Rainer Rottler

Rainer Rottler

Dipl.-Ing. (FH)

Sales & Business Development

(The company name is only visible to registered members)

Contact Rainer Rottler!

All you need to do is sign up for free on XING.

Contact now

Personal information

Professional experience

  • Employment status
    Employee

Educational background

  •  

About me

The Golden Rules of (Project) Management :-)
 
1. It's all about non-violent communication
2. You cannot teach experience
3. Every disaster starts with an assumption, that´s why you should
4. Never assume (because you make an ass out of u and me)
5. No clear problem description means whatever solution will do it.
.
10. There's no use in blaming people unless you are the Almighty.
.
12. Never promise if you can´t stick to deliver.
 
20. Plan? What plan?
.
24. Never expect people are voluntarily willing to change for good (things).
.
27. A (project) team is like an orchestra and there a many opportunities for discords (you'd better understand the laws of what makes teams successful).
28. External motivation is a myth, people have their own agenda.
.
36. Never expect progress will happen just because it is intrinsically convincing.
.
40. You can ru(i)n a project methodogically.
.
42. So you know how to manage project risks? Ever encountered a project methodology that teaches you how to tame the inner swine?
.
44. Escalate? Why escalate?
.
50. Seemingly same things look different for different observers.
51. Do not insist that you are right because most probably you aren't (follows from rule #50, also called 'relativistic effect of perspective')
.
61. Consider Murphy to be a jerk because he spoils your peace of mind
62. Consider Murphy to be the mahatma of project management because he's right, inevitably.
.
73. How to swallow an elephant? Piece by piece! Even if you are a vegetarian decompose and structure your meal ingredients and know the calorific value aka complexity and benefit.
.
250. To be a project manager is not really what you'd want to be after, after all. Look for a decent job.
.
253. Do not expect people to be grateful for any of your suicide squad engagements. Really really.
254. Forget about rules #2 to #253, simply memorize rule #1 and rule #254
 

excerpt from my book "The Golden PM Rules"
to be published sooner or later
 
share your own smart project manager rules with me and you will be referenced!
 

Search the XING network

Find new business contacts on XING and get back in touch with old contacts!