Completion of 1st week - Professional

Here is my experience so far in TO (for your eyes only)

Difference in Professional World

My 1st update on "East vs. West" PM role, some good points regarding admin work:
1. Only 1 status report is created here that also online in PPM :-o ye PPM is not only a resource management tool but also a status reporting tool
2. No SAP report extracts, an assistant (some one like Helen) creates the SAP extract and send it to you every week.
3. A weekly team meeting to review the status report with Team Manager, she then takes it forward to the Director / VP
4. eroom and PPM are created by the assistant along with the empty folders for various gates / documents.
5. erooms are managed by the same assistant or the lead BSA :-o

More +ves
1. Team Managers are responsible for the delivery. So, PM just talk to BSAs
2. Funds and Business requirements handled by Team Manager. So, PM just concentrates on the delivery
3. QA Lead looks after the QA process - deliverables, resources, and testing :-p

-ve points:
1. I don’t think these people have big huge projects :-(
2. No complications till now :-p it becomes boring

What should I call these - good or bad ???
1. Team Manager meets one on one bi-weekly :-o
2. Team Manager really checks your tailor and waiver
3. Team Manager ask the reason for variance every week in weekly meeting
4. PM Community of Practise is a mandatory session :-(
5. Team Manager attends the delivery review with you and discuss DR presentation :-p