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Project management makes the world a better place.
Around the globe, everyday, project managers are making the world a better place by bringing complex projects to life. These individuals use their skills to promote change and improve the lives of countless people. I am backpacking around the world, exploring projects and people, whose passion for these methodologies is creating change through innovation. If you've ever wondered what Project Management is really about, or considered how your skills as a project manager could be used to make a difference, follow me on my trip around the world.
The time difference is now 12 hours. I’m as far from home as I can possibly be, and yet people from home still find me, thanks to the PMI community.
A road trip, like a project, needs a team in order to succeed. But you can't have everyone trying to drive the car at once, and we all know those backseat drivers...also known as future hitchhikers.
My time in Bolivia was a game of communication dominoes. One text message from a new PMI friend in Arequipa, Peru, to his PMI contact in Bolivia and a few days later I was dining with the La Paz PM community and discussing how they use current events to demonstrate project management techniques.
My first thought was, I need wifi to message my PMI contact in Piura who is meeting me at the airport. My second thought was, what will I do with 5 hours of free time in a tiny airport?
A misconception of project management is that it is complicated, intimidating, that you have to follow a methodology A to Z in order to do it right.
Far from the Netflix Narcos depicted towns of the 80s and 90s, Colombia is progressive and accessible.
In PM terms, vacations are more predictive, and long-term travel is adaptive. One has a clearly defined scope and strict deadline (return ticket). The latter has a budget which you have to maximize in order to deliver an experience that satisfies the broad scope in the time allotted.
Where am I now?
#AlikiEnRoute
There is an actual end date to this adventure, and while I let that sink in I am reflecting on the overwhelming amount of people I have met on this trip.