Hello.
I’m Funda.
I run projects as a PMP®. Most of my work happens somewhere between people, processes, and what we said we would deliver. Projects rarely go exactly as planned, which is probably why I find them interesting.
This is where I write about what I learn along the way: working with teams, sponsors, vendors, and stakeholders, making decisions with imperfect information, and figuring out what to do when things don’t go as planned.
No frameworks for the sake of frameworks. Just things I’ve seen, tried, learned, and sometimes got wrong.
If you’re hiring, LinkedIn has my experience; the Blog shows how I think about the projects I work on.
If you are learning the job, start in Resources.
Everything was on track until the sponsor came back from an event with a new list of features.
A team can look fine in week one and fall apart once the real work starts. That is often normal.
Changing vendors looks simple on paper. Find a better supplier, sign a contract, move on. It is not.
Most teams spend a lot of time in meetings. A few of them leave with a clear owner and a date.
The short version: what happened, what I learned, and what I’d do differently.