’s some of the more choice items I was able to write down:
turbulations
This person was very value add to the project
soft copy of the data
That person put th “uck” in suck
work packages
critical path
change management process
O.k. the last three are actual project management terminology but I still find them amusing.
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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One Reply to “Presenting: Project Management”
I get the last three relatively often around here, but the other ones are making me want to take a red Sharpie to the presenter’s brain.
I get the last three relatively often around here, but the other ones are making me want to take a red Sharpie to the presenter’s brain.