Seven Sins, Seven Jokes, and Seven Riddles is a collection of the best phrases in the project management life. The riddles are taken from the book Math Puzzles for MBAs by Igor Kokcharov. The book features a collection of challenging math puzzles that people with masters of business administration degrees, project managers, and entrepreneurs encounter in real life. The book includes the following topics: Business (Scope), Money (Cost), Time (Scheduling), Risk, and People (Project Resources).

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PROJECT
MANAGER
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7 Deadly Sins
7 Awesome Jokes
7 Everyday Riddles

2. Poor Communication
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Seven Deadly Sins

3. Agreement to do impossible
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IMPOSSIBLE
Seven Deadly Sins

4. Believing boss’ promises.
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Seven Deadly Sins

5. Not the value for customer.4 © Igor Kokcharov
Seven Deadly Sins
A blind focus on the
budget, delay, and spec.

6. Mistaking
half-baked
project conception
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Seven Deadly Sins

7. Over ambition
Taking on too much at once6 © Igor Kokcharov
Seven Deadly Sins

8. Dishonesty
Concealing facts from the stakeholders and team.7 © Igor Kokcharov
Seven Deadly Sins

9. Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Relevant
Time-bound
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMART_criteria
Be S.M.A.R.T.Do Better:
Seven Deadly Sins

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20% of people do 80% of the work.
Seven Jokes
80% of the people think that
they are these 20%.

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Gantt or Can’t
Seven Jokes

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Seven Jokes

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When the project
plan is
finished, throw it
away;
now you know
what to do.
Seven Jokes

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Seven Jokes
The project manager is always at the
wrong end of the shooting range.

15. Walking a mile in customers
shoes helps to correctly
develop an exit strategy.
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Seven Jokes

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Seven Jokes

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Awesome Jokes

18. Anna, Brett, Cindy, and Daniel work on a project.
Together, A, B, and C can complete it in 6 days.
Together, B, C, and D can complete it in 7 days.
Together, C, D, and A can complete it in 8 days.
Together, D, A, and B can complete it in 9 days.
Who is the best performer?
Cindy1 © Igor Kokcharov
Seven Riddles

19. John posses 52% of a aero-
space business and the rest
belongs to Bill. They take Al
into partnership so that the
three partners have an equal
interest in the business. How
do John and Bill split Craig’s
money?
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Seven Riddles

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We want to merge 4 companies into one big
company. How many ways are there to
merge? You may merge only
2 companies at once.

21. Three managers are in Freiburg, Berne, and Davos.
They charter helicopters for a meeting.
Where should they meet so that the sum of the
distances they fly to that city is minimized?
Bern4 © Igor Kokcharov
Seven Riddles
Freiburg
Zurich
Davos
Lucerne
Basel
Bern

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Seven Riddles
A manager pays John $80 for
each customer feedback and
fines him $20 for each input
that does not include the
phrase “completely satisfied”.
This month, John received
$1500 as a result of 50
customers’ responses. How
many responses include the
magic words?

23. Brett, Cindy, and Daniel launched a 100-day
project each. Brett completed it on time. Cindy
completed her project 10
days later than Brett. Daniel completed
his project 10 days later than Cindy.
How many days was Daniel late?
19days6 © Igor Kokcharov
Seven Riddles

24. You have a 1/5 probability of wining $100,000,000 and
4/5 probability of loosing $20,000,000?
What is the most likely amount of money you will earn
after 10 projects?
$40,000,0007 © Igor Kokcharov
Seven Riddles

25. Igor Kokcharov « Math Puzzles for MBAs» iBook for iPad
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Everyday Riddles
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26. Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Relevant
Time-bound
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMART_criteria
Be S.M.A.R.T.Do Better:
Seven Deadly Sins

27. Enjoy More:
Join Group
«Humor in Project Management»
@ LinkedIn
Awesome Jokes

28. Igor Kokcharov « Math Puzzles for MBAs» iBook for iPad
Read More:
Click To Preview the book
Everyday Riddles
https://itunes.apple.com/book/math-puzzles-for-mbas/id566823183?mt=11