The Parent Project: Month 19

ByElizabeth Harrin Last updated: Research & Case Studies

I been back at work full-time for a month. I am not superwoman. The only way I have been able to do this is to have an excellent team around me at home and at work and fab systems in place to make everything run smoothly.

However, it is very clear that things are far from perfect and some quality standards have been lowered!

picture of socks
Do these socks match?

For example, is this a matching pair of socks? They are both from the Thomas The Tank Engine set, but one is Thomas and one is James. There is another Thomas sock and another James sock, but I couldn’t find either of them. Socks from the same pack, I have been told, do not make a matching pair. My view was that this is Good Enough (and regular readers will know that Good Enough is OK for me).

These are Jack’s feet. You can see how much he’s grown by comparing them to this picture.

 

Elizabeth Harrin wearing a pink scarf

Project manager, author, mentor

Elizabeth Harrin is a Fellow of the Association for Project Management in the UK. She holds degrees from the University of York and Roehampton University, and several project management certifications including APM PMQ. She first took her PRINCE2 Practitioner exam in 2004 and has worked extensively in project delivery for over 20 years.
Elizabeth is also the founder of the Project Management Rebels community, a mentoring group for professionals. She's written several books for project managers including Managing Multiple Projects.