Found this somewhere on the Internets and just had to share it!
Son: Dad, what do you do at work?
Father: I work as a project manager on outsourced projects, son.
Son: So, what is that like?
Father: (thoughtfully) Well, kid … imagine that a customer calls and tells you that one of her employees has been wounded by a spear, and now has this lance sticking out of his belly …
Son: And then what?
Father: So, I conduct a preliminary assessment of the project scope, timeline and budget and then tell the customer that the spear needs to be carefully removed and that the total cost would be $1,000.
Son: And then what?
Father: Well, the client usually replies that my proposal exceeds her budget by a very large margin …
Son: So, what do you do in this situation?
Father: For a mere $500 we end up bending the spear around his body and coating it with a flesh-coloured paint so it doesn’t stand out so much!
And what is your favouirte project management joke?
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