HANGAR

I stumbled upon this list of Project Management Truths and thought it’d be worth sharing. And while they are very amusing and tongue in cheek, I can’t help but feel an eerie sense of deja vu as I read through them, and I guess it follows Homer Simpson’s adage “It’s funny cos it’s true”.

Here’s the final part:

1. There is no such thing as scope creep, only scope gallop.
2. A project gets a year late one day at a time.
3. If you’re 6 months late on a milestone due next week but really believe you can make it, you’re a project manager.
4. No project has ever finished on time, within budget, to requirements. Yours won’t be the first to.
5. Activity is not achievement.
6. If you don’t know how to do a task, start it, then ten people who know less than you will tell you how to do it.
7. The person who says it will take the longest and cost the most is the only one with a clue how to do the job.
8. The sooner you get behind schedule, the more time you have to make it up.
9. The nice thing about not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise rather than being preceded by a period of worry and depression.
10. Good control reveals problems early - which only mean you’ll have longer to worry about them.