Comments on: Microsoft and Making things happen http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2009/microsoft-and-making-things-happen/ Management and Creative Thinking Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:35:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: links for 2009-09-23 « techGOVERN http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2009/microsoft-and-making-things-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-583181 links for 2009-09-23 « techGOVERN Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:39:09 +0000 http://s76116.gridserver.com/?p=2648#comment-583181 [...] Microsoft and Making things happen « Scott Berkun (tags: project-mgmt) [...]

]]> By: mike http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2009/microsoft-and-making-things-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-581858 mike Sat, 19 Sep 2009 03:42:37 +0000 http://s76116.gridserver.com/?p=2648#comment-581858 Contra the common criticism, I often found your Microsoft vignettes the strongest part of your writing. I haven't forgotten the time you told your boss you were stuck despite doing everything you could, and how he gently nudged you to do the next thing and how you did it. Good writing is founded in good stories, and your microsoft stories are pretty juicy. Contra the common criticism, I often found your Microsoft vignettes the strongest part of your writing. I haven’t forgotten the time you told your boss you were stuck despite doing everything you could, and how he gently nudged you to do the next thing and how you did it. Good writing is founded in good stories, and your microsoft stories are pretty juicy.

]]> By: Ken http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2009/microsoft-and-making-things-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-581707 Ken Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:32:37 +0000 http://s76116.gridserver.com/?p=2648#comment-581707 What kind of idiot criticism is that! You worked at Microsoft. You seem to have done well at Microsoft with a track record of completed projects. Your know-how is based on what you did at Microsoft. So why wouldn't someone expect you to draw from that experience? People can say what they will about Microsoft, but clearly they did not become the dominant software company they are by being idiots. There are smart people with smart processes in place and anyone with half a brain would want to learn how things came to be. Btw, thanks for the book Scott! I bought it when it was still the 'The Art of Project Management.' What kind of idiot criticism is that!

You worked at Microsoft. You seem to have done well at Microsoft with a track record of completed projects.

Your know-how is based on what you did at Microsoft.

So why wouldn’t someone expect you to draw from that experience?

People can say what they will about Microsoft, but clearly they did not become the dominant software company they are by being idiots.

There are smart people with smart processes in place and anyone with half a brain would want to learn how things came to be.

Btw, thanks for the book Scott! I bought it when it was still the ‘The Art of Project Management.’

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