Situational Awareness

Many people talk about Situational Awareness but few people understand it.

To me its really like the Matrix concept of "Bullet Time" the ability to move or respond to stimuli far beyond normal ken. Everything moving in "Slow Motion"

How does that apply to project management?

Simple PM's serve as the situational awareness for an organization. We should be able to perceive stimuli and respond faster than humanly thought possible. Our processes should support this dynamic.

Situational Awareness is analogous with Clarity of Vision, that people who have experienced high pressure and intense situations and triumphed have related that it was as if you could see everything and it was all moving in slow motion and it felt right.

Project Management should provide that clarity that awareness that no matter how risky or how chaotic that the right move the most expeditious move is clear and ready to be taken.

That's how important situational awareness is.

I included a little "Matrix Bullet Time" for an example.

-Optimal Optimus