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, I guess it follows Homer Simpson’s adage “It’s funny cos it’s true”.

Here’s Part 1:

1. Nothing is impossible for the person who doesn’t have to do it.
2. You can con a sucker into committing to an impossible deadline, but you cannot con him into meeting it.
3. At the heart of every large project is a small project trying to get out.
4. A change freeze is like the abominable snowman: it is a myth and would melt anyway when heat is applied.
5. A user will tell you anything you ask, but nothing more.
6. Of several possible interpretations of a communication, the least convenient is the correct one.
7. There’s never enough time to do it right first time but there’s always enough time to go back and do it again.
8. The bitterness of poor quality lasts long after the sweetness of making a date is forgotten.
9. I know that you believe that you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
10. What is not on paper has not been said.