The following is always one of my favorite examples of why “starting less” is almost always “finishing more”. I am presenting two Gantt charts with four projects each. The charts respresent 12 equal periods going across, a year if you count each period as a month. Let’s assume each project requires 12 man-months of effort…
Category: Commitments
Start Less, Finish More
For the longest time I have been preaching “finish more than you start”. Ok, so this defies logic, but if put in the context of projects, I have restated it to “you can start one project for every two you complete”. Oh wait, this is still problematic. Ok, the real issue here is to insure…
This is really important, that’s why I left it on your chair!
This actually happened to me not too long ago – I came back to my office after having been at another location the previous afternoon, to find a critical document placed on my office chair. The sticky note (it wouldn’t really be considered critical without a sticky note) boldly declared “please follow-up ASAP, thanks”. I…
Underspending your budget… not necessarily a good thing
Budget conversations are not relevant unless they are in a context of value delivery. I have often been drawn into conversations where constituents are beaming happily that they are consistently under budget – the only logical followup question is: did you accomplish your project objectives relative to financial and calendar commitments. If not, underspending a…