Project management is growing ever more popular, so much so that the demand for project professionals is expected to reach 25 million by 2030 at a rate of 2.3 million annual job openings.
This demand is so high that — according to project management statistics — more than half of all projects are run by non-certified project managers.
In short, project management is the way of the future, but not enough people in the present know how to take advantage of it.
This inevitably leads to some tense situations. I could describe them, but it’s best to just show you.
As the old adage goes, a meme is worth 1,000 words, so let’s take a look at the current state of dysfunctional project management and see how many images you can identify with.
![70+ Best project management memes - cover](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Procrastination-meme.png)
Table of Contents
Project manager struggles memes
It takes a lot to be a project manager. Even the most competent ones will butt heads with clients, team members, or stakeholders over the course of a project.
But they all handle their responsibilities in unique ways. Let’s take a look at some examples.
![Ol faithful project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Ol-faithful-project-management-meme.png)
![Forwarding emails project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Forwarding-emails-project-management-meme.png)
![Two red buttons project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Two-red-buttons-project-management-meme.png)
![Surprised Pikatchu project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Surprised-Pikatchu-project-management-meme.png)
![Promises promises meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Promises-promises-meme.jpg)
![Let me in project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Let-me-in-project-management-meme.png)
![I don't belong meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/I-dont-belong-meme.jpg)
![Paimon painting project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Paimon-painting-project-management-meme.png)
![PMBOK project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/PMBOK-project-management-meme.png)
![Types of headaches project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Types-of-headaches-project-management-meme.png)
![Hard to swallow pills project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Hard-to-swallow-pills-project-management-meme.png)
![Goosebumps project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Goosebumps-project-management-meme.png)
![Vince McMahon project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Vince-McMahon-project-management-meme.png)
![Checking emails project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Start-of-the-day.png)
![To do list project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/To-do-list-project-management-meme-1.png)
![World according to project managers meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/World-according-to-project-managers-meme.png)
![What is my purpose project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/What-is-my-purpose-project-management-meme.png)
![Zoom calls project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Zoom-calls-project-management-meme.png)
![Initial project plan meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Initial-project-plan-meme.jpg)
![Task cards for everything meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Task-cards-for-everything-meme.jpg)
Developers in project management memes
Ideally, your project manager should have working knowledge relating to the field of their project — a PM working on a construction project should understand how construction works, just like a PM working on a software development project should understand how software development works.
For one reason or another, this isn’t always the case, leading project team members to work under a leader who doesn’t understand how work gets done.
If you’ve had such a project manager, then these project management memes should feel relatable.
![Spongebob burning paper project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Spongebob-burning-paper-project-management-meme.png)
![frontend backend meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/frontend-backend-meme.jpg)
![Time estimate project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Time-estimate-project-management-meme.png)
![Green block project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Green-block-project-management-meme.png)
![Avengers level threat project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Avengers-level-threat-project-management-meme.png)
![Clueless PM meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Clueless-PM-meme.jpg)
![Backlog project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Backlog-project-management-meme.png)
![New bug meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/New-bug-meme.jpg)
![Developers and project managers project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Developers-and-project-managers-project-management-meme.png)
![Senior and junior developers project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Senior-and-junior-developers-project-management-meme.png)
![No bugs missed meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/No-bugs-missed-meme.jpg)
![Im tired of pretending its not project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Im-tired-of-pretending-its-not-project-management-meme.png)
![Deployment day meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Deployment-day-meme.jpg)
![Not my weekend meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Not-my-weekend-meme.jpg)
![Updating someone else's code meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Updating-someone-elses-code-meme.jpg)
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Risk management memes
A common cause of project failure is a lack of risk management.
Statistics show that 34% of PMs don’t use it at all.
Now, we don’t know why they refuse to go near anything that sounds like it could be related to project risks or project assumptions, but we can depict the chaos.
![Draw 25 or project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Draw-25-or-project-management-meme.png)
![This is where I would put my risk response plan meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/This-is-where-I-would-put-my-risk-response-plan-meme.png)
![Allow me to introduce myself meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Allow-me-to-introduce-myself-meme.jpg)
![People rejected his message risk management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/People-rejected-his-message-risk-management-meme.png)
![Project assumption management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Project-assumption-management-meme.png)
![No risk management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/No-risk-management-meme.png)
![Doesn't save meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Doesnt-save-meme.jpg)
![It wasnt important risk management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/It-wasnt-important-risk-management-meme.png)
![Spongebob project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Spongebob-project-management-meme.png)
![We don't manage risks meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/We-dont-manage-risks-meme.jpg)
![Scroll of truth risk management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Scroll-of-truth-risk-management-meme.png)
![Panik project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Panik-project-management-meme.png)
![Chasing after positive risks meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Chasing-after-positive-risks-meme.jpg)
![Bug fix tonite meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Bug-fix-tonite-meme.jpg)
Clients in project management memes
Project managers have a hard time dealing with clients who don’t understand the project management process. They don’t mean to make disruptive requests, but these requests typically result in scope creep and extend the project timeline.
So, for all the PMs who have had these types of dealings, these memes are for you.
![Cost us 51 years project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Cost-us-51-years-project-management-meme.png)
![Promising new features meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Promising-new-features-meme.jpg)
![Batman slapping Robin project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Batman-slapping-Robin-project-management-meme.png)
![This whole operation project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/This-whole-operation-project-management-meme.png)
![Project running late project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Project-running-late-project-management-meme.png)
![Client demand trolley meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Client-demand-trolley-meme.jpg)
![Features requests project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Features-requests-project-management-meme.png)
![Gandalf management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Gandalf-management-meme.png)
![Bad clients project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Bad-clients-project-management-meme.png)
![It scares me project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/It-scares-me-project-management-meme.png)
![Clients project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Clients-project-management-meme.png)
![Run from clients project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Run-from-clients-project-management-meme.png)
The corporate side of project management memes
The reason PMs do some things that seem inexplicable sometimes has less to do with their eccentricities and more to do with the way businesses treat projects.
Some companies care about quality, so they’ll be willing to grant the PM’s request for additional time to complete the project.
Others care about meeting a deadline, even at the cost of delivering a mediocre product. They may throw more money at the project, but this isn’t always the solution.
The following memes illustrate the latter.
![Constraints project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/constraints-project-managment-meme.png)
![Project management I sleep meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/project-management-i-sleep-meme.png)
![Identifying scope creep meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Identifying-scope-creep-meme.jpg)
![Bernie project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bernie-project-management-meme.png)
![Project budget and inflation project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Project-budget-and-inflation-project-management-meme.gif)
![How companies deal with SPI](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/how-companies-deal-with-spi.png)
![Agile companies skipping steps meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Agile-companies-skipping-steps-meme.jpg)
![Drake project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Drake-project-management-meme.png)
![Finishing tasks early meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Finishing-tasks-early-meme.jpg)
![Trainwreck project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/trainwreck-project-management-meme.png)
![This is worthless project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/s-worthless-project-management-meme.png)
![We are an agile company meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/We-are-an-agile-company-meme.jpg)
Scrum memes
There’s no denying that Scrum is one of the most popular Agile frameworks out there, if not the most popular.
There’s also no denying that many people working in project management hate Scrum, so if you’re one of them, enjoy.
![Scrum vs Kanban meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Scrum-vs-Kanban-meme.png)
![Scrum go nap nap meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Scrum-go-nap-nap-meme.png)
![Launch date meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Launch-date-meme.jpg)
![Standup meetings meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Standup-meetings-meme.png)
![They dont know Im a Scrum master meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/They-dont-know-Im-a-Scrum-master-meme.png)
![Push it to the next sprint meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Push-it-to-the-next-sprint-meme.jpg)
![Too afraid to ask Scrum meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Too-afraid-to-ask-Scrum-meme.png)
![Scrum master technical meeting meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Scrum-master-technical-meeting-meme.jpg)
![Daily standup meetings meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Daily-standup-meetings-meme.png)
![Literally anything else Scrum meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Literally-anything-else.png)
![Scrum developer envy meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Scrum-developer-envy.png)
![Scrum is a waste of time meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Scrum-is-a-waste-of-time-meme.png)
![Hiding from scrum master meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Hiding-from-scrum-master-meme.png)
![Act like youre better than me Scrum meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Act-like-youre-better-than-me-Scrum-meme.jpg)
![Standup meeting cat meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Standup-meeting-cat-meme.jpg)
Miscellaneous project management memes
To cap things off, here are some memes that don’t fit snugly into any of the previous categories.
![Is it possible to learn this power project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Is-it-possible-to-learn-this-power-project-management-meme.png)
![Back in my day meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Back-in-my-day-meme.jpg)
![PM software project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/PM-software-project-management-meme.png)
![Deadline meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Deadline-meme.jpg)
![Product managers meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Product-managers-meme.png)
![Gold plating meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Gold-plating-meme.jpg)
![Its the same picture project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Its-the-same-picture-project-management-meme.png)
![Wagile project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Wagile-project-management-meme.png)
![Negative user feedback meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Negative-user-feedback-meme.jpg)
![Harry potter project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Harry-potter-project-management-meme.png)
![Sales can't read meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Sales-cant-read-meme.jpg)
![Godzilla had a stroke project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Godzilla-had-a-stroke-project-management-meme.png)
![Agile frameworks go brrrrrrr project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Agile-frameworks-go-brrrrrrr-project-management-meme.png)
![Now there are two of them project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Now-there-are-two-of-them-project-management-meme.png)
![Communication problems project management meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Communication-problems-project-management-meme.png)
![Junior developer meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Junior-developer.png)
![Agile company meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Agile-company-meme.jpg)
Avoid some of the common pitfalls of project management with Plaky
Most of the problematic situations that inspired these memes come from the people-side of things.
An incompetent ship captain is an incompetent ship captain, whether they’re in charge of a large cruise ship or a small supply ship.
But this doesn’t mean that a good captain will be able to accomplish the same things on a state-of-the-art ship as they would on a creaky old galley.
That’s why project managers should use Plaky to simplify and modernize the project management process for their whole team.
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![Plaky productivity meme](https://plaky.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Plaky-productivity-meme.jpg)