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Pawel Brodzinski
Pawel Brodzinski
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I think subject-matter experts make the best PMs, however, that's not a prereqprerequisite for selecting a PM.

(1) Estimating definitely improves with experience as a PM and as a SME but is heavily influenced by company/culture and the process being used (waterfall, agile, wishful). A SME PM is better able to challenge estimates - but isn’t responsible, by role, for producing the work - so not always in a position to challenge those estimates. A PM in that situation could propose alternatives to improve estimates or challenge with estimates from a 3rd-party.

(2) There will be impediments; typically a result of changed conditions or a root-cause in the project set up. All projects that fall behind do so in the beginning. allow for ramp-up at the start. This is really a matter of getting the core, essential, measurable goals right in the beginning and applying reasonableness to the plan before starting.

  1. Estimating definitely improves with experience as a PM and as a SME but is heavily influenced by company/culture and the process being used (waterfall, agile, wishful). A SME PM is better able to challenge estimates - but isn’t responsible, by role, for producing the work - so not always in a position to challenge those estimates. A PM in that situation could propose alternatives to improve estimates or challenge with estimates from a 3rd-party.

  2. There will be impediments; typically a result of changed conditions or a root-cause in the project set up. All projects that fall behind do so in the beginning. allow for ramp-up at the start. This is really a matter of getting the core, essential, measurable goals right in the beginning and applying reasonableness to the plan before starting.

I think subject-matter experts make the best PMs, however, that's not a prereq for selecting a PM.

(1) Estimating definitely improves with experience as a PM and as a SME but is heavily influenced by company/culture and the process being used (waterfall, agile, wishful). A SME PM is better able to challenge estimates - but isn’t responsible, by role, for producing the work - so not always in a position to challenge those estimates. A PM in that situation could propose alternatives to improve estimates or challenge with estimates from a 3rd-party.

(2) There will be impediments; typically a result of changed conditions or a root-cause in the project set up. All projects that fall behind do so in the beginning. allow for ramp-up at the start. This is really a matter of getting the core, essential, measurable goals right in the beginning and applying reasonableness to the plan before starting.

I think subject-matter experts make the best PMs, however, that's not a prerequisite for selecting a PM.

  1. Estimating definitely improves with experience as a PM and as a SME but is heavily influenced by company/culture and the process being used (waterfall, agile, wishful). A SME PM is better able to challenge estimates - but isn’t responsible, by role, for producing the work - so not always in a position to challenge those estimates. A PM in that situation could propose alternatives to improve estimates or challenge with estimates from a 3rd-party.

  2. There will be impediments; typically a result of changed conditions or a root-cause in the project set up. All projects that fall behind do so in the beginning. allow for ramp-up at the start. This is really a matter of getting the core, essential, measurable goals right in the beginning and applying reasonableness to the plan before starting.

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Bob Reid
Bob Reid
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I think subject-matter experts make the best PMs, however, that's not a prereq for selecting a PM.

(1) Estimating definitely improves with experience as a PM and as a SME but is heavily influenced by company/culture and the process being used (waterfall, agile, wishful). A SME PM is better able to challenge estimates - but isn’t responsible, by role, for producing the work - so not always in a position to challenge those estimates. A PM in that situation could propose alternatives to improve estimates or challenge with estimates from a 3rd-party.

(2) There will be impediments; typically a result of changed conditions or a root-cause in the project set up. All projects that fall behind do so in the beginning. allow for ramp-up at the start. This is really a matter of getting the core, essential, measurable goals right in the beginning and applying reasonableness to the plan before starting.