Known on the Internet, I couldn’t get over it and…. “saved” 🙂 Original on the site: http://it-boost.com/ – To the author Vlasna the text itself: I have a friend living in St. Petersburg, whom we already know about 10 years ago. Apparently, those who discussed this with him, got off to a good start Call Yogo Sin “The Project.” Like, “Well, how’s your long-term strategic project going?” “It is growing,” he said, “though it has not yet reached self-sufficiency, while investments are already 6 kilos important…”.

For me, my father’s three children and about 50 different projects, such associations often come to mind. And I decided to combine similar ideas into one document, which you may find useful (for example, those who have children and/or projects).
Well, children are like projects and projects are like children.

It’s even more difficult for children, since they have two PMs (Project Managers). True, it often turns out that one PM pretends to be like that, but he himself is rather a sponsor of the project (father), just as his mother supports the project.
Differences between the sponsor of the project and the PM are now increasingly visible on the project, giving rise to schizophrenia and hyper-humanity in my soul. These differences interfere with the development of the project, and most often the project team does not know where to go or what to do next.
Children, like a project, develop in their PMs the ability to think strategically, expand the horizons of planning and the important things to look beyond, here and now. They apparently inadvertently drag their fathers into the future.
If you have a lot of children/projects, be prepared for them to compete with each other for your respect. The mission of a good PM is to give respect to the one who needs it the most, while giving everyone else an understanding that he also remembers about them.
Projects/children that have reached self-sufficiency may send you away.
Like projects, children can generate completely atypical (non-process) tasks. How to remove the intestine from the olive oil? On the 10th anniversary of the evening, do you want to know a bunny costume for tomorrow’s morning?
Improved processes (for example, a child who has learned to go mining without outside help) can bring satisfaction with one fact.
Be prepared before the ROI factor (return on investment) for your project reaches zero. And that the invested investments will be paid. The head must at that hour gain wisdom in order to understand the full value of such a turn.
Making effective changes is an important part of any project. The most important task for the PM is to understand that the child has already grown up and the training/motivation model needs to be re-learned.
As any PM, parents need to find a balance between work activities, resources (such as hour, money, money, energy, space, etc.), time, food and resources. Many fathers don’t want to manage their risks, and they don’t want to sing for mercy, so that pennies (expensive toys) can replace taking away the hour.
Outsourcing (nannies, childcare providers, schools) is not without optimal solutions for project management. It is important to maintain control over the project, otherwise the street will take care of everything that is going on.
It would be better not to misrepresent Benjamin Spock’s book as PMBOK (traditional project management methodology). The process of childcare has begun to require that professionalism is not the norm, and there is no single basis, everyone conducts their projects, based on the bossy evidence (on the behavior of their fathers), for the sake of grandma and people’s notices. ).
In any project, communication plays a major role in fostered children. And it’s better to drink not through Skype, but in person.
Very often the control over the quality of your work is taken over by strangers – old people in stores, teachers at schools, long-term workers (God forbid in an emergency)… Be prepared for the fact that the goals of the project may change during the development process. For example, your son took three lessons at the piano, and then watched a film with Bruce Lee and started going to karate (advantageous muscle management).
And most importantly, don’t forget: Children are the most important projects in your life!