CHAPTER 7

Taking Care of Your Career

If you want to achieve great goals, never ask for permission. Plan for it and do it.

—Alfonso Bucero

I found that most of project managers are evaluated based on job performance. That means, organizations evaluate them on how successful they deliver projects in terms of the iron triangle. I mean everyone in the organization expects the project manager has consistently delivered his or her projects on time, scope, and cost. Yet, this is how we are still being evaluated in terms of how well we can perform as a project manager. But I believe it is not enough to evaluate the performance of project manager.

Many of us get into project management by accident or by job promotion, not by way of design. You may see ...

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