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mvictoria · 08-12-2008, 03:03 PM

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Project Management Proverbs

If everything is going exactly to plan, something somewhere is going massively wrong.
Fast - cheap - good - you can have any two.
There are no good project managers - only lucky ones.
If at first you don't succeed, remove all evidence you ever tried.
Good project management is not so much knowing what to do and when, as knowing what excuses to give and when.
You can con a sucker into committing to an impossible deadline, but you cannot con him into meeting it.
At the heart of every large project is a small project trying to get out.
The more desperate the situation the more optimistic the situatee.
A problem shared is a buck passed.
Overtime is a figment of the na�ve project manager's imagination.
Of several possible interpretations of a communication, the least convenient is the correct one.
What you don't know hurts you
There's never enough time to do it right first time but there's always enough time to go back and do it again.
The bitterness of poor quality lasts long after the sweetness of making a date is forgotten.
I know that you believe that you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realise that what you heard is not what I meant.
A little risk management saves a lot of fan cleaning.
If you can keep your head while all about you are losing theirs, you haven't understood the plan.
The more you plan the luckier you get.
A project is one small step for the project sponsor, one giant leap for the project manager.
Everyone asks for a strong project manger - when they get them they don't want them.
Metrics are learned men's excuses.
Some project finish on time in spite of project management best practices.
A badly planned project will take three times longer than expected - a well planned project only twice as long as expected.
Warning: dates in a calendar are closer than they appear to be.
Anything that can be changed will be changed until there is no time left to change anything.
If you're 6 months late on a milestone due next week but really believe you can make it, you're a project manager.
No project has ever finished on time, within budget, to requirement
Yours won't be the first to.
Activity is not achievement.
Managing IT people is like herding cats.
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.
If you don't plan, it doesn't work. If you do plan, it doesn't work either. Why plan!
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.
The sooner you get behind schedule, the more time you have to make it up.
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.
Good control reveals problems early - which only means you'll have longer to worry about them.

08-12-2008, 03:03 PM	#1
mvictoria Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 572 Rep Power: 223	Project Management Proverbs Enjoy!!! Project Management Proverbs If everything is going exactly to plan, something somewhere is going massively wrong. Fast - cheap - good - you can have any two. There are no good project managers - only lucky ones. If at first you don't succeed, remove all evidence you ever tried. Good project management is not so much knowing what to do and when, as knowing what excuses to give and when. You can con a sucker into committing to an impossible deadline, but you cannot con him into meeting it. At the heart of every large project is a small project trying to get out. The more desperate the situation the more optimistic the situatee. A problem shared is a buck passed. Overtime is a figment of the na�ve project manager's imagination. Of several possible interpretations of a communication, the least convenient is the correct one. What you don't know hurts you There's never enough time to do it right first time but there's always enough time to go back and do it again. The bitterness of poor quality lasts long after the sweetness of making a date is forgotten. I know that you believe that you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realise that what you heard is not what I meant. A little risk management saves a lot of fan cleaning. If you can keep your head while all about you are losing theirs, you haven't understood the plan. The more you plan the luckier you get. A project is one small step for the project sponsor, one giant leap for the project manager. Everyone asks for a strong project manger - when they get them they don't want them. Metrics are learned men's excuses. Some project finish on time in spite of project management best practices. A badly planned project will take three times longer than expected - a well planned project only twice as long as expected. Warning: dates in a calendar are closer than they appear to be. Anything that can be changed will be changed until there is no time left to change anything. If you're 6 months late on a milestone due next week but really believe you can make it, you're a project manager. No project has ever finished on time, within budget, to requirement Yours won't be the first to. Activity is not achievement. Managing IT people is like herding cats. 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. If you don't plan, it doesn't work. If you do plan, it doesn't work either. Why plan! 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. The sooner you get behind schedule, the more time you have to make it up. 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. Good control reveals problems early - which only means you'll have longer to worry about them.