Rubbish jobs thread

[ctdctd]

http://www.jobserve.com/W2988AA9FF7969533.job

"Prince II Practitioner with 3 years plus as a Project Planner"

"Location North West"

Must be way out by Watford - no London rates out there

[BrowneIssue]

Project Manager @ £114 to £140 / day

http://www.theitjobboard.com/index.p...=5489848&xc=17

Project Manager, £15.50 - £18.91 per hour

"Project Manager required for a Local Authority to manage ICT related aspects of their Building Schools for the Future programme."

That'll all turn out to be crap then.

[thunderlizard]

Project Management is appearing a lot in this thread. Ever occurred to you that it might not be all that difficult after all?

[BrowneIssue]

Project Management is appearing a lot in this thread. Ever occurred to you that it might not be all that difficult after all?

That's 'cos:
a) I'm the only one posting to this thread;
b) I'm only looking at project management roles.

Yes, project management is a doddle. Until something goes wrong. It's the rescuing of projects that's challenging.

[Tensai]

Silent running....

Yes, project management is a doddle. Until something goes wrong. It's the rescuing of projects that's challenging.

Isn't the point that if the PM is doing their job properly, no-one should know when something goes wrong (mitigations etc).

Like most theories, very elegant at first glance, difficult to manage in practice.

[NickFitz]

Yes, project management is a doddle. Until something goes wrong. It's the rescuing of projects that's challenging.

Isn't the point that if the PM is doing their job properly, no-one should know when something goes wrong (mitigations etc).

Like most theories, very elegant at first glance, difficult to manage in practice.

Isn't that what he meant?

[BrowneIssue]

Isn't the point that if the PM is doing their job properly, no-one should know when something goes wrong (mitigations etc).

Be wary of where that line of reasoning takes you.

The "Lessons Learned Report" that every professional project manager wants to produce and disseminate is usually quashed by management fearful of people finding out things had gone wrong. So no lessons are learned. So the same things go wrong. Over and over and over...

Part of good project management is ensuring that when things start looking as though they may go wrong, the causes are also considered so they can be dealt with (usually done outside of the project).

Mitigation, by the way, is making excuses. A frequently abused term. You probably mean "prepared responses to risks". Sadly, the things that do go wrong are usually the ones NOT on the risk register, so there is no prepared response! (Well there is, but that's a different technique.)

[oracleslave]

Oracle Consultant My client is looking for a Functional technical consultant. The successful candidate will have experience with full life cycle implementation of Oracle Financials (functional design, implementation and testing). Desirable Skills: SAP.

[NickFitz]

Oracle Consultant My client is looking for a Functional technical consultant. The successful candidate will have experience with full life cycle implementation of Oracle Financials (functional design, implementation and testing). Desirable Skills: SAP.

[assclown]

meh im on £140 a day rate.

Boxbreaker/lift'n shifter/Project Manager whats the difference?