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John Roach
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER
John Roach, PMP is a Senior PM at CIBER’s Michigan Office. He’s works with Automotive, Healthcare, Energy and Banking verticals. John is currently head of the Michigan PM Community and is active in the Great Lakes Chapter of PMI. John has extensive experience in Web/Interactive projects and has managed projects & programs at Ford, Chrysler and others. John holds a Masters in IT and is PMP certified.
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Michael Vick's on your team!
John Roach, Senior Project Manager : 05 June 2009 / 8:20 AM : 3 
Michael Vick’s on your team!
In the not too distant future, you get a call from your program manager. Former NFL heavyweight Michael Vick has joined the company and is being assigned to your team. Do you – A. Panic and quit; B. Complain up the chain; or C. Be glad you have a star performer.
Obviously a rhetorical question, Michael Vick and people like him pose an interesting challenge for management, however, no matter how you view the recent debate on his reinstatement. On one hand, Mr. Vick is a high performing athlete who’s value to the franchise can be measured in his per annum salary that’s greater than that earned by pro...
Posted in Project Management on 05 June 2009
Tagged: Project Management
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For the Successful Project Manager, the Cup is Always Empty
John Roach, Senior Project Manager : 21 May 2009 / 9:27 AM : 2
Is an empty glass better than a full one? We often use the example of a glass and water as an analogy to illustrate our position on whether or not someone is an optimist or a pessimist depending upon whether they see the glass as half full or half empty. There is, however, another analogy we can use involving a glass and water that digs a little deeper into how successful someone is at assimilating new information—and how they should be expected to respond when things really heat up. It goes something like this: a full glass cannot accept anything new-- whereas an empty glass can. A person can be said to be either empty or full depending upon how certain th...
Posted in Project Management on 21 May 2009
Tagged: Project Methodology
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