The WHO
Who do I think I am?
It's a fair question.
I am a puppet master, anyone thinking PM stands for anything else hasn't run enough projects. There's a decade of XP in my pocket and I've run all sorts of IT projects, from a basic Compute IaaS solution of 2 virtual machines all the way to the Wi-Fi for the London Marathon.
PMs work in the background to deliver fixes and I wanted to show off what I've done, tell future colleagues that I've got the chops and the portfolio to back it, and that I have an immense respect for the job, so here's the website of my work and the pride I've taken in it.
Who am I? I am Kerry Ager, creator of KA Projects, and I look forward to working with you.
The WHY
Why am I bothered?
Surely by now there are hundreds of PM resources, dozens of places a PM can go for stories and suggestions and blah, blah, blah. There are. Do a basic look on LinkedIn for all the 'successful' stories and courses and posts about the things that went so well it glowed.
Despite the sarcasm these aren't bad places to go, honest. The good outcomes are always the ones we want to shout about and remember. But I am far more interested in telling you about the risks, the failures and the lessons.
Learning from past mistakes is an essential part of the PM process, no matter the methodology. I wanted a far more honest approach to PMing, let you see that messing up and making good for the next go round is the only way you'll consistently deliver well, no matter your field. So I created this site with its resources and information and lists of errors to hopefully give you a rounded education.
And I want to hear about yours too, remind myself we are all human together and that we can learn from one another. Click the button below and send me your best muck up and if you want it published, I'll add it in.
The how
How Did That Happen?
We are saturated with stories that we are led to believe are true, that mislead a spectator into thinking it's all rosy. I've already said it isn't, and I want to give you a space to read the ugly bits and how they got sorted.
I can't do what I do each day without a team of peers and a few values I hold near and dear:
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Integrity
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Honesty
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A belting sense of humour
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Supporting small and/or local
Want to see who makes me brilliant? Besides my mum, of course...
Credit Reel
I claim zero reimbursement or payment of any kind from any of the above businesses. I'm telling you about them because they are brilliant and are making a massive difference in the local community and for me. I'm just bragging about them