Project Management in Interesting Times
We're Good at Projects why is Change so Difficult?.
As I seasoned project and program manager I aim to deliver your projects within the constraints set by your business.
I cannot deliver the impossible, the infernal eternal triangle of cost, time and quality is all about compromise. We will work together to deliver the best result for you acheiving the benefits defined at the outset.
"There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones we don't know we don't know." Donald Rumsfeld This is risk management in a simple statement. Its just a shame so few people know that the "unknown unknowns" are what really cause the trouble.
In a similar style, for all of us who have issues with specifications;
During the initial space flights, Nasa discovered that biro pens didn’t work under zero gravity conditions. To beat the problem, Nasa spent 6 years and $2 million in designing a pen for use in space. The pen would work under zero gravity conditions due to the pressurized ink inside, it would work under sub zero conditions, underwater, on glass and virtually any surface known to man. The Russians used a pencil.
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