1. Why Project Fails?!
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If you are in IT project management long enough, chances are you have had some
experience on failing project.!
When I said "Fail", I mean project that does not meet deadline, or the output does
not meet user's expectation.!
Why is it happened?!
The primary reason is that the difference of client's expectation and the work
actually done by people are (very) big.!
Most of the time, client has a very large expectation and short time frame, and the
amount of work necessary to get it done is also so large that it does not fit that
small time frame.!
Given the time frame being unchanged, the only way to deliver the result is to
compromise with software quality.!
As a result, it become tragedy (a.k.a: a MESS)!
There are only certain amount of work that can be done in a period of time. It is a
fact.!
So it is IT project manager's job to "manage" their client to let them know:!
! •! What can be done in given time?!
! •! What cannot be done in given time?!
As a project manager, one of the skills to learn is to tell "the truth".!
Not excuses, but Truth.!
Truth can solve problem, excuses cannot.!
Are you telling the truth in your IT project management?!
Let us know by writing your comment below.!
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