......well, not necessarily, there is hope.  A good night's sleep and/or a glass or two of refreshments can make the world of difference, and help put the world to rights along the way.

I've been succesful at every level of a typical project management hierarchy, for instance:

• I've managed an IT development department at NatWest that was involved at any one time with around a dozen projects running concurrently, I was managing about a dozen project managers and development team leaders at the time, my department had about 50 permanent staff and as many again of freelancers and consultants.
• I also managed the global development team for Thomas Cook Financial Services supporting the IT systems for their globaöl range of finance products.
• I've sat on Project Boards for major software and infrastructure projects.
• I've managed projects of all sizes and complexity, including translating and transferring an organisations software systems to it's new owner's IT infrastructure, as well as delivering in-house developed software and packaged products such as PeopleSoft.
• I've mentored in-house PMs as they've led upgrades to core software packages in major financial institutions such as the Deutsche Bundesbank.
• I've conducted "In-Flight" reviews of problem projects and provided direction and support in bringing those projects back onto a sound footing.
• I've implemented PCOs on individual projects and across organisations, including creating the related planning and control processes.
• I've provided Quality Assurance to Project Boards on the effectiveness of  the project management taking place on their strategic projects.
• I've been a Team Leader, a Stage Manager, a Project Planner and half-a-dozen other role titles on many and varied projects.
• I've been a management consultant advising clients in all aspects of project management, and developed project management processes and techniques.
• I've created and taught Project Management training courses and spoken at PM seminars.

I've also been succesful at every level of a typical test management process, for instance:

• I've designed and created test cases, conditions, data and expected results, it doesn't get more basic than this.
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• I've designed test strategies and plans for systems that supported complete end-to-end processes for businesses units and complete organisations
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• I've managed the testing process for project test phases, including unit, technical process, business acceptance and implementation test phases.
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• I've created and managed test management processes for error resolution and retesting procedures.