Someone once described this to me as “starters and finishers”. I think about it as “knowing when to march and knowing when to dance.” No matter what you call it, there are different skills needed at different times in a project or in the lifecycle of a product and it’s important to know which one is needed when.

Chapters 00:00 - Welcome to the video 00:30 - Series introduction 01:17 - Topic introduction 01:52 - An analogy: Going to prom 03:06 - Making the analogy more concrete 04:08 – Marching and dancing 05:30 - Tip 1: Different skills and different approaches are needed at different times 06:14 - Tip 2: You’re probably better at one, but you need to do both – remember how impact works 08:04 - Tip 3: Lots of PM work is interrupt-driven – find a balance and a rhythm 09:08 - Here's the deal 09:53 - Wrapping up For related content please visit https://ssbipolar.com/

Intro/outro music is “Hellfire” by Alexander Nakarada via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/users/nakaradaalexander-7260388/

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