: so i took this project management course :

Question? when is a big hole in the ground still just a big hole in the ground?

Answer? when it is the mammoth proportioned, and very political, rebuilding of the World Trade Center.

... last month I took in a 2 day intensive Project Management course through UVic's MBA executive programs. Seems most everything I am interested in applying for has a portion of the role dedicated to, or responsible for, some level of "PM" ... so it was good.

... reading this from the NY Times 'City Room' 'blogs put my concerns over project mgmt in a completely different light. Fast becoming a national fiasco, the re-build of the World Trade Center was mired in any and all kinds of problems you can think of. Bottom line, I think, was governance, therefore decision-making, or decision-NOT-making?

... anyhow, take a read, you will learn something, and open the attachment ( 34 pages, just read on-screen, I did ) which is a response to NY's new governor ( inside 3 weeks! ) and a shot across the bow ( for bureaucrats ) from Chris Ward, executive director of the Port Authority, who was supposed to have some kind of leadership authority all along!

dlc