PMP Week 1 DQR

Project MGM Week 1 DQR

In responding to your peers, compare and contrast selection processes and critique how the existing process identified by your peers may be improved.

Ana Escobar

Hi class,

My name is Ana I have a hospitality background and would like to continue within that industry but would like to incorporate project management. I ran a remodel at my last location and absolutely became obsessed with the process. The deadlines, the issues and the fixes all really was such a rollercoaster for me. I think it has a lot to do with the fact that I love knowing that everyday starts off the same but takes its own path each day. Maybe that's why I also joined the military, I am prior Navy and worked on the flight deck where everyday started the same but had its own ending.

As for my previous experience, I was assigned the remodel for the hotel I was managing, I was extremely concerned that they trusted me to manage a remodel of an entire hotel when I was just a general manager. Along side the construction crew I did my daily walks and inspections of what I thought would be more difficult than expected. Team communication and open doors are really what kept the project running smoothly even with hiccups. I do think that I was unqualified to manage this type of project but I soon realized that it was just managing and communicating just as I was doing in my role as General Manager, and when I didn't know the solution to a problem the company provided assistance to assist in resolving said issue. My organization used the same company throughout 36 locations so it was easy to find solutions for issues especially is issue had occurred in previous locations. I do think that incorporating me in a walk through of the entire project plan would have helped and ease some of my concerns as I was not given a proper walkthrough of the project.

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Angie Hardley

Hi Everyone,

My name is Angie and I am currently living in Wellington, Colorado and am enrolled in the Data Analytics program. I work as a program / laboratory director at a laboratory where I oversee the company's microbiology program. I am looking to shift careers in the next few years and am excited to be back in school.

In my career I have not had many opportunities to see or work with a project manager, but have seen and worked with many program directors. In the business of laboratory management we are typically not focused on specific projects but are mainly concerned with the timely and accurate completion of predetermined analytical processes. That being said I have observed that first time managers in the laboratories often get very excited about implementing new ways of doing things and often do not determine if they truly add value to the work. I have also witnessed managers who are interested in having their newly set out directives be attained without understanding how these directives affect the overall work or their staff and are unwilling to hear or take suggestions form anyone they are managing. This approach usually ends up undermining their success as their staff falls into a pattern of uncooperative or undermining behaviors. The directors that have the most success and staying power are typically the ones who step in and observe or understand the current process, understand what makes laboratories successful in the cooperate world and have the ability to listen to the staff they are managing as well as the managers/CEOs/stakeholders at the organization and then determine ways they can fine tune processes to bring about needed change or improve performance.

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