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Oct. 23rd, 2024 09:22 pmCaught up with a colleague today at Bean. I maxed out my old cardboard loyalty card last week, so it was time to get my e-loyalty card. The girl serving helped me use it - then mumbled something about opening my wallet... I got a free hot chocolate out of it, so that's something! I've just done a bit of poking around and the 'wallet' is my Google wallet, which I've never used and don't plan to use for paying for stuff - although maybe I have to now? I'll see next I go. My next colleague meet-up is coffee roulette but it's at a different venue.
I got the feeling the colleague I met up with today isn't particularly interested in just meeting for a chat. We originally started meeting as part of a PSO/PMO group, gathering colleagues from across the university in similar roles but we were the only two really interested in doing that. I shared all our docs and processes because they said they would find them useful for establishing some consistency in projects - but I don't think they ever used them. Now we've got some stability in the PMF, I think I'll refresh the doc suite for the group. We still share the dream of a central PMO, but have no idea how to make that a reality.
Had a chat with our new colleague and discovered they moonlight as a DJ! They had quite a good sideline going, apparently, until their kids were born. The eldest has just turned 18 so, to 'save money', they offered to do their disco rather than the friend of a friend they were going to use - but had to buy all the equipment again >D But now they're writing songs and are looking to put stuff up on Spotify. It's amazing what talents people are hiding.
Work-wise, I joined a virtual PMO conference for a few sessions, and started reading the Impact Engine book by Laura Barnard, which I won in a raffle at another virtual PMO conference a few weeks ago. So far, it's repeating the things I've heard her say so many times, but there are some downloadable worksheets. Some of the stuff we're doing really well - getting the organisation to own the prioritisation process has been a real leap forward, and showing how new projects tie in to the strategy will be another.
Liverpool are playing tonight, so I managed to get a bit of Stray Blade in. With the difficulty turned right down, the battles are a breeze - they're even a bit easy for me! But turning them up would require remembering to parry and dodge, rather than just beating enemies over the head until they give up their loot. It's a very pretty game and I'm enjoying poking around in the nooks and crannies. Part of me wants to give in and play TT... I mean FFVIII... though.
I got the feeling the colleague I met up with today isn't particularly interested in just meeting for a chat. We originally started meeting as part of a PSO/PMO group, gathering colleagues from across the university in similar roles but we were the only two really interested in doing that. I shared all our docs and processes because they said they would find them useful for establishing some consistency in projects - but I don't think they ever used them. Now we've got some stability in the PMF, I think I'll refresh the doc suite for the group. We still share the dream of a central PMO, but have no idea how to make that a reality.
Had a chat with our new colleague and discovered they moonlight as a DJ! They had quite a good sideline going, apparently, until their kids were born. The eldest has just turned 18 so, to 'save money', they offered to do their disco rather than the friend of a friend they were going to use - but had to buy all the equipment again >D But now they're writing songs and are looking to put stuff up on Spotify. It's amazing what talents people are hiding.
Work-wise, I joined a virtual PMO conference for a few sessions, and started reading the Impact Engine book by Laura Barnard, which I won in a raffle at another virtual PMO conference a few weeks ago. So far, it's repeating the things I've heard her say so many times, but there are some downloadable worksheets. Some of the stuff we're doing really well - getting the organisation to own the prioritisation process has been a real leap forward, and showing how new projects tie in to the strategy will be another.
Liverpool are playing tonight, so I managed to get a bit of Stray Blade in. With the difficulty turned right down, the battles are a breeze - they're even a bit easy for me! But turning them up would require remembering to parry and dodge, rather than just beating enemies over the head until they give up their loot. It's a very pretty game and I'm enjoying poking around in the nooks and crannies. Part of me wants to give in and play TT... I mean FFVIII... though.
